Bathroom Towel Bars and Holders
Organizing Ideas for Towels and the People Who Use Them
Bathroom towel bars are the common way to store towels in the bathroom. They hang there looking pretty
and waiting to be used and then they go back onto the towel rack
to dry. (you hope - see the parenting tips)
Ever since the chore of "washing up" moved from the bedroom to the bathroom, towel bars have been pressed
into service to as a way to keep the towels at the ready and provide a space for them to dry.
Every bathroom has a towel bar. But is one enough?
Apparently not!
When bathing occurs almost daily and many people share the same bathroom, one device for bathroom
towel storage may not be enough.
Your bathroom towel storage solutions will depend on the
size of your bathroom and the number of people using it of course, but you will be able to find a
solutions from some of the great options that are available today.
Bathroom Organizing Ideas
Here are some good instructions on how to refasten bathroom towel bars that have come loose.
Sometimes the towel bar has its own size of allen wrench or hex wrench that you need to fasten it.
Most of the time that little tool is only for the towel bar it came with.
Tape that little tool to the
inside of your bathroom cabinet door and you will always have it
ready when that towel rack needs tightening.
Bathroom storage ideas for taming your towel clutter include:
Kids cannot reach the bathroom towel bars that are mounted at an adult height. If you want them to return the towels to their
assigned space provide an user friendly option at a height that is perfect for them.
Use the space behind the bathroom door - that is vertical space too. You can choose an
over the door
towel rack that mounts directly on the door or even on the hinges.
roll up your towels and keep them in storage baskets either on the counter or on the floor wherever you have room.
put a free standing bathroom towel rack in each bedroom to encourage independence and self
reliance for management of personal towels.
make that a heated towel rack and the only way to get a heated towel
is to put it on the rack. You can be assured that anyone in the family who wants the luxury of a
heated towel will put in on the rack. The towels cannot get warm on the floor!
Parenting Tips for Taming Towel Clutter
If you have a family you already know that towels do not always find their way back to their original home in the bathroom and there never
seems to be enough towels for everyone who wants to use the bathroom. Creating a place for everyone to hang their own towels
means that the ones you put on the bathroom towel bars
will be there when you (or your guests) need them!
Remove mildew towel odors by washing the affected towels in the washing machine in HOT water with nothing added but 2 cups of white vinegar. Once they are finished
run them through a hot wash again - do not add anything.
After this second washing dry until thoroughly dry in the dryer.
Teach this trick to your kids and let them manage their own moldy towels!
You can move towards taming towel clutter if you move the bathroom towel bars out of the bathroom and into the bedroom!
YES it can be done!
If you move bathroom towel storage out of the bathroom and give each family member the
responsibility for their own towel management then they must live with the consequences of their
towel management decisions.
This means that you cannot rescue someone from a self imposed clean towel shortage.
They will have to figure that one out on their own.
It also means that you cannot manage the towels that are kept in their room! Children can never learn
to be self reliant if they never have to rely on their own decisions.
If the only towels they have are the moldy wet ones on the floor of their room then those will be the
ones they have to use. I can absolutely guarantee you
that they will not catch a deadly disease and they might just learn that hanging up the towels in their designated place
is the best way to assure a dry towel when you really need one!
Designate each family member to a specific towel color. These are their own personal towels to be kept
in their own room and taken to the bathroom for a bath or a shower.
With specific colors assigned to each family member, towels left lying around always shout out the name of their irresponsible owner!
Stumble It!
