What a pretty vanity! Another option might be to use a freestanding towel holder instead of one mounted on the wall. If you used one, I would place in in the left corner. The stands are relatively inexpensive and would give you some flexibility until you decide. Sometime you have to use the room to see what best fits your needs. A towel ring can be added easily after the bathroom is finished unless you are planning to tile the whole wall.

Hanging the towel ring after installing the mirror and wall scones also will help you to determine whether you are placing it correctly (for example, too close to the wall scones or mirror). Just from your picture, it appears that you may be holding the ring too high. Before hanging, place a towel on it to adjust the ring. A fingertip towel and a handtowel are different lengths and might impact where you hang it.

You should probably wait until your remodel is finished to decide. install a bar on the side of the vanity.

Thank you for your help.
As far as the free standing one — my kids (who are not so young) knock them over all the time. This vanity has a marble top so I don’t want anyone tipping over the towel bar.

I didn’t think of putting a bar on side of vanity. I was putting garbage pail there.

I guess I’ll wait till they hang the mirror.

Thanks LeeLee
I bought the ring because it’s the matching set for the faucets etc

What are the different switches for? I'd think through when you'd use the switches and which is the one that won't be super impacted by being covered.

Kathryn
The bathroom has 2 entrances. The one with the extra wall space opens into a bedroom and the other one is the main entrance hallway on first floor. So do you think the towel bar should cover those switches that lead to bedroom instead? I don’t know if it would ruin the look of the wall with mirror and sconces. I could think about using side of vanity but I don’t think people would see it.

sometimes a towel set on the vanity causes the least woes.

towel rings have to be high... as the towel hangs a fair amount below it... but you dont want the towel to be TOO high, as then the water drips down your wrists when you reach UP to the towel. so, lower is better.

if you pivot to a bar behind you, you drip all the way.

I would not hang a round towel holder for a hand towel. Hand towels, for me, serve no purpose because they are too small which limits how many times they can be used without getting gross. Instead I always hang a regular towel bar on a blank wall and then hang several towels on that, like 4 towels (one of top of each other so that you have 2 sections of towels hanging next to each other) and possible a hand towel over each section. It bulks up the towels so they look nicer and it gives guests more dry area options to actually use them.

Thanks again guys!

I don’t have another wall for a large towel bar. Even when I did in my old house, I used it for show towels. (My age is showing). Maybe I’ll just leave one on the sink —
However, I’m sure that’ll turn into a crumpled ball in the corner

Is this an ensuite, a main or a powder room ?

Patricia.

This is a full guest bathroom - it is on first floor and adjoins a guest bedroom.

I'd hang it on the wall with the bedroom door. I'd think the hall door would get the most traffic and having an easily accessible switch at that location would be the most important. Maybe switch to a hook instead of the large ring if you're concerned about it taking up too much visual space.

I'd do the opposite to Kathryn! I like being able to dry my hands as I walk out the door without doing an awkward "where's the towel where's the light switch where's the door" backtracking dance. So I would put the towel where it will be in the most traveled route from sink to door!

I do agree that a towel bar is a better choice than a ring. Any polished nickle or stainless steel bar will look great, it doesn't have to match the faucet exactly. That way you can hang the towel closer to the mirror too, and leave the switches free.

Ha, so basically back to square one. Leave it on the counter for now and maybe see where the towel naturally ends up (to the right or left of the sink). Then hang it there.

Many bars will match your faucet.

Kelston by Kohler

Thanks, LeeLee .

I'll need to find something like that in 12" the most.

The one I posted is 18". Your vanity is most likely 24". Would that work?

Ohhh -- I thought you said to put a bar-type holder over the switches on the left.

Before you hang it, drape a towel over it so you can see how far down it hangs. Don't hang it so the towel covers the switches or the outlets.

Thank you Carolina,

I won’t — I’ll position it so the towel hangs between socket and switches.

I would do a hook it is simple to mount simple to use and can go anywhere you like

Beatiful tile work.

Can you install motion sensor lighting so you don't need all the switches on the left.

mjamm, yes, put the towel bar on the left wall. You would want to center it with the cabinet depth which I assume is 24"? Also, there will be some sort of facing around the doorway to consider.

We have towel bars (not ring) mounted on the side of our vanities. It works perfectly as we don't have to reach UP to dry our hands. I don't care for towel rings as they don't allow towels to dry as quickly as a bar does.