Bathroom & Wellness Pick

Bamboo 3 Tier Freestanding Towel Rack With Bottom Shelf

A towel rack that stands on its own, which is the point of it: nothing gets drilled and nothing gets mounted, so it works in a rental or anywhere the tile is not yours to make holes in. Three rails sit at three different heights and three different depths, stepping down and forward, so a bath sheet on the back rail and a hand towel on the front one hang clear of each other and actually dry instead of staying damp where they touch. Underneath, a slatted shelf holds folded spares within reach. The whole frame is bamboo, which suits a bathroom better than painted metal and gives the corner a spa look rather than a utility one. It takes a few minutes to put together and it moves whenever the room gets rearranged.

What you're getting

• Freestanding, so nothing is drilled or mounted into a wall
• Three rails at three heights and three depths, stepping down and forward
• Towels on different rails hang clear of each other and dry properly
• Slatted bottom shelf holds folded spares within reach
• Bamboo frame throughout, put together in a few minutes

Why we picked it

The staggered rails are the whole idea. Racks with parallel bars at one depth let a bath sheet lie against the towel behind it, and the two stay damp where they touch, which is how a rack full of towels still leaves you with a damp one. Stepping the rails forward as they come down gives each towel its own air. Being freestanding is the other half: in a rental this is the difference between having somewhere to hang towels and not.