Of course, you can buy a towel rack at any furniture store. But still, sometimes you want to do something original, non-standard, individual. Let's talk about how you can create a towel holder for the bathroom from things that seem to be not meant for this. 17 interesting and bright ideas that will make your bathroom special!
Towel racks made of wooden boxes
Great idea for storing fresh towels: bring a few wooden boxes, paint them in the colors of your bathroom and arrange them as you like - horizontally, vertically or mixed. You will have a lot of storage space, and an interesting design will appear in the bathroom that attracts the eye and refreshes the entire interior.
Wall mounted towel boxes
Did you like the previous idea, but there is not enough room in the bathroom for this design? Not a problem! Beautiful boxes, boxes or baskets on the wall are just as functional and look no less attractive. Play with the shape, color, size of the baskets, and the way the towels are positioned - folded and rolled towels look very different. A great idea, suitable for a small bathroom and not overwhelming the space. Plus, now all the towels are at your fingertips when you step out of the shower.
A stool or newspaper rack can become towel holders
A stool is a very practical accessory. Not only can it sit, it can also perform decorative function or become a towel rack. And if you have space under the sink, you can use it under the towels too. To do this, you will need fold-out newspaper stands on which the rolled towels will lie. Catchy, original and comfortable.
Rough tree stump as a bathroom accessory
The silvery sheen of chrome and the coldness of a stone bathtub can soften the heat natural wood... A beautiful tree stump will decorate a laconically furnished bathroom and become unusual element interior. You can put the book you are reading while taking a bath, put candles and a glass of wine on it - or fold towels. Comfortable? Yes. Extravagantly? Undoubtedly!
Convert stairs to bathroom towel holder
Can an old ladder be turned into a shelving unit? Of course, and it's pretty simple. Thanks to the different sizes of the shelves, the staircase looks even more unusual. On the top shelf, you can put pots of flowers or books, and the bottom shelf can be used to store towels or jars of shampoos and creams. An accessory that will give the bathroom a pleasant retro touch.
Metal frame as a towel rack
Even wet towels can be hung on such a frame. If you don't want to drill into the bathroom tiles, find one metal carcass like a ladder and just lean it against the wall. This idea has many advantages: such a hanger does not take up much space, it can be rearranged at any time, a lot of towels will fit here, and it all looks modern and unusual.
Ropes will create a nautical mood in the bathroom
If smoothness wall tiles seems boring to you, diversify the textures with rough ropes. The idea is simple to implement and practically does not require money. These ropes are reminiscent of the sunny shores of Italy, snow-white yachts and shrill cries of seagulls. All hands on deck!
Swing holder as an alternative to the towel hook
What a really unexpected decision! You will need old leather belts or narrow pieces of sturdy fabric, a wooden or metal rod, a couple of dowels, screws, and a drill. Perhaps this idea is not so practical, but it is very nontrivial.
DIY bathroom towel holder
However, if you find the previous idea too inconvenient, then here is its version, which takes much less space... The same leather belts can be nailed directly to the wall and make beautiful hangers with your own hands. Play with colors and materials depending on the interior of your bathroom. The example in the photo above will harmoniously complement a minimalist bathroom in black and white, the chrome bar will suit hi-tech lovers, and the floral fabric instead of leather straps will perfectly complement the shabby chic style.
A simple wooden bar is a convenient accessory
Attach the wooden bar to the shelf with a steel cord, or simply hang it on the two towel hooks on the wall. Don't have a suitable stick? It doesn't matter, find a beautiful branch in the forest. Happiness is in simplicity, isn't it? Such a towel holder will become an attractive element of the interior of a sauna or a country bathroom.
Towel bar under the countertop
If you are the proud owner of a spacious bathroom with a large countertop under the sink, then, of course, you can store towels there. But we are talking about clean towels that are just waiting in line to benefit a person. But for towels that you are wiping your hands with at this particular moment, you can hang the bar directly under the countertop. Especially small children who do not reach for high hanging hooks will love this idea.
Round towel holder on the wall
A metal ring suspended from a leather strap to the wall will become a laconic towel holder that takes up almost no space.
Round holders with wooden balls
An alternative for those who want something brighter: on the same metal ring, you can put on wooden balls that match colors with furnishings. This idea is also convenient for the kitchen: linen kitchen towels will look good on wooden balls.
Rope ladder as a towel holder
In a small bathroom, every square centimeter is expensive, even on the walls, but for some reason we always forget that you can also hang something on the door. An alternative to the classic hook would be a rope ladder, which you can buy in the store, or you can make it yourself.
Wine rack - an elegant towel holder in the bathroom
Steel wine rack looks modern and elegant. Small towels will look neat, and this accessory will brighten your bathroom.
A bookcase is not just for books
The freestanding book rack is suitable for storing many things, including towels in the bathroom. This piece of furniture is roomy, does not take up much space and will surprise all guests with the originality of the solution.
Floor hanger in an unusual design
Perhaps you have old coat rack for clothes that you no longer use in the hallway. Or in the store you liked a hanger that has nowhere to put. So why not use it in the bathroom? However, if there is no suitable hanger at hand, you can make it yourself. Make it a sturdy branch that you found while walking in the woods, or a log to which you hang hooks. New item furniture easily, quickly and at no cost, what could be better?
Hello dear readers! The bathroom is exactly the place where extremely necessary items should be present, which of course include towel holders.
What are the advantages of the considered holders? The fact is that this seemingly inconspicuous thing allows you to keep the room in order, keeps towels always at hand and in a strictly defined place!
Types of towel racks.
- Wall (hinged);
- Outdoor;
- Tabletop.
Subtypes of towel holders.
- Rings;
- Half rings;
- Crossbeams;
- Rectangular frames;
- Shelves;
- Hooks;
- Hangers;
- Horns.
Wall mounted towel racks.
Classic holders include wall models, which are chrome-plated strips that are fixed to the wall surface on both sides. This kind holder, is especially popular due to its compactness, so it is often used in small rooms. The obvious disadvantages of this model can be attributed, perhaps, only to the fact that only one towel can be hung on such a bar. True, there is a way out, you can buy a quadruple, triple or double construction, let her take a little more space, but family towels will each be in its place.
Slightly less in demand are wall-mounted towel racks, on which hand towels are usually folded, knowingly rolled into compact rolls. Such shelves are made of both wood and metal. Metal models are covered with chrome-plated compounds, wooden ones are painted with moisture-resistant paints. Painted models look incredibly stylish and may well become the centerpiece of an entire bathroom. 
A high-tech, modern or minimalist room can be easily beaten wall models, in the form of so-called "horns", as well as chrome rings, half rings, frames and hangers. By the way, these models can be purchased with the provided swivel mechanism, which will allow you to easily adjust the position of the holder and, accordingly, the towels on it. 
Wall hooks are the perfect solution for the knowingly small room, the advantage of these models of holders lies in their compactness, which, accordingly, will allow you to line up several hooks on which future towels will simply be perfectly located: for hands, face, showers. But there is also a drawback, the fact is that any fabric easily slides off such hooks, so you will have to purchase towels with the provided loops or sew them on yourself.
Floor towel racks.
Such models are usually made of metal or wood, and are also folding and non-folding. Wooden models, are often decorated with carved elements, and metal ones, covered with chrome compounds or decorated with always up-to-date forging. These shelves can be equipped with one or more compartments, as in the photo below. The advantages of this type of holders are that such a structure can be placed anywhere in the room, in particular near the bathtub.
Table towel racks.
Among the tabletop models, the most popular is the multi-division towel holder in which you can store rolled up hand or face towels. In addition, a kind of towel rack can be attached to such a holder, on which a small napkin towel will hang freely. Such models are made of wood and metal, and can also be painted in any suitable color.
When choosing a towel holder, one should focus not only on its functionality, but also on its external design, because even such a seemingly insignificant detail can significantly transform the overall interior idea. 
This hanging holder for paper towels, made from wood with your own hands, fixed to the bottom of the kitchen cabinet.
Rolls are easily placed on its removable crossbar, and an additional shelf is used to store napkins and other small items.
Photo homemade holder with shelf
Side view Necessary materials
You will need planed pine planks to make a roll paper towel holder. The dimensions of the homemade product are small, so you can take the remaining trims from previous projects with a thickness of 15-25 mm. If in the home workshop there is no suitable material, you can glue a 180 mm wide shield out of wood with your own hands or purchase a ready-made furniture panel small size.
For the crossbar, a round stick with a diameter of about 25 mm is suitable, for example, from a handle garden tool... Side handles are slightly modified door handles... Although such details are not a problem to carve on lathe on wood. A magnet, joiner's glue, a drop of any universal glue and a screw are also useful.
How to make a holder
Holder device with shelf The design of the towel holder is so simple that all the work can be done hand tools: Saw out the grooves with a hacksaw and then remove the wood with a chisel. Well, if you have a circular saw or router, it will be much easier, and the connections will come out more accurately. What you definitely can't do without is an electric drill and feather drills.
Start with horizontal shelves
Prepare two pieces of 180 mm wide and a length commensurate with the roll towels you are using. Saw grooves along the edges on circular lathe or select them hand milling cutter... Sand the edges with sandpaper.
The parts of our towel holder are glued with grooves and combs. Strong docking points ensure structural rigidity and do not need to be reinforced with screws. The dimensions of the cutouts are given for a pine board with a thickness of 18 mm, if using a different material, calculate the cutouts yourself.
Make two sidewalls
Mark on wooden board sidewall with rounded cutouts, cut out the workpiece with a jigsaw and process the edges with a grinder. Make the second piece using the first one as a template.
Mark on the inner surfaces of the sidewalls the location of the grooves, which should be 1 mm wider than the corresponding ridges on the horizontal parts. Select the grooves with a slot disc or cutter.
Take a round blank for the crossbeam with a 2–3 cm length allowance and grind its surface. Measure the diameter of the stick and pick up a slightly larger feather drill. Mark the drilling centers on the sidewalls and make holes: on the left workpiece with a depth of up to half the thickness of the material, and on the right - a through hole.
Assemble the holder parts together
Coat the grooves and ridges of the blanks with glue and assemble the structure. Pull the blanks with clamps and wait until the adhesive is completely dry. Then fix the handle on the left side with a countersunk screw screwing it into the bottom of the blind hole.
Recess in the left sidewall - the screw head protrudes slightly above the surface Make a blind hole in the right handle for the size of the round stick, limiting the drilling depth to 15 mm. Hold the parts together with wood glue.
Round stick-crossbar is glued into the right handle Insert the crossbar into the holder until it stops and determine the length of the stick, taking into account that the magnet subsequently placed from the end should protrude slightly from the surface. Saw off excess wood, select a depression for the magnet and secure it with all-purpose adhesive.
Cover the wood with wood stain or varnish. Once dry, fasten the holder with short self-tapping screws to the bottom of the kitchen cabinet, and hang the roll of paper towels in place.
Our homemade product can also be mounted on the wall through the furniture corners installed inside the shelf. This converts the top panel into additional storage space.
Paper towels in the kitchen are always irreplaceable. I suggest making a towel holder with your own hands. Its design is very simple, and its creation will take no more than two hours. At the same time, you will get a very durable holder, you will be sure of its durability, as well as that it is environmentally friendly. And imagine how much wooden holder looks better than plastic.
To create a paper towel holder, we need: leftovers wooden board 2cm thick, thick steel wire, 10 screws, grinder, grinding attachment for grinder, drill.
1. Cut out a rectangle from a board with dimensions 33 by 10 cm.
2. Cut out 2 rectangles 10 by 12 cm. Using the grinder, cut off one corner, making it rounded.
3. We put on the grinder grinding attachment, we grind the parts to perfect smoothness.
4. We take a piece of wire 36 cm long. We wrap one edge so that we get a hook.
5. Now we collect all the elements of the holder. Using self-tapping screws, attach the sides to back wall.
6. With a drill with a drill with a thickness equal to the thickness of the wire, we drill holes in the side walls.
7. In the back wall we drill three non-through holes approximately to the middle of the board thickness.
8. Thread the wire through the holes in the side walls.
9. Insert three self-tapping screws into the holes made earlier and use a drill or screwdriver to screw them into the wall.
10. Here is our holder and ready. All that remains is to put on a roll of paper towels. To do this, take out the wire from one side, put on the roll and again thread the wire into the side wall.
The paper towel holder is most often mounted on the wall near the sink, but you can also find a place for it near the stove. It is very convenient to use them, firstly, because the towel is always at hand, and secondly, because by tearing off one towel, you will never stain another.
A towel holder plays an important role in furnishing a bathroom. Convenient when the towel hangs next to the sink or bathtub, at arm's length. Today we propose to see three very simple master classes how to make a towel holder with your own hands in the form of a bar or a ring.
Do-it-yourself wall-mounted towel holder in the form of a bar
- metal or wooden beams;
- old leather belts or strips of leather;
- drill, dowels and screws.
⇒ Step 1. Prepare the crossbars. If you use wooden ones, then it makes sense to cover them with water-repellent impregnation or varnish, if metal - choose pipes made of light stainless alloys. Take care that the edges of the bars are not sharp or jagged. Sand them with sandpaper or a file. You can also use some kind of plastic plugs or soft covers at the ends of the crossbar.
⇒ Step 2. Unnecessary leather straps are a great option for holders. But instead, you can use leather strips, thick bands, or slings. Cut the belt into 4 pieces. Fold one piece in half and use an awl or drill to make a through hole towards the ends. The holes can already be on the belt.
⇒ Step 3. Drill two holes in the wall. The distance between them should be 10-15 cm less than the length of the bar. Drive a dowel into the hole, then attach a piece of belt folded in half and fasten it with a screw.
⇒ Step 4... Insert the bar into the straps. The towel holder is ready to use! By the way, paper towels in rolls can be hung on such a rod-shaped holder.
Wall-mounted ring-shaped towel holder
Required materials and tools:
- metal ring;
- an old leather belt or strip of leather;
- drill, dowels and screws.
⇒ Step 1. Cut a piece of belt or leather 10-15 cm long. Fold in half and make a through hole closer to the ends with an awl or drill.
⇒ Step 2. Make a loop around the ring with the strap. If desired, you can use glue to prevent the ring from rotating in the loop.
⇒ Step 3. Drill a hole in the wall, drive in a dowel and screw in a leather loop with a ring.
Towel rail-rail with ceiling mount
Quite an unusual design of the holder, reminiscent of a circus trapeze. Using buckles similar to those used in the shoulder straps of the bag, the height of the bar can be adjusted.
Required materials and tools:
- metal or wooden crossbar;
- 2 belts with a length of at least 1.5 m (2 slings, polypropylene or thick cotton belts);
- drill, dowels and screws;
- ceiling mounts - hooks or rings.
⇒ Step 1. Make a loop at the end of each strap. If you don't plan on pulling the barbell out of its loops to change rolls of paper towels, you can wrap the belt tightly around the bar, sew and glue, or use Velcro.
⇒ Step 2. Mount the special fixings in the ceiling using a drill, screws and dowels. Make sure the straps are the same length and the distance between the bindings is the same as the distance between the loops on the bar. Then the bar will hang straight, parallel to the floor. Make a loop on the straps and attach them to the fasteners.