I'd go an over-door towel rack to hide the towels behind the door.

I like hooks for towels and they take up very little space .

We have hooks for our personal towels, but do have a built in bench seat where under the seat we store more towels.

We like it. It keeps the bathroom clost for other stuff and yet towels are close by but unseen

Do you think hooks with towels will really interfere /be in the way and just look for ones that don’t stick out as far.

Weigh against what the niche will cost and also consider other options.

That’s an interesting idea. I found these examples and like them:

But it’s impossible to say what would work best for you without seeing how your bathroom is set-up, what size it is, costs involved, and other context.

Thank you Jilly and Maureen for the photos! Here is a photo of our bathroom. The shower is being extended so that the corner (to the right of the mirror) that you see in the image will be part of the shower and the shower door will be placed from the ceiling beam to the wall on the right (if that makes sense). The towel niche would be on the wall in front of the toilet. The glass shower door would open into the shower to save space.

PS: I prefer hooks rather than towel bars because I have yet to meet a relative or guest who knows how to fold towels like I do. Lol!

Hmm, seeing the room, and hearing the plans, I’m liking the niche idea even more. I can certainly see why you’re considering it.

What does your contactor think about it?

I much prefer hooks, too!

A place for hooks and the little bit of character it will give to a flat wall might be worth the expense.

I like the niche with a bar that goes across, I think they dry better stretched out. But I would tile anything like this and not have the towels against painted drywall. In the previous house the paint started to look a little weird under where the hooks were.

Actually, in this house our towels essentially get used once, because we dry off and then completely dry the shower by which point the towel is very wet, so it goes in the wash. So we have bars with nothing hanging on them in the bathroom we use. We are two adults though, no kids. The towels wear out very fast and I buy a dozen at a time, and the worst ones get turned into rags. We have a complete set of guest towels that can be put out as needed.

Can we see the other side of the room. I like the idea of a niche across from the toilet, but without knowing the cost it is hard to say if it is worth the expense.

Could you have a hook or bars on the back of the door?

Since the shower is being enlarged, will it be big enough to hang a towel inside and not have it get wet?

Jennifer, we though of a niche in the shower, but it will be all enclosed and we thought the steam may not be good for the towel. When we have guests, we pack 4-6 people in this bathroom, so having numerous hooks is a good think. The back of the door is an option, but not great for getting out of the shower and walking across the bathroom to grab a towel.