With tile walls and hard floors, bathrooms are some of the hardest rooms to keep warm in the middle of winter. Add humidity, and towels can take days to dry completely. The result? Musty odors and potentially even mold.
Enter the Japanese-inspired Yamazaki Home Tower Towel Rack, from Amazon. Designed with small, sleek spaces in mind, it will maximize airflow and promote faster drying; this sleek, space-saving solution is on wheels, too, so it's not just practical, it's super-practical.
It's an essential upgrade to banish bathroom smells for good, experts say. Here's why.
The Minimalist Yamazaki Tower Towel Rack Is Highly Functional
This slimline towel drying rack is ideal for organizing small bathrooms, offering a low profile solution to hanging up to four towels and a bathmat so that they can fully air dry between uses. It has the added bonus of a storage tray for bathroom essentials, too, and wheels for easy access.
When getting rid of musty smells in a bathroom, many of us look to deep cleaning a bathroom and drain cleaning solutions, overlooking our towels as the potential cause. This is especially true if you struggle to keep a bathroom warm in winter.
Even if you use your towels correctly, storing them incorrectly between uses can slow the drying process further. The result? A musty-smelling house and potentially even irritated skin as bacteria develop between the fibers.
James King, the operations manager at DeluxeMaid, explains, 'If you leave damp clothes or towels in your bedroom, expect things to smell musty. The fibers in the fabric provide mold spores with a food source, and the moisture allows them to grow super fast. The solution is easy here: make it a habit to hang wet items to dry in a well-ventilated area.'
That's where the Yamazaki Home Towel Tower, also available at Wayfair, comes in to save the day. Available in black and white, the thin-profile cart can hold up to four bath towels neatly, offering them ample space to dry completely, and more quickly than being bunched up on a hook.
The rack also offers space to dry bathmats, so you don't end up having to waste time freshening up sour bathmats between washes.
Besides hanging the towels out flat to reap the benefits of air drying, it's also vital to improve bathroom ventilation so that air can flow more freely.
The benefit of the towel drying rack having wheels is that you can pull it out into a well-heated, ventilated space when you first hand-dry towels, and tuck it away later in the day, saving space in small bathrooms without adding to visual clutter. Stuck in a pinch, it can also double as a rack for drying clothes indoors in winter, too.
It is, by far, one of the simplest tips cleaners swear by for fresh-smelling bathrooms.
What to Shop
This thin-profile storage cart pulls double and triple duty while taking up minimal space. This rack is great for organization, making it easy to wheel between or alongside laundry or bathroom appliances, or sinks.
How you wash your towels can make a big difference to how them perform and smell. This EWG-verified detergent is free from harsh chemicals that could coat the fibers and make towels less absorbent and harder to dry. Plus, it is a safer choice for those with sensitive skin.
Distilled white vinegar is a fantastic non-toxic cleaning tool for any home. When used correctly in laundry, it can help to kill mold and bacteria, as well as tackle odors and lighten stains, all without harsh chemicals.
This reed diffuser was voted one of our best reed diffusers. It uses liquidless, fragrance-infused reeds, housed in a stunning ceramic decorative vase. It is ideal for scenting your bathroom without the risk of open flames or unwanted spills.
This soft cotton bath mat features a sturdy non-slip rubber backing to prevent accidents after a shower, and is machine washable to make removing odors a breeze.
Scratchy fabric, lingering sourness and fraying edges are all common signs it's time to replace your towels. These 100% cotton towels are a great option, being super absorbent but easy to wash and dry.
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