The Best $8 I've Ever Spent on My Kitchen Sink — Shopping

I've spent a lot of time thinking about my kitchen sink over the last year. This under-appreciated spot is a reliable workhorse, facing scalding hot water, knives, tossed-in pots and pans, dirty plates, and my kids' toy-washing experiments without complaint. And in the last year I've really started to baby my sink — first after learning about how filthy it gets, and then after trying out the life-changing ritual of the nightly sink clean espoused by pros like the Fly Lady and Becky Rapunchick.

But one of the best things I've done for my sink has nothing to do with a new cleaning ritual and everything to do with an $8 gadget.

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