Towel Bar Placement?
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Where would you recommend we place our towel bar ? The wall between the tub/shower and the open door is about 35 inches. The towel bar is 18 inches? Would you center it with the open door ? We will likely place it between 44-46 inches high.
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Comments (1)I think that you should decide the tile height based on the height of the room and other fixed elements in it. Generally, it looks most pleasing to have a break on the wall, like tile or chair rail, go up either ~1/3 of the wall height or ~2/3.... without bisecting the electrical outlets or hitting a window opening in a funny place. Also- the style of the house or room comes into play. If you have a period home, look at where tile is typically stopped for that era/style....See MoreWhat size vanity for this space?
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Comments (12)I mixed it up for different reasons. Master bath: hooks near shower & tub for bath towels, rings for hand towels @ sink. I'm really, really, really loving the hooks for the bath towels. I used double hooks, and I like that I can drape a towel over both "prongs" to help open it up for drying. Don't actually take the hand towels off the ring unless I'm swapping them for clean ones, so the rings are fine. Guest bath: towel bar at sit-in shower for bath towels, smaller towel bar at sink for hand towels. This was more of a space issue. It was a very typical "galley" type bathroom layout. I went with double towel rods so that each guest (generally my parents) could have two towels without taking up the entire wall. Hooks would have worked, too, but I wanted to be able to fold them over something and free up some wall space. The shorter towel bar at the vanity allowed space for two guest hand towels to reside on one wall, without taking up counter space. Half bath: Open ring for hand towel (because it was the best looking option that came in my faucet's line, and I wanted them to match). :) Hollywood bath (DD's): No towel bar, rings for hand towels. Her shower area is small and the only wall that would fit a towel bar is the wall the door opens up against. I didn't want to have to choose between open door or dry towels. So I bought an over the door hook, and really cute coordinating towels....See MoreIs this bad design? Bathroom hand towel placement
Comments (18)Yes, I thought of that as well, @bpath. Don't think I'll have enough space though. Probably going with a 30" vanity and the goal is to keep its top clear to facilitate daily sink cleaning. Right now, the counter clutter makes a simple sink swipe a pita. I was thinking of adding a shelf under the medicine cabinet to collect the "essential" daily clutter. (We're very much "out of sight, out of mind" people so putting everything away in cabinets is a pipe dream.) Yes, the shelf will be a pita to clean as well but it can be done weekly. ETA: @Sueb20, what's the trick to choosing towel hooks that actually hold towels? Is there a desired angle range for hooks or should I be sewing loops into my towels to make sure they don't fall off? I see so many hooks that aren't hooks. We had a simple metal hook on the door and the towel often ended up on the floor. In any case, after so many years, the hollow core door was no match for it and the hook came off. Command hook now does the job but I'll be wanting a more aesthetic option when we remodel. And the hooks will be on the wall, not the door. I need to figure out their placement so I know where to add wall support. It's these little details that I want to get right because they affect the functionality of the space and therefore my enjoyment. I don't want to redo this space only to end up with the same "issues". This is the similar shape to the hook we had. This is from CB2. I don't know how well that would hold a towel in place?? The devil is in the details, they say. Maybe I'm possessed and not obsessed. :P...See MoreRelated Professionals
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For heavens sake!
Two pictures, from two different threads regarding the SAME BATH....
Left is from your rug question, right is your towel questionYou have a bath you "don't use" with a deep blue rug
Center the "best fit" rug on the vanity.
Center the towel bar between the door when closed and the tub tile edge
Hang some art over the towel bar!
Put two hooks on the back of the bathroom door
Keep a coordinating bath mat on which to step out of the shower.....fold over tub edge when not in use.
Guest tip? Add a terry oversized hotel style robe.- nobody ever packs one.
It's a bath you barely use.
Done!!!
Good grief. : ) Best not to make hard.,....from simple.
Last tip? Don't use the junk hollow wall anchors that come with the towel bar- get decent anchors at the hardware store.
And ......
as to prickly? I don't mean to be. But just as adding in ones head is sharpened by not relying on a calculator? There are some decisions that with two minutes thought are a bit of a short muse.... what makes sense/ is obvious/ is easy . Right?: ) Yessssss!!!!
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