What do you put above the toilet besides a towel rack?
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Comments (8)I am glad this got asked and looking forward to the answers!! Weedyacres, my guess is that the "drying" towel is hung over the towel bar spread out, while the dry towel is neatly folded in thirds lengthwise and then hung over the bar. In our new bath I am having the same frustration. I want it always to look neat. But, if you fold your wet towel up nicely, it's not going to dry, of course. The wet ones, hung on the bar, also take up like 20", so you can't hang two towels, or a towel and hand towel, on a 24" towel bar, like they're seemingly intended for. neatly folded towel on towel bar. Obviously a dry towel! Here are two neatly folded towels on a bar. When one is wet, what do you do with it? Unfolded, it takes up the whole bar, so where would the other one go??? There HAS to be an answer to this I am missing.......See Moremounting towel racks on mirrors and/or hard wall tiles?
Comments (2)Thanks Palimpsest for your explanation, sorry to take so long to get back to reply. Your first two paragraphs make sense, and others (builder, bathstore personnel) have agreed it's not a good idea to drill other things into the mirror. We were going to try to choose an alternate lighting fixture for this guest bathroom, but they had already glued the backplate on to the mirror, so we'll live with this one. But at a later date, if we ever did want to change, will that be "impossible" without risking breaking the mirror to remove the backplate? By your last paragraph, do you mean that if we put up a train rack (or whatever... say smaller towel rack or toiletry holder) that required drilling, that we just have to know where the pipes/whatnot are behind the wall before accidentally drilling into them? These tiles, being "very hard", apparently went through a lot of drill bits for whatever they did need to drill for. And presumably a train/towel rack should be mounted to stud underneath too, for extra stability? Actually, at some point I think we'll want to have a grab bar installed... so same points would apply, with extra of figuring out best angle/height to suit most users (being guest bathroom with potentially some heavier and/or older visitors) and ideally also esthetics. Eventually we'll aim to have grab bar(s) for master ensuite too, so whatever we learn will be useful there too....See MoreWould you put a towel holder here? Or leave it?
Comments (10)I have two bathrooms with towel rings in that location (and toilets to the left) and both have outlets in similar locations. I took a folded hand towel (to simulate looping over the ring) and hung it so the towel hangs just above (maybe .5-1") the countertop. I really like having the hand towel there. It means that no one is crossing the room with dripping hands or potentially dropping a towel in the toilet (if I hung it over the toilet instead). I don't think there's a right or wrong answer, it just depends on what looks and functions well for you....See MoreWhat do you do with damp towels/ wash cloths?
Comments (6)You have many more towels than I do so this may not be helpful. When I come home from the gym I put the towels in the dryer for a few minutes, then I put them in a place away from the other clothes to wait until I have a load of similar items. This minimizes stinky wet towels sitting around and helps keep the germs contained. While I use my bathroom towels more than once I don't like to use gym towels again - never know what is growing on them. If you do hang them up wet be sure there is adequate ventilation in the room. Not just to the rest of the house but to the outside. For drying clothes I use a drying rack I got at QVC. It is called the Hangaway drying rack and it can hold a lot of clothes and towels while still leaving room for them to dry out. It might work for you depending on how much room you have....See Moreshellsmom2
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