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Six To Buy: Everything (but the Kitchen Sink) You Need for Doing Dishes

Six To Buy: Everything (but the Kitchen Sink) You Need for Doing Dishes
Six To Buy: Everything (but the Kitchen Sink) You Need for Doing Dishes
Six To Buy: Everything (but the Kitchen Sink) You Need for Doing Dishes
Six To Buy: Everything (but the Kitchen Sink) You Need for Doing Dishes
Photo: Courtesy Of Yeseco
No dishwasher? No problem. With these handy tools, keeping your kitchen bench clean and tidy is a cinch.

· Updated on 30 Jun 2026 · Published on 06 Feb 2025

Doing the dishes gets a bad wrap. Whether you live in a share house that’s prone to piles of plates, have a one-bum kitchen with no room for a dishwasher, or feel like there’s a never-ending stash of Tupperware and pans to clean after a day of feeding the family, it doesn’t have to be all pruny fingers and soggy cloths.

Fluorescent green dish liquid and scabby scrubbing brushes are not the vibe. But these six dishy kitchen products are.

Yeseco The One brush

$59.95
Yeseco The One brush
Made with a recycled plastic handle and sisal bristles, this is one of the only reusable scrubbing brushes you’ll never need to buy again. It comes with a magnetic stand that sticks to the side of your sink so that you can air-dry the brush and forgo the hassle of mouldy bristles and drips everywhere. Yeseco sells sets of replacement brush heads , but you can also buy new parts for the handle if you ever need them.

Design Stuff silicone fold dish drying rack

$34.9
Design Stuff silicone fold dish drying rack
If you haven’t got space for a benchtop drying rack, this nifty rollable design is a winner. Made from silicone, it won’t get dusty or rusty the same way some of its counterparts do. Plus, you can roll it to fit as far across your sink as needed.

Good Time magnetic bar holder

$38
Good Time magnetic bar holder
If you’re in your soap era but struggling with a slimy puddle on your kitchen bench, enter this magnetic bar holder. Designed for use in showers, there’s nothing stopping you from propping it up above your sink to store hand and dish soap bars.

Hommey tea towel

$19
Hommey tea towel
Ever since Hommey dropped its kitchen range last year , we’ve been way more into doing the dishes. Striped or plain, these tea towels are made from 100 per cent cotton that promises to absorb suds. The sizeable designs come with a convenient hang tag to help them dry.

Koala Eco Natural dish soap

$14.95
Koala Eco Natural dish soap
Infused with the plant-derived botanicals lemon myrtle and mandarin, Koala Eco’s dish soap smells lush and cleans well. It’s naturally antibacterial and removes the need for toxic chemicals – because you wouldn’t want that on the dishes you eat from, right?

Retro Kitchen compostable sponge cloths

$12.95
Retro Kitchen compostable sponge cloths
Paper towels can feel quite wasteful. But there’s nothing worse than a stinky, unwrung kitchen cloth. Made from recycled cotton and plant fibres, this pair of lightweight reusable cloths have the cleaning power equivalent of 17 rolls of paper towel and will last for at least six months. Chuck it in the washing machine when it gets a bit gross and then power on with wiping up whatever you want. It’s also compostable at the end of its life.

Additional reporting by Simone Richardson.

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Alice Jeffery is a freelance writer and Broadsheet’s former shopping editor.

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