The Hand Towel Trick That'll Bring The Hotel-Feel Into Your Bathroom
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Luxury features, such as two shower heads and intentional design details, in a spa-like bathroom can boost your home's value and make your home resemble a hotel. Elements like bright, airy colors, metallic faucets, and a perfectly curated minimalist aesthetic give the inherently practical space a five-star hospitality feel. Out of all of the particulars that create this vibe, skillfully folded hand towels are arguably one of the most impactful. If you want to give your bathroom a hotel-inspired makeover, recreating these origami-like towels is a great start. The trick involves a series of folds and flips that convert the towel into a neat little package you can hang over a towel rack.
Although the aesthetic appears effortless, intentional details come together to create this signature look. For an authentic hotel feel, it's a good idea to opt for white hand towels. This is the color of towel typically found in hotels; it assures the guest that the linens are perfectly clean. This set of six White Classic 100% Turkish Cotton Luxury White Hand Towels costs about $23. Investing in plush, high-quality towels will make your tired bathroom look more luxe. That said, feel free to use a darker color towel if that's what you already have, the hue matches your existing bathroom décor, or you want to hide potential staining.
How to fold your hand towels like hotel towels
Ready to try this hotel décor trick you can steal for a statement bathroom? First, lay the towel out on a flat surface. Then fold the bottom of the towel about a quarter of the way up its length. Next, flip the towel over and fold one side into the middle of the towel. Repeat with the other side. Finally, fold the top of the towel down and flip the entire towel over. You can then hang it on the rail in your bathroom to add a touch of sophistication to the space. If you want to take this DIY to the next level, consider folding and hanging not one but two towels on the rack side by side. Hotels commonly provide guests with two hand towels, so having two towels in your bathroom adds authenticity.
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This could, however, result in you having to do double the laundering. You can also try your hand at hotel towel layering. Hang a large folded bath towel over the towel rack, then hang your precisely folded hand towel over it. Top the arrangement off with a decoratively folded washcloth. The finished result should resemble the neat stack of towels you often see in high-end hotel bathrooms. Not interested in going to all this effort all the time? Consider placing a few folded white hand towels in your bathroom only when guests visit. You could, for example, use darker-colored towels for daily hand drying and keep the white towels clean and neatly folded until you need them.