Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Kitchen Tools

If you're anything like me, the kitchen is the hub of your home. It also seems to produce the most waste. From food containers and food scraps to trash bags and kitchen "tools" there is an endless supply of waste.  Because of all this waste, I am loving the new eco friendly (and quite lovely) return of wood and natural bristles in the kitchen. Mercantiles and General Stores are the latest in a stream of simplistic living trends and I hope they are here to stay. They woo me with their beautiful, yet simple, design.

Kaufmann Mercantile favorites:

mineral oil for all those stunning cutting boards

bottle brush - for all my hard to clean water bottles

wool hand duster - goodbye swiffer

Terrain favorites:

pinch & dash - because all of mother's recipes seem to call for them

veggie scrubber

Brook Farm General Store:

straw handbroom

 horsehair handbroom

 metal straws

enamelware lunch box

West Elm Market:

bubble up dish brush

goodbye detergent cleaning scrubs

tie string holder - for all those sandwiches wrapped in butcher paper

I mean... These products are so pretty I almost want to be in my kitchen 24 hours a day. But for now, I'll stick to the 5-7 hours I feel I'm in there right now! 

Am I the only one in the world that feels like they're in the kitchen ALL the time? xo

*kitchen image here