Master bath

Mind the door direction. Which way does the shower door swing? Locating your towels so they can be grabbed quickly minimizes the distance one must lean out of the shower stall and therefore minimizes the risk of slipping and falling, or experiencing an uncomfortable chill from spending more than a couple of seconds outside the shower stall’s steamy cocoon. If you only have one wall to hang your towels, make sure to have your shower door mounted to open in the most convenient direction.

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Whose towel is whose. Alternatively, you could employ the same strategy of demarcating sink space even without a trough basin by mounting your towel bars just under the lip of the countertop. Especially in a guest room or kid’s shared bathroom, this makes it easier to identify whose towel is whose compared with a catchall hook mounted somewhere on the wall.

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Shower enclosure. Barring a door mount, a tiled half wall may be the next best thing. You’ll barely have to open the door to access your towel. In this particular shower, the shower head and drain are far enough from the exit that you won’t have to drench your floors to reach for that towel.

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Have a small bathroom? Save space with an over-the-door towel rack. This practical piece features three metal bars of different sizes that can be arranged in any order.

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Consider the wall space above the bathtub? Or the wall or door of the toilet room?

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Door mounts. Don’t neglect any square inch in your quest to maximize comfort and functionality in your bathroom. Especially in a small bathroom, thinking beyond wall space to take advantage of doors and even windowsills can improve flow and open up design possibilities.

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I think our bathroom will look kind of like this.

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