Towel bars. A question/clicky poll.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I feel like every decision I'm making regarding this house comes up to you ladies first.  Decor by committee!

Anyhow, we're getting ready to put the upstairs bathroom back together.  R has re-installed the toilet and is working on the trim right now, then we'll swap out the faucet and put everything to rights.  So I have two questions.

1. With where we're putting the linen dresser (really the only place to put it) our choices are towel bar mounted high over the toilet or towel bar mounted higher over the dresser.  I feel like towels over the toilet is gross, but there's literally nowhere else to put a towel bar.  Please see the above clicky poll and voice your opinions on towels over a toilet.  (P.S. we'll be putting a towel bar in the guest room by the sink so the guest has somewhere to put their towels to keep them separate.)  These are solely for our (R & I) towels.

2. We've decided to stick with chrome fixtures in the bathroom b/c they're already installed and changing bathtub fixtures isn't in R's want-to-do list.  We bought this faucet for the bathroom:

Is chrome and white too much, as far as accessories go?  I was looking at something like this:

but I can't decide if it's overkill or not.  Thoughts?

(Edited to change to *actual* towel bar we're considering.  Google image fail)

[tarheels]

I've had towel bars over the toilet almost everywhere I've ever lived. I didn't know it was weird. Seems like a logical location to me <shrug>.

The towel bar PIP'd gets a thumbs down from me. The shape looks seashell/Golden Girls to me. But in a different shape, it'd be ok.

[mrs.jacinthe]

May 16, 2013 13:28:41 GMT -5 tarheels said:

I've had towel bars over the toilet almost everywhere I've ever lived. I didn't know it was weird. Seems like a logical location to me <shrug>.

The towel bar PIP'd gets a thumbs down from me. The shape looks seashell/Golden Girls to me. But in a different shape, it'd be ok.

I had a google image fail.  

The PIP is now the correct one we're actually considering.

[tarheels]

May 16, 2013 13:31:55 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

May 16, 2013 13:28:41 GMT -5 tarheels said:

I've had towel bars over the toilet almost everywhere I've ever lived. I didn't know it was weird. Seems like a logical location to me <shrug>.

The towel bar PIP'd gets a thumbs down from me. The shape looks seashell/Golden Girls to me. But in a different shape, it'd be ok.

I had a google image fail.  

The PIP is now the correct one we're actually considering.

HAHA! I was giving you a side eye, but rolled with it lol.  Yes, that one's just fine

[bunnymendelbaum]

My DH was just saying the towel over the toilet grosses him out, but if hung pretty high, has never bothered me.

[jacquie]

I wouldn't like it hanging over the toilet, but I get grossed out super easily.

Would a coupe towel hooks be an option, as opposed to a bar? They take up less space than a bar, though I'm not sure that would open up alternative location options for you.

If not, the bar you posted looks nice.

[mrs.jacinthe]

May 16, 2013 14:21:25 GMT -5 jacquie said:

I wouldn't like it hanging over the toilet, but I get grossed out super easily.

Would a coupe towel hooks be an option, as opposed to a bar? They take up less space than a bar, though I'm not sure that would open up alternative location options for you.

If not, the bar you posted looks nice.

We're actually thinking two hooks AND a bar.  I use two towels and a bathrobe   so I need lots of hanging space.  The hooks will go behind the door, I think.

[auntie]

Not a dealbreaker for me.

Do you need a towel bar? I have my "for show" towels n a bar and hang the one I'm using from hooks on the door. My mother doesn't have a towel bar in her guest bath, she has an old metal laundry tub with rolled towels in it.

[TBM]

I like the towel bar that you posted, but I have never been a fan of towel bars over toilets.

Aside from the ick factor, I am kind of a klutz. I am always afraid that I might drop my towel in/on the toilet.lol

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[jacquie]

May 16, 2013 14:26:53 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

May 16, 2013 14:21:25 GMT -5 jacquie said:

I wouldn't like it hanging over the toilet, but I get grossed out super easily.

Would a coupe towel hooks be an option, as opposed to a bar? They take up less space than a bar, though I'm not sure that would open up alternative location options for you.

If not, the bar you posted looks nice.

We're actually thinking two hooks AND a bar.  I use two towels and a bathrobe   so I need lots of hanging space.  The hooks will go behind the door, I think.

I use a ton of hooks too. I feel ya'.

[ktzmoh]

I want to see the golden girls towel bar.
and towels over the toilet never grossed me out, but I guess I've never really thought about it.

[mrs.jacinthe]

May 16, 2013 14:46:11 GMT -5 ktzmoh said:

I want to see the golden girls towel bar.
and towels over the toilet never grossed me out, but I guess I've never really thought about it.

YWIA:

It would go great in that teal FL house posted yesterday.

[ktzmoh]

Those are sweet! LOL!