My cabinets are barren and my counter space is wet and cluttered. On both sides of my sink, I display the ignorant mistake made by so many of us Americans: dish racks. A saucepan takes up one-third of an entire rack, leaving only small holes in which to pile my silverware. Dishes are like falling dominos frozen in time, waiting to be used and replaced in the endless drama of dirty and clean. They never find their proper home, and I pity them for this. Why doesn’t he just dry them and put them away? You’re thinking. It seems simple; I agree. However, there is an easier way.

 Those of you who own dishwashers can stop smiling because I’m not talking about your Jet-Dry Whirlpool or what ever. What I’m talking about is an invention brought to us by the same logical Scandinavians that brought us Saunas and Ikea: a combination cabinet-dish rack.

 Here’s how it goes:

The mandatory requirement is that your cabinet-dish rack must be over the sink, this is the only catch. After that it’s as simple as the Finnish flag. Imagine all the cabinets above your sink having rack-like bottoms. The horizontal panels, on which your plates and such would normally rest, are replaced with a rack they can fit into. One can have as many levels to their cabinet-dish rack because all the dripping eventually ends up in the sink. Now you have eliminated the middle man (dish rack) and no longer have to have the need for a dish towel. Trust me; it’s truly simple and amazing.

Being the pioneers of easy living, I’m confused as to why we, as Americans, haven’t adopted this idea. Maybe we do have windows above the sink on which to cool our Apple pies, but seriously, washing some dishes and putting them directly in the cabinet is about the coolest thing since hover boards. (Who can forget Back to the Future II, Biff Tannan, and Marty Mcfly?) To anyone who reads this announcement, I suggest you go home and cut out the bottoms of your cabinetry as soon as possible.