After reading this article...I felt inspired by both the colors of cloth and the idea of using less paper! I left the site and forgot about it until the Mr. emailed me the same article. So now we have no paper towels in our kitchen. I purchased some cloth beauties at my favorite Union Gospel Mission thrift shop and we have been successfully using cloth! Our system? A large stash of rags for floor and a smaller stash of towels for kitchen mess...and a good deal of cloth napkins...for meals.
http://simplemom.net/how-to-create-a-paperless-kitchen/