It might seem at first that a heated towel rack is an indulgence you can forgo, but this single addition to your remodeled bathroom has numerous benefits beyond toasty-warm towels.
Who doesn’t love wrapping themselves in a warm bath towel right from the shower on chilly winter mornings? A heated towel rack provides warm towels at the ready and then quickly dries damp towels after the bath to help avoid mildew. But the best use of a heated rack is to warm the towels and the bathroom simultaneously.
The ideal towel rack warms your post-shower bath towels and dries them after use. (In contrast, a hamper or cabinet-style towel warmer is limited to just warming towels. Anything hung on them must be completely dry.) Free-standing, plug-in towel warmers are cumbersome. In vintage homes where a standard radiator competes for real estate in a cozy bathroom, a warming “towel radiator” takes on two jobs with minimal use of space.
Wall-Mounted Warming Racks for the Win
A hydronic towel warmer is heated with warm water and functions like a wall-mounted radiator. (Tapping into a home’s plumbing requires professional installation.) Hydronic racks are excellent multitaskers: heating the bathroom, warming towels for after the bath, and drying damp towels and laundry.
Warming racks range in shapes, sizes, and styles to blend in or make a statement. They can mimic the decorative style of a turn-of-the-century home or incorporate a modern, minimalist design. Pick a finish that compliments your bathroom fixtures, or treat this wall fixture like a bold design element by choosing a striking design or contrasting color.
A heated towel rack is a functional, multipurpose solution when remodeling a space-challenged bathroom or if you simply want to keep your bath towels toasty warm and quick to dry.
