This waterfront family vacation home in Galveston, Texas is stylish and family-friendly.

Before revealing the final result to the client, Amy and Elizabeth set up a special treat near the entryway. Four colorful towels with matching monogrammed buckets were waiting for the children on their first visit to the completed home. "We're very detail oriented, so we really try and take care of everything," says Amy. "It was great. She was really touched."

If it's a mudroom at home, then it must be a sandroom at the beach. No matter what you call it, having a place to store everyone's towels and beach toys right at the back door is crucial. For limited space (or budget), this hook and bucket idea is so creative! For the beach, we like it even better than a built-in mudroom. Store flip-flops or beach toys and everyone can grab their things and go. More:Coastal Chic Family GetawayModern Beach House With a Custom TwistUsing Shells in Your Décor

Shovel, towel, bucket — go!

Beach towels are one of my biggest summer pleasures. But many times when getting home from the pool, the children either leave them in the car on on their bedroom floors in a pile. Creating a little nook like the one shown here will make it easier to hang beach towels when you get home and will ensure they're dry the next time they're needed. Keep buckets or baskets below to contain sandals and sunblock.

Keep fresh towels and suits in a designated spot. Inside the door, a second set of hooks or pegs can hold fresh, clean towels ready to grab and go.

Side-by-side hooks. The lovely apple green and blue striped pattern adds loads of color play to this area; it also repeats the beach theme of the house. Hanging towels side by side on hooks lets you store more of them in a small space and gives each towel a chance to dry properly when unfurled.Tip: Add a cup of white vinegar (which removes excess detergent) to the rinse cycle once a month to restore towels' absorbency.

Kid friendly

great idea for area leading from game room to pool

Lower level

Beach house storage

Outdoor shower

Entry way

Beach buckets as colorful storage containers for sandy items

On patio for towels

towel hooks

add beach towel hanger hooks to mudroom for summer! Can be for coats in winter

Summer organizer

Spell lake with buckets

Target beach towels

Love the idea!

would be a cute idea for the grandkids

organized

Towels + buckets

Towel and bucket for all

Back door

Outdoor shower idea for kids

Bathroom towel storage

beach house

outdoor command hooks?

Entry

Everything! For the mudroom/laundry room.

Walls

for outside shower

simple hook

Hooks and Shelving

Casa playa

for the mudroom

Towel hooks

Pool Fun

Pool room. On wall by outside door or bathroom door.

Beach

Color. Pool towels

Towels

beach

towel/equip hooks

At studio front door

on side of house with surf boards

Towels

Kids towels!!

Hooks

cute idea for grandkids

great idea for back door for storage of towels

we should find colorful beach towels for downstairs closet!

On back porch?

Pool towels

This says beach to me :)

Great idea

Cute idea

TOWELS

Hooks instead of towel racks

car port?

Cool

Been thinking about hooks for my main bathroom instead of racks. I like the looks of these

fun storage

Swimming towels and cossies on hooks in summer ready to go swimming

hot tub towels?

Chalet

Colors

cottage

Beach towels, hooks and buckets

Baskets/buckets under hooks for shoes/toys

main family door to have hooks for clothes, shoes, beach stuff

Summertime

Pool area

cute

colors

Beach color towels

Towels outside

for the beach house I don't own

beach towels and buckets

For the pool

Towels and buckets as part of decor

towls

Great ideabfor foyer

add a cup of white vinegar to rinse cycle once a month to remove excess detergent and renew absorbancy

Beach towels

love

towel hangers

Hooks and pails

beach towels hanging up

Buckets for flip flops

towel/buckets for downstairs shower

Monogrammed towels

hooks for towels

summer application of hooks...

white painted walls with bright colors.. make for great photos teal green and blue buckets and towels

hooks

This could actually work!

Outdoor Pool Bath

organized! outdoor shower

buckets under towels

love the idea with the pails!

A good idea for the kids to hang their beach towels

hanging towels and robes

small bathroom towel hooks

colors

Great idea

too cute. heidi's bucket. russ' bucket. little zabel #1's bucket & little zabel #2's bucket. :) Like the idea of having these things ready to grab before heading to Grandma's or Carowinds... maybe Grandma should have this.

BH entr

Towels

Good idea for boathouse towels and gear

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This picture is fabulous, just love it. I can see everyone running, grabbing their towel & bucket 'fab'

Just a thought

summer towel storage

outside towel hooks

Towels

beach towels

hooks for towels

good idea

For wet suits/ towels. Put hooks outside.

Towels and buckets / cottage

Bright green or orange towels

pool

great idea for outdoor

colors

Make sure to build in hooks

All these

MUST do something like this! And this is TOTALLY memorable!

Nice for plantation type bath

great idea for the outside of the house

buckets for each guest

cute idea for kids stuff!

what a cute idea!

Towel colors and buckets with initials

Laundry room

Summer organizing

Initials on buckets

Near pool

cute

Love this idea!

Cute

pox and poobah bathroom

Entryway

Need hooks out side at beach

Interesting idea about vinegar to the wash once a month.

Off bath?

playa

good idea for main house

laundry room summer for flip flops

Buckets!

beach cottage - great way to provided beach towels

great mud room ideas-use buckets & bright baskets

Inside garage with beach chairs.

Hooks

The lake house fresh towel express. The buckets at the bottom are for wet swim suits.

beachy

summer towels

Need more space for towels, esp as the girls get older. Pegs in bathroom? Pegs as part of the pool room?

laundry rm. area

Clean and ready

Inside outside hooks from pool area

outside

For Julie

hooks in ex. rm

jess's house

Buckets for goggles, etc

Fun idea

buckets

For summer suits and towels. Can use idea for winter too

Towels, vinegar for added absorbency.

Pool towel ideas.

Beach theme

love the beach towels and painted buckets for kids

This is a necessity

hanging towels side by side on hooks also the wood wall

Smart to use hooks in a kids bathroom

Hooks

Cottage

For the kids

cute as can be

a towel for each guy

beach towels to decorate cabana

girls bathroom colorful hooks boards on the one wall- add in a lime accent color and some colorful beach towels from target

by the pool

Hooks on wall

Chairs. White.

towels

Towels

FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!

Summer must

summer organization

I'd like a bucket or wire basket for each family member to tuck under a nice long bench... for entry

Paneling

buckets

cute

Beach towels. The children either leave them in the car or on their bedroom floors in a pile. Creating a space to hang towels, will ensure they're dry the next time they're needed. Keep buckets or baskets below to contain sandals and sunblock.

Garage?