double towel bar vs. hooks
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raehelen
10 years agoWe have a similar sized space, our pocket door closes right next to the wall (you can barely see wee bit of wall in bottom right corner-haven't painted/installed trim yet).
I have a towel warmer that sticks out the same as a double towel bar would, door is only 28", I am a wide woman and have absolutely no problems or feel at all crowded entering the BR.
How about 2 hooks above a double towel bar? Then room for four towels. Switch could be in between, just have hooks high enough.
lotteryticket
10 years agoWe have very little room for towels in our hall bath. After years of draping towels over the shower curtain rod I added these hooks in a narrow space right next to the tub.
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any thoughts on towel hooks instead of towel bars?
Comments (22)I'm sort of doing both too. But our bath redo is at a stand still, so I just put these up temporarily. Please ignore the walls, which will come down when the project is restarted. First, the train rack which stores and provides a towel bar as well. It will have the blocking to support it placed behind the new walls. The towel ring as shown was the one we used before, the old one, and I might find a place to put it but who knows. And here is my favorite hook of all time, which I purchased from Lee Valley Tools. It can go behind a door and it folds up. It is also a very nautical design, since boats are always short on space. It makes a good mudroom rack where you can hang a hat on top, and then spread out the other hooks for your gloves and jackets. And then this one, on clearance at Pottery Barn and sold as a bathroom magazine rack, but it is a fantastic towel bar/rack too. Not bad on the price either, if it is still available. I'm using it now beside my sink in the bath undergoing redo....See MoreDo you use towel hooks or bars? This is the big decision:)
Comments (10)This is just great feedback from all of you. I just now went online and found a gazillion robe hooks but was able to eliminate most based on the advice given from your experience....looking for that deep hook that will hold the towel and keep it away from the wall for faster drying. I'm definately going with the hooks in the shower...and probably a bar in the tub area. Love the train rack idea with hooks but the budget won't let me do that one. Folkman, I'm impressed that you are a bar man and appreciate the look of a nicely displayed towel...I'm married to "drop man", but he has a lot of other fine qualities:) Thanks everyone!...See MoreHooks vs. bars: Help Single Dad w/ my towels!!
Comments (18)We have hooks and heavy 33x66 bath sheets and have not had any problems with them drying - I have found that they don't dry as well on bars because the towels have to be doubled over to fit on the bars if you don't have room for 36" bars. Double bars were even worse IME because there ended up being eight layers of thick fabric in a small area. Two towels on one double hook (Delta Victorian, not one I'd recommend) dry just fine. I live in coastal New Hampshire where it is downright malarial in the warm months and arid in the cold; towels are laundered once a week and we have no problems with funkiness. We do also have the issue of towels not being hung neatly on bars, and I think decorative towels are silly (I am pretty much a failure as a girly-girl!). :-) Here's a picture: One way to evaluate whether towels dry sufficiently on hooks where you live would be to get some of the cheap over-the-door hooks from somewhere like Walmart and give it a shot before installing anything permanent....See More2 hand towel rings or double hook?
Comments (5)I don't know where they should go but I like it that you are fixing the walls to to handle the fixtures after the walls go up. I have never had a towel ring but they look like they would be under a lot of stress & torque as one tries to pull the towel off, unless the ring swings left and right to accommodate the side pull. I like hooks and bars. If you put a bar by the tub I would put one that was actually a grab bar for safety. They have many nice looking ones. I have seen chrome plated ones in several designs. As I was as my DS's house taking a shower and drying off while standing in the beautiful claw foot tub/shower, I needed some help with balance and I put my hand on some mounted shelving, not thinking. As I eventually wobbled I put too much weight on the shelve and down it came, braking the nice decorations that DIL had up. So, in my remodel I will have only grab bar worthy fixtures near the tub for safety :)...See Morelotteryticket
10 years agoAnd this double rack with shelves next to the vanity. It sticks out a bit more than I'd like, probably close to 6" but I've grown used to it and it's a vast improvement,
lisadlu
10 years agojuddgirl2
10 years agoI really like the hooks we used in our daughter's bath. There are only 3 of them but they're double hooks so she can also use them for her robes and to hang wet bathing suits to dry. This room also serves as the guest bath and they worked out really well when we had company visiting from out of town, because everyone had their own hook.
We haven't experienced any issues with the towels drying out between each use, but we're in sunny, dry California and I'm not sure if that makes a difference.
Be sure to try out different hooks. I originally ordered the Mercer hooks from Pottery Barn, but the heavy towels wouldn't stay put. These are the vintage hooks from Restoration Hardware and we haven't had a problem. They're very heavy and "curvier" than some other hooks.
Jbrig
10 years agopricklypearcactus
10 years agogildee
10 years agoI bought several long, single towel bars, without really thinking through their placement. I discovered one bar was too long, and decided to go with a short double towel bar. We love its utility, hand towels and bath mat. And the master bath's door closes.
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