Back to Basics: The White Bath Towel

Created: Thursday, 07 July 2016 15:20

Stick With a Classic Look

White never goes out of style. Unlike white in your wardrobe, there are no seasonal limitations on using white in the bathroom. It is simple, basic, versatile and classic.

Remember all those harvest gold, avocado green and mandarin orange home furnishing from the 70s? Colors come and go in terms of popularity, while white always stays in style. Outfitting your bathroom in the color of the year keeps you on trend for now, but chances are it won’t always be popular. Soon a new color trend will come along and sweep it away. That means either your bath towels look outdated in a few years, or you’re going to have to replace your entire towel supply when a new color starts making waves.

If you stick with a selection of white towels, your linen closet never goes out of style. With proper care, you can continue using your white bath towels no matter how many times color trends change.

Coordinate With Everything

Have you ever tried to match a shade of navy blue or red? It is nearly impossible to get an exact fit. Even bright colors like lime green or aquamarine vary ever so slightly from one product to the next. You may find it very difficult to get colored towels that match exactly to the other furnishings in your bathroom. You may even notice a difference if you buy colored towels from the same set at different times, due to differences in dye lots. That means if you decide you need extra towels a few months down the road, you’ll have to be very careful about finding towels that match.

Sticking with a white towel supply means you never have to worry about getting your towels to coordinate with the exact shade of grey on your bathroom vanity or the tangerine shade of your bathroom accessories. White is white, and it is easy to decorate your bathroom with the color. If you need more white towels down the road, you know they will match the original set.

When you have two or more hues in your bathroom color scheme, the neutral white on your towels coordinates well with both. White towels serve as common ground, tying together all the colors in your décor. Think of it as the peacemaker of bathroom color palettes.

Change Your Mind on a Whim

That ocean chic bathroom design you love right now may get boring over time. Perhaps you will decide you want to burst into your day with bold colors that awaken you when you step in the shower. Those sea green towels you bought to give your bathroom a seaside retreat vibe won’t blend well with vivid oranges or reds in your new bold bathroom.

A linen closet full of white towels sticks with you through your entire bathroom decorating whims. The classic color pairs well with almost any design scheme and any color you use in your decorating. By keeping the same white towels through your bathroom updates, you can put more money toward the actual remodel.

Let Other Elements Stand Out

While functional, towels shouldn’t be the center of the bathroom décor. Instead of drawing attention to your towels with bold colors or prints, opt for white, so they blend in with the surroundings. By toning down your towel design, you let the other elements in your bathroom take center stage. That wall décor you found after months of searching for the perfect piece gets to shine.

Adding too much color to your bathroom can also be overwhelming. If you already have plenty of color in the form of decorative accessories and paint, adding colored towels on top of that can seem like too much.

If your bathroom is neutral overall, having brightly colored towels makes them stand out too much. Stick to the neutral vibe with white towels. They’ll promote a harmonious, calming feel in the bathroom.

Get a Crisp, Clean Look

Pure white is a crisp color that can stand on its own. It has a clean look that you can’t get from other colors of towels. White is also a color often used in upscale spas and hotels, so opting for white gives your home a bit of spa ambiance, giving you a little escape from everyday stresses every time you dry off after a shower.

Simplify Your Laundry Routine

Bathrooms can be messy, and morning routines often include makeup, facial products and other potential stain makers. Don’t shy away from white towels because of the potential for messes and stains. While things may show up more prominently on white towels than on darker colored towels, you have one secret weapon in your corner: bleach. Any marks that show up on your white towels disappear after a trip through the washing machine.

White is the easiest color to launder when it comes to towels. Add a little bleach to the load, and your towels come out crisp, clean and white. It’s not so easy to remove stains from colored towels, since they won’t hold up to multiple bleaching. White towels can stand up to tough washing, including the scalding hot water that helps sanitize your towels.

You also eliminate the color bleed that often happens the first few times you wash new colored towels. When you choose colored towels, you need to be very careful about what you wash them with, especially in the beginning. If all your towels are white, it is easy to toss them all in the washing machine or wash them with other white linens without wasting time sorting out different colors.

So how should you wash your white towels? Crank up the heat — the hottest water setting possible helps get the white towels clean without leaving them yellowish or dingy. Add bleach if the load is completely white as an extra way to ensure they come out crisp and bright.

Wash those white bath towels after about three uses to keep them clean without constantly doing laundry.

Give It All You Have

Colored towels require more care when used in bathroom settings. Coming into contact with a bleach-based bathroom cleaning product can ruin the coloring, leaving bleach marks or damage on the towel. Products containing bleach won’t affect a white towel, so they look just the same as they always did.

Other bathroom products can also bleach colored towels. For example, benzoyl peroxide in skin care products can stain or damage your colored towels. It is very difficult to keep colored towels pristine, whereas white towels can take a beating, and it all comes out in the wash.

Eliminate Worries of Fading

Those bold red towels look great in the store. They look even better when you get them home. However, that bold, consistent coloring may not last long. Color towels are more likely to fade over time, leaving them with a patchy, uneven look. You may notice lighter spots on your current towels. Towels that you bought at the same time may fade at different rates and in different areas, so they no longer look like a matching set.

White can’t fade, so you never have to worry about that patchy, uneven, mismatched look. The white color stays consistent no matter how many times you wash them or how long you own them.

Save Time When Restocking Bathrooms

You spend enough of your time doing laundry. Don’t waste more time sorting out various colored towels for different bathrooms. When your entire towel supply is white, you can simply place all the towels in the linen closet until you’re ready to transfer them to the bathroom — no wasted time stacking towels of the same color together in the linen closet.

White is the perfect color to fit into all the bathrooms in your home, even if the decorating schemes for those bathrooms are vastly different. When a bathroom needs a new set of towels, simply head to the linen closet and grab what you want. You eliminate the hassle of digging to find the specific color that goes with that bathroom or finding out all of the correct colored towels are still dirty.

White Does Not Mean Boring

White towels don’t have to be boring. If you’re worried about making an underwhelming presentation with white towels, try these tips to jazz up your bath towel routine:

• Incorporate a few colored hand towels or washcloths to add a little color to the presentation. A few colored pieces pop against the white bath towel background when displayed on your towel bar.
• Roll instead of hang. Get that luxurious spa feeling by rolling up your white bath towels and stacking them on a shelf or in a decorative basket. Tie a ribbon in a color that works with your bathroom design while rolled for an extra touch. They double as decorations before use with the creative presentation. Always hang your towels once you use them so they can dry fully without growing mold or mildew.
• Choose a white towel with an integrated pattern. Even without color, some white towels get a design boost from an integrated white pattern, such as a band along the bottom. This can give the towel visual interest while retaining all the benefits of white towels.
• Add a decorative towel bar, or hang the towels against a wall in a bold color. A fun towel bar makes the presentation of your white towels a little more exciting. Hanging the white towels against the color of a painted wall makes them stand out for a pleasing aesthetic.
• Go for color on display-only towels, but stick with white towels for everyday use. If you still crave a splash of color on your towel bar, go ahead and buy a set of colored towels for decorative use. Just make sure your family knows they are for decorative purposes only so you don’t have to mess with washing them.

Tips for Choosing the Perfect White Towels

Are you ready to make the switch to white bathroom towels? Before you head out to replace your existing towels, we have a few tips:

• Buy white bath towels in bulk. Buying in bulk gives you a large supply of matching white bath towels to fill your linen closet and stock your bathroom towel bars. You know you always have plenty of backups for overnight guests and your own busy family. Buying wholesale towels in bulk also saves you money over buying individual towels at the store. With all that extra money, you can stay in the shower a few minutes longer and still afford the water bill.
• Pay attention to the GSM. The grams per square meter of a towel describes the density of the towel. A higher GSM number represents a thicker, heavier towel. That thickness gives you a luxurious feeling each time you step out of the shower. Just don’t go too thick. Super thick towels become very heavy when wet and take much longer to dry. Lower GSM towels also have a place. The thinner construction makes them suitable for the gym or a day at the beach. Higher GSM towels also typically come with a higher price tag, so balance the value with the cost to get a quality bath towel that fits your budget.
• Get at least two towel sets per person, plus extras for guests. A minimum of two sets of towels per person in the family lets you have a backup when you launder the first set. If you only do laundry once per week, buy extra so you don’t run out of towels before laundry day. You should also have at least two towel sets for guests, or more if you entertain larger groups at once. A complete set includes a bath towel, hand towel and washcloth. If you stick with white towels, compiling your sets is easy because you simply grab one of each without worrying about finding matching sets.
• Check the size on the bath towel. Not all towels are sized equally. Opt for larger white towels that offer coverage and plenty of drying capability to make your towel investment a smart one.
• Go ahead and splurge. Since white is such a classic color and easy to wash, you’re likely to keep your new set of white towels for some time. Spend a little more to get quality, luxurious towels since you shouldn’t need to buy new towels for a while.

Outfit Your Bathroom in White

White towels come with lots of perks when decorating your bathroom and simplifying your routine. Towel Super Center offers wholesale white towels in bulk, so you can quickly supply all your bathrooms with crisp, fluffy white towels (and back-up towels) to fill your linen closet. Order your white towels today, and start taking advantage of all the benefits our towels have to offer.