Comments on: The Great Debate: Towels in a linen closet or under the sink?

By: mom, again

mom, again — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:13:31 +0000

oh, let him keep a few towels under the sink for his lazy can’t plan ahead self!

I’ll just say that our bathroom sink leaked for along time before we knew it. We had a open, but plastic wrapped Costco humongo pack of TP under there which absorbed the tiny leak for a long time before we noticed. Oh. My. God. It was a huge bag of wet, mildewy, mush. If it had been towels, they would have been beyond use. No amount of washing would have made them acceptable again. Would have been pretty pricy to replace.

So, how much do you want new towels, and how much does he not want you to buy new towels?

By: Jasi

Jasi — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:58:53 +0000

<3’s Lark. More minimalist than me. I luvs.

By: WaterDancer

WaterDancer — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:52:39 +0000

No matter where I have lived, under the sink has smelled. I would not store towels under there.

If you have a towel rack in the bathroom, how can you forget the towel?

If the sink sprung a leak and you didn’t know about it, the wood would warp and you would have to replace it, probably the floor, and maybe much more. Very expensive.

Store the towels in the closet.

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By: Lark

Lark — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:50:10 +0000

I don’t store towels. The grossest thing to me is to have them on the floor being stepped on (and who knows what else, with little boys in the house) when people don’t bother to hang them up, soooo I was washing loads of maybe-used-once-towels over and over. Not any more!! I GOT RID OF ALL MY EXTRA TOWELS. Now each person has ONE towel that is their very own (kids each have their own color and designated hooks) and I wash them ONCE a week. It is their responsibility to keep them hung up to dry. Even though they are used daily, I haven’t had a problem with “funkiness” as long as they are hung up every night. For guests I do have two towels in my linen box under my bed. I wash those if I know somebody is coming.

By: Darla

Darla — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:07:41 +0000

Linen closet.

By: Org Junkie

Org Junkie — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:53:54 +0000

I’m with you!

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:49:21 +0000

What a timely post, I was just putting my towels away under the sink, and was thinking that there has to be a better place for them. We have a closet, but we keep all our cleaning supplies, and medicine and such in there, so no room for the linens. So this leaves under the sink, which isn’t very convient.

So yes, we keep ours under the sink, but I would much prefer them in a linen closet.

By: Amy A

Amy A — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:36:28 +0000

We keep ours in a linen closet and my husband is in the habit of getting a towel as he passes the closet on the way to the shower. No problem. Your husband’s only real argument is that he will have to go out of the bathroom to get one if he forgets. How many times will he really forget? Not too many I’d think. Just makes more sense to utilize the space under the sink for what you described. Now, that means you should actually move your girly stuff under the sink and let him see that your method does keep things neater.

By: Mom of three

Mom of three — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:20:15 +0000

You guys sure have gross under sinks. Mine are very clean. Never had a leak, but if I did, the towels would be handy. LOL
Under my sink is dry, we have never had bugs (okay ants, but they have moved on), and we don’t have mold issues.
Without a linen closet, I don’t have any other choice. I like that they are dry, not out in the open (don’t even go there after a toilet flushes, YUCK) have plenty of room, and believe me with my sense of smell, if they were musty, they would go.