| Sometimes I've run into a design problem that I | | | | find. |
| knew I could solve with a simple solution. My story | | | | The idea must have had merit, because today, you |
| explains my quest to find a free standing towel rack, | | | | can find a free standing towel rack in a wide variety |
| and how it changed my master bath from almost | | | | of sizes, finishes, and features. If you have limited |
| perfect to exactly right. | | | | floor space and need a place to hang the terrycloth, |
| Several years ago I was involved in a challenging | | | | you can find a simple free standing towel rack on |
| home renovation project. We bought a 120-year-old | | | | post and a weighted base. The post is topped with |
| Queen Anne Victorian, a house that had been the | | | | an S-shaped hanging rod, or a set of free-swinging |
| victim of several non-sympathetic additions and | | | | bars on the top of the post, or an open oval rack. |
| adaptations. Our goal was to restore the house to | | | | With this free standing towel rack, there's plenty of |
| something close to its original state, preserving its | | | | room to hang a few towels while taking up less than |
| character but still updating it so it would be | | | | a square foot of floor space. And if you want to |
| comfortable for a modern family to live and work in. | | | | hang hand towels and don't have the nearby wall |
| I discovered that is more difficult to work within the | | | | space for a conventional towel bar, you can get a |
| confines of an existing building than to build a new | | | | countertop version of the free standing towel rack, |
| one. It wasn't impossible, mind you, and a surprising | | | | too. |
| number of details fell into place quite easily. | | | | An elegant solution follows my instincts about using a |
| I was particularly happy when we were able to | | | | quilt rack. Today you can find a free standing towel |
| create a traditional master bath with contemporary | | | | rack in all the popular hardware finishes. They are |
| features. We found reproduction tile and re-used solid | | | | now readily available, and they provide two or three |
| wood doors original to the home. Our new master | | | | hanging rods--enough space to hang towels for a |
| bath was as perfect as I could imagine. | | | | whole family. A base shelf on a free standing towel |
| Perfect, that was, until it was time to install a towel | | | | rack can store folded towels and spare bathroom |
| bar. We had no place to screw anything into the wall | | | | essentials. |
| within reach of the shower. Pocket doors, plumbing, | | | | Another innovative design for the free standing |
| lack of a reasonable expanse of wall-I had no place | | | | towel rack is a towel ladder. Even if you have limited |
| to hang a towel. But I knew there had to be a | | | | passage in your bathroom, the floor space that the |
| solution. I was on a quest to find a free standing | | | | ladder takes up is minimal, and you can hang four |
| towel rack. | | | | towels is less than two feet of wall space. |
| Although I hadn't seen them anywhere at the time, I | | | | If you have space in your bathroom, another free |
| knew the free standing towel rack couldn't be a | | | | standing towel rack takes its design from the |
| far-fetched idea. I was thinking of a quilt rack, but | | | | étagère. Rather than having open shelves, this |
| none were narrow enough for the space I was | | | | rack uses side bars for hanging towels. It gives you |
| trying to fill. Eventually, I found a free standing towel | | | | hanging space on four sides, and might give you |
| rack in an in-flight catalog. It was a rare and lucky | | | | hanging space for outside for pool towels. |