8 of the Best Ways to Store Your Towels
Not sure whether to stack or roll? These bathroom designs have towel storage sorted
Wondering where to stash bulky bath linen such as towels and face cloths? Check out these ideas to find a storage option that will work with the style and size of your bathroom.
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Reinvent a console
It’s not always necessary to use purpose-built bathroom furniture in your washspace. Instead, add character with pieces you might use elsewhere in the home.
A console like this one, for example, is ideal for storing towels. The linen can be folded neatly and stacked along the shelves, making it easy to pull them out when needed.
Like the idea of repurposed furniture for the bathroom? Check out these 7 alternatives to the standard bathroom vanity unit.
It’s not always necessary to use purpose-built bathroom furniture in your washspace. Instead, add character with pieces you might use elsewhere in the home.
A console like this one, for example, is ideal for storing towels. The linen can be folded neatly and stacked along the shelves, making it easy to pull them out when needed.
Like the idea of repurposed furniture for the bathroom? Check out these 7 alternatives to the standard bathroom vanity unit.
Get super-organised
If you want to create a really brilliant storage system in your bathroom, it might be worth investing in some bespoke joinery.
Here, the designers have built a custom-made open cupboard with a space for everything the homeowners need to store.
Towels are neatly stacked in cubbyholes and pull-out baskets. Once they’re dirty, the owners can pop them straight into the laundry bin below.
Find more bathroom organisers in the Houzz Shop.
If you want to create a really brilliant storage system in your bathroom, it might be worth investing in some bespoke joinery.
Here, the designers have built a custom-made open cupboard with a space for everything the homeowners need to store.
Towels are neatly stacked in cubbyholes and pull-out baskets. Once they’re dirty, the owners can pop them straight into the laundry bin below.
Find more bathroom organisers in the Houzz Shop.
Don’t have space for a large cupboard? Consider a wall-mounted shelf unit like this one instead. The trick is to ensure the shelf depth is no less than the width of your towels when folded or rolled, so they can be stored without them jutting out into the room.
Throw in a rack
Here’s a simple idea that’s both practical and attractive – a V-shaped storage rack that can slot into a small space in the bathroom.
Here, the owners have tucked it beneath the basin, but it would look equally good anywhere else in the room.
If you can’t get hold of a storage rack like this one, you could repurpose a magazine rack instead.
Here’s a simple idea that’s both practical and attractive – a V-shaped storage rack that can slot into a small space in the bathroom.
Here, the owners have tucked it beneath the basin, but it would look equally good anywhere else in the room.
If you can’t get hold of a storage rack like this one, you could repurpose a magazine rack instead.
Display in a dresser
To give your bathroom some vintage character, hunt around second-hand outlets for an antique cabinet in which to display your neatly folded towels. The white-painted dresser in this space goes well with the shabby-chic look of the bathroom.
Choose towels in soft or neutral colours to ensure they work with the vintage vibe.
To give your bathroom some vintage character, hunt around second-hand outlets for an antique cabinet in which to display your neatly folded towels. The white-painted dresser in this space goes well with the shabby-chic look of the bathroom.
Choose towels in soft or neutral colours to ensure they work with the vintage vibe.
Work with wicker
Go for a rustic look by storing your towels in a wicker basket. It’s a brilliantly simple solution that can add cosy warmth to the space.
This large basket has plenty of room for a number of towels. Neatly roll yours to fit in as many as possible, and to ensure the basket looks stylish and tidy.
Go for a rustic look by storing your towels in a wicker basket. It’s a brilliantly simple solution that can add cosy warmth to the space.
This large basket has plenty of room for a number of towels. Neatly roll yours to fit in as many as possible, and to ensure the basket looks stylish and tidy.
Go to the wire
If your style is more industrial than rustic, choose a wire basket rather than a wicker one. This black design works with the charcoal features elsewhere and contrasts with the crisp white towels.
If your style is more industrial than rustic, choose a wire basket rather than a wicker one. This black design works with the charcoal features elsewhere and contrasts with the crisp white towels.
Be clever with space
Take a look around your room to see if you can find some extra space for towel storage. An unused wall surface could be just big enough to fit a column of shelves.
Here, the designers have made use of a stud wall at the foot of the bath to create a recessed alcove that contains plenty of storage.
Tell us…
Do you have any different ideas for storing towels? Share your photos in the Comments section.
Take a look around your room to see if you can find some extra space for towel storage. An unused wall surface could be just big enough to fit a column of shelves.
Here, the designers have made use of a stud wall at the foot of the bath to create a recessed alcove that contains plenty of storage.
Tell us…
Do you have any different ideas for storing towels? Share your photos in the Comments section.
If you’re looking for a way to dry your towels while storing them, check out this clever idea. Copper pipes have been soldered together to form a radiator with handy ledges for rolled-up towels.
Storing them like this is neater than hanging a pile over a standard towel radiator, and the copper pipes bring a cool industrial look to the bathroom.
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