Which way to hang this towel bar.

[heliocentric]

I bought this towel bar for our bathroom, but we haven't installed it yet. DH & I can't decide how to hang it so it looks right.

IKEA shows it this way:

www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90162597/

DH thinks it should go the other way. (Upside down from how it's shown in the picture.)

You can hang towels on both parts.

Does it make sense to install it IKEA's way so the "top" towel will be closer to the wall and the lower towel will stick out in front?

Or

DH's way so the top towel will stick out in front and the bottom towel will be closer to wall and underneath the top towel.

[heyrebekah]

I think it should be the way pictured.

[heygrey]

How its pictured.

I'd hang big towels on the stick out bar and washcloths on the top. I wouldn't want the washcloths covered by towels, they wouldn't dry as well and would stink

[heliocentric]

Hmm, now I think the picture is wrong. The directions in the box show it hanging DH's way.

I held it to the wall and tried it both ways. If it's the way it's shown in the photo, it's really hard to get the back towel on because it's very close to the wall and that towel can slide off the sides.

Now I'm totally confused! Over a towel bar!

Thanks for input.

[chanteltbarrett]

I would hang it the way it is pictured.

[TBM]

The people doing the website obviously don't read the directions. Your DH and the directions make more sense than the way pictured on the website.

[julygal]

I would do it the way it is pictured. I always thought a double towel rack had the second set of towels lower in front. Having them lower in the back doesn't make sense.

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Nov 4, 2012 20:13:06 GMT -5 julygal said:

I would do it the way it is pictured. I always thought a double towel rack had the second set of towels lower in front. Having them lower in the back doesn't make sense.

That's what I thought too when I saw it. It would be hard to access anything on the back if it was lower and there was something in front of it.

[TBM]

Nov 4, 2012 20:28:42 GMT -5 @juno said:

Nov 4, 2012 20:13:06 GMT -5 julygal said:

I would do it the way it is pictured. I always thought a double towel rack had the second set of towels lower in front. Having them lower in the back doesn't make sense.

That's what I thought too when I saw it. It would be hard to access anything on the back if it was lower and there was something in front of it.

That is so funny, because I have never seen anything but the outside level or higher than the back. With hand towels or washcloths in front, it isn't hard to reach the bath towels in the back if they are lower.