We ran out of wall space, and ended up with a double towel bar that we couldn't hang.

This was our solution, a train track as you mentioned, with hooks, from RH. It is a shorter one, not all of them came in the shorter size, so this was a bit of a coup.

For the only location we had left, I preferred the train track there to the double bar there, for aesthetic reasons, so even if you bring home and mock up where it would go may help.

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Here is a link that might be useful: RH small train track

I saw this on the Pottery Barn site and thought it could be nice over the toilet as closed storage for towels. I like that it's a cabinet, but I think it could easily fit a few folded towels. It has hooks on the bottom, though I suppose you couldn't hang anything too long or it might interfere with the toilet.

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Do you have floor space? You mentioned baskets. I've been looking at the madras cube, the seagrass cube, and the madras bath tower. I love world market :-)

Here is a link that might be useful: World Market storage baskets

Thanks everyone. All great suggestions. Techiestar I may resort to baskets at least for the moment, since with those, I can always change my mind and install a bar or rack or hooks later, while still having towels in a basket for now.

I'm wondering whether I should get a basket with a top though... if only because my black lab loves to grab towels and run with them!

Be careful with storing towels in a basket, many have rough woven ends or other knots that could "catch" and snag towels. And definitely have a covered bin, both to prevent dust getting on the towels and to keep the dog from absconding with them.

floating shelves are good for towel storage - can be painted the same as wall color to blend and not feel so bulky

A train/hotel type holder is good inside the shower too if wall space is tight....like where they hang in hotels..high and at the back shower wall. You would definately want a higher end all-stainless one if hung there.

A more involved fix idea- in two homes we've owned I've "stolen" space for storage by adding wall cabinets that bumped into an adjacent room's closet...such as I took a foot and a half from the back of a hall closet that backed up to a bathroom and used this as an inset wall flush towel cabinet. The coolest space stealer we made was when a bedroom closet backed up to a back shower/tub combo. wall; we built a 14 inch deep niche at the back of the shower (and tiled it in) for towel storage...this was handy storage and worked very well, this was in the mid-90's before the digital age and all this sharing of ideas...I can't find any photos of that. :(

Also, even stealing a few inches from any wall and placing shelves that are recessed in and extend out with an 8 inch ledge or so gives you enough for towel storage with less bump-out into a small room.

Wonder if I'm clear in comunicating my ideas, but hth.

I know this is an old thread, but I love these ideas. Anyone else have a great idea? I wanted to do something very similar to what kitch-n-kat proposed, but my GC got confused and thought I wanted to recess a cabinet not just add to the back, so now I am not sure I can have my cabinet or not. But I really REALLY need a way to store extra towels.

My basement bathroom and laundry are separated by a low bulkhead, so I built in cubbie space for the towels on the bathroom side and a storage unit on the laundry side. Carving out space from a wall works if you have any depth to work with!

I LOVE train racks and found several on Ebay. GREAT prices! Hotels use them in their small spaces. Very stylish!