Don't Hang Towels On The Rack Above The Toilet: The Cuter Idea For Your Bathroom
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Ask any long-time renter who also loves cute and cozy bathrooms, and they'll tell you that innovative decor solutions arise from working around annoying landlord contract rules. Take the no-nails-in-the-wall rule that comes with many rental agreements. In the bathroom, that usually means nothing hung on the walls or ceiling. However, for ingenious DIYers, this restriction becomes an excuse to re-imagine features like the towel bar. Instead of holding linens, it becomes a place to hang cute baskets filled with decorative embellishments instead.
The basic supplies for this includes baskets, hooks, and decorative objects to put inside the baskets. However, since the basket is the focal point of this display, it's important to choose one that matches with or even augments your bathroom's decor scheme. For example, for a room that centers around rustic wall decor, a Kingwillow Wicker Picnic Fishing Creel Basket would match the bathroom's rustic aesthetic. On the other hand, if you lean more toward industrial design decor, opt for something like a MaraFansie Basket with Double Hooks. You get the idea.
As for the hooks, large S-hooks that fit over the towel bar are solid options, particularly if you can find some made from the same metal as the towel bar itself. However, if hooks aren't your thing, go with accessories that match the decor. In the example above, that might mean using jute cord to tie the fishing creels to the towel bar instead of hooks.
How to style the towel bar baskets
The baskets in this scenario have the potential to be mutli-fuctional. If you want them to be truly decorative -– a place to hang plants from, for example -– that's okay. However, let's say you have a dearth of storage space for items like extra rolls of toilet paper. This space-saving bathroom storage solution would work for that, too, and could be way cute if you cover your TP with something like Hoolerry Decorative Toilet Paper Roll Covers before dropping them into the baskets.
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Additionally, these baskets can be a lifesaver when you need to change the decor of the bathroom temporarily. For example, you're hosting out-of-town wedding guests. In that scenario, you might line the baskets with fancy tissue paper like a luxe hotel. From there, you could fill one basket with items like packets of mints or gum, miniature tubes of toothpaste, and travel toothbrushes. Another basket might hold Bandaids or small, un-opened packages of hair ties from the Dollar Tree.
In the end, this bathroom basket solution has the potential to solve many problems and add new levels of cuteness to the space in one go. You just have to be willing to think outside the box, or rather, the basket, to make that happen.