Keep Your Towels Dry with These 6 Towel Storage Ideas
Never use a damp towel again.
Though towel rails, towel hooks and towel rings may be the perfect towel storage solutions for the one or two towels you use on a daily basis, they most likely aren't sufficient for all the towels you have. Instead of throwing your extra towels in a cupboard, think about supplying your bathroom with a few additional towel storage solutions that will help keep your towels neat, clean and dry whenever you need them. In this guide, we go over six simple towel storage ideas to keep all your towels clean and dry.
1. Woven Storage Baskets
Lightweight and attractive, woven hampers and storage baskets are the perfect complementary storage solutions for breezy coastal-style bathrooms. Even though some of these storage baskets can be pretty large, their soft, textured appearance doesn't add too much bulk to a space, making them perfect for smaller bathrooms. Many storage baskets can be easily moved around or stacked so they take up less space. Their light weight also means you can easily carry these baskets to and from your utility room when your towels need to be cleaned.
You can never go wrong with a reliable wall-mounted cabinet or set of shelves. Exposed shelves are the perfect place to display your towel-folding skills. Displaying your towels in tightly rolled logs will have you feeling like you're in a hotel every time you step in your bathroom. If you'd prefer to keep your folding work out of sight, opt for a wall-mounted cabinet instead. Wall-mounted units don't take up any floor space, so they're a good choice to prevent a small bathroom from looking too overcrowded. Wall-mounted cabinets do have a bit more bulk to them, so if you have a smaller bathroom, we recommend going with open shelves.
Towel ladders are the next best thing in trendy towel storage ideas. With multiple rungs, they can store and dry several more towels than your average towel bar. Available in a variety of gorgeous natural and painted wood finishes, these towel ladders would fit right in with Scandinavian, country house and traditional bathrooms. Choose a ladder with metal details to match a rustic or industrial bathroom.
Narrow but sturdy in design, linen storage units are made to store bathroom goodies without taking up too much space. If you're interested in a towel storage solution that can also accommodate some other storage needs, consider adding a linen storage unit to your bathroom's floor plan. These units can have shelves, drawers, cabinets and more, allowing them to hold all kinds of objects from towels to toiletries.
There's nothing quite like the feeling of wrapping yourself up in a warm, dry towel. With a towel warmer, you'll be able to experience that cosy comfort every time you step out of the shower. Heated towel rails not only keep towels warm, but they also dry them off. Heated towel rails are designed to be energy-efficient and rust-resistant, so you can hang a damp towel on one without worry. These electric rails can be wall-mounted or freestanding.
If you have a larger bathroom, it may benefit from the addition of freestanding storage units with shelves or cabinets. Though these furniture pieces might take up too much floor space in a smaller bathroom, they can fill vacant areas of larger bathrooms with functional elegance. Keep in mind that shelving units are less hefty and space-consuming than cabinets, though cabinets can hold more objects more securely.
Tip: Now you've got the storage down, why not check out our bathroom towel buying guide and invest in something totally new and luxurious.
