If you have a spiffy bathroom and want a tidy-looking and equally spiffy bathmat, use placemats. The bigger, the better, of course. These may seem too small for some, but for me, the bathmat is something my feet have to fit on.
I guess a WARNING is in order here. This idea may not work for people who exit the shower with water still streaming off them. This is more for those who mostly dry off in the tub before exiting. But those who bound out with a splosh are likely not reading this, anyway.
Woven cotton placemats are absorbent and can be quite neat-looking, rather than frumpy. When you hang them over the edge of the tub (or whatever), they require no folding and already look neat.
I'm looking for photos to post. Meanwhile, Amazon has some basic, solid-color cotton placemats that work well, with photos that zoom really close.
One thing to watch for: mats that are too thick will take too long to dry. (They still may dry faster than something you have to fold to hang, though.) Too thin and, of course, they will leak onto your floor. The ideal find would be cotton and oversized, and still machine washable.
If this is your taste, those quilted placemats might be just the thing for your tubside. Just make sure they're all cotton; polyester might be a little too slippery.
ONE TIP
If you can, let mats air-dry after machine-washing; that way they don't shrink so much. You can also re-stretch them before laying them out to dry, as the cotton can get contracted in the wash. Re-stretching (by pulling the ends with your hands) helps re-flatten and re-spiff them.
ANOTHER TIP
Watch out for reds and other dark/bright colors; these dyes may bleed onto your floor when wet.
A TWIST OR TWO
One other idea is to place a (non-slippery) table runner at the side of your bathtub; it would stay there and dry in place. With multiple family members using the same tub, on the other hand, each could have his own mat - and thus no yucky sharing of wet mats! And they would still look neat hanging in a row.
(It seems like bamboo really belongs here somewhere, but of course it's slippery and not absorbent. Perhaps you could use bamboo placemats as some sort of window treatment, if you have small or narrow windows. It would be easy to tie a couple of bamboo placemats together end-to-end.)
OUTCOME
Sorry I can't provide pics here - I don't have a spiffy bathroom at the moment. But when I DID, this idea worked beautifully. Your pics are welcome!
I guess a WARNING is in order here. This idea may not work for people who exit the shower with water still streaming off them. This is more for those who mostly dry off in the tub before exiting. But those who bound out with a splosh are likely not reading this, anyway.
Woven cotton placemats are absorbent and can be quite neat-looking, rather than frumpy. When you hang them over the edge of the tub (or whatever), they require no folding and already look neat.
I'm looking for photos to post. Meanwhile, Amazon has some basic, solid-color cotton placemats that work well, with photos that zoom really close.
One thing to watch for: mats that are too thick will take too long to dry. (They still may dry faster than something you have to fold to hang, though.) Too thin and, of course, they will leak onto your floor. The ideal find would be cotton and oversized, and still machine washable.
If this is your taste, those quilted placemats might be just the thing for your tubside. Just make sure they're all cotton; polyester might be a little too slippery.
ONE TIP
If you can, let mats air-dry after machine-washing; that way they don't shrink so much. You can also re-stretch them before laying them out to dry, as the cotton can get contracted in the wash. Re-stretching (by pulling the ends with your hands) helps re-flatten and re-spiff them.
ANOTHER TIP
Watch out for reds and other dark/bright colors; these dyes may bleed onto your floor when wet.
A TWIST OR TWO
One other idea is to place a (non-slippery) table runner at the side of your bathtub; it would stay there and dry in place. With multiple family members using the same tub, on the other hand, each could have his own mat - and thus no yucky sharing of wet mats! And they would still look neat hanging in a row.
(It seems like bamboo really belongs here somewhere, but of course it's slippery and not absorbent. Perhaps you could use bamboo placemats as some sort of window treatment, if you have small or narrow windows. It would be easy to tie a couple of bamboo placemats together end-to-end.)
OUTCOME
Sorry I can't provide pics here - I don't have a spiffy bathroom at the moment. But when I DID, this idea worked beautifully. Your pics are welcome!
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