A DIY Love Story: Installing a Towel Hook For My Honey

Imagine If You Will

Imagine you’re in the shower. No, no. Don’t look down. Just close your eyes. Ahh. A nice, relaxing, hot shower. Soooo nice. Let your mind wander… Contemplate your place in the universe and why you exist on Earth and what happens when we die and why Paul Rudd hasn’t aged in 25 years and… Whoa. Okay, you’ve spent way too much time in there. You’re getting all pruney. Time to get out. You turn the water off, reach for your towel and…

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NOOO! Your towel is hanging on the back of the bathroom door, like, a freaking mile away! Dammit! Now, you’ve got to run across the bathroom, soaking wet and naked, grab your towel, then run back to the tub so you can dry yourself off. Instead of feeling all warm and relaxed, now you’re all cold and cranky. Now you’ll probably go to work and be mean to everybody.

Especially Toby in human resources.

You Need a Towel Hook

This only happened to me one time before I installed a towel hook right next to my shower. This pretty one.

Years went by. Me and my hook. Just the two of us. (Building castles in the sky?) The trauma of the cold, naked, towel run eventually became a distant memory.

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Then Schmoopy moved in. Guys, I didn’t even think about a hook for him. I let him hang his towel on the back of the bathroom door and never gave it a second thought. He never complained. We’re very different in that respect.

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The Injury

When one ruptures their Achilles tendon, life gets very challenging. Sleeping becomes difficult. Walking becomes impossible.  Showering becomes a terrifying, death-defying nightmare.

When Schmoopy injured himself a few months ago, I voluntarily gave up my towel hook for the sake of his safety. What if he forgot his towel and fell whilst climbing out of the slippery tub and hopping across the glazed tile floor and cracked his head open on the corner of the cultured marble vanity and died? I gave up my towel hook to save his life. (I’m nothing if not selfish.)

(No, wait. Selfless, I mean.)

I went back to hanging my towel on the back of the bathroom door. Mostly, I would remember to fold my towel on the toilet lid so I could easily grab it after my shower.

Mostly…

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I couldn’t wait to get my freaking towel hook back. Three months later, things were finally able to go back to normal, but the trauma of the cold, naked, towel run was no longer a distant memory for me. It was recent. It was fresh. So many naked towel runs in those three months… I was soo happy to get my hook back, but I knew I couldn’t let my Schmoopy suffer like I had, because there’s literally nothing worse than a naked towel run.

OK, a torn Achilles is maybe worse.

Probably some other things too.

I Hooked Him Up

Love is all about the little things. What better time than Valentine’s Day to show my honey how much I care and surprise him with his very own towel hook? I thought maybe I wouldn’t be able to find the same one, since I’d bought mine so long ago, but I did!

Towel Hook

Installation was very easy. I mean, it’s a freaking hook. On the DIY Difficulty Scale, this project is, like, less than a one. It’s a point one. Here’s your supply list:

• Pencil
• Drill
• 3/16″ Bit
• Hammer
• Phillips Screwdriver

That’s it. The hook comes with everything else you need.

Towel Hook

Just figure out where you want to put it and use your pencil to mark through the holes on the mounting plate. You can use a level if you want, but I just eyeballed it. I’m a maverick.

Now drill pilot holes with your 3/16″ drill bit. (Use a 1/16″ bit if you’re able to catch a stud. I was not.) Then tap in the plastic wall anchors that come with the kit. (Or skip that step if you found a stud.) (Lucky you, but seriously… Nobody likes a bragger.)

Now screw on the mounting plate.

The back of the hook has little extrusions that will grab onto that plate.

So, now you just need to hold the hook over the mounting plate, tighten the set screw on the bottom using the provided allen key, and you’re done.

Towel Hook

This project should take you all of fifteen minutes to do. Fifteen minutes of your time for this reaction:

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He’s so happy!

I had to hang his towel hook higher to clear our toilet paper stand. Plus, he’s taller, so… his towel should be higher, I guess? I don’t know.

Anyway, I actually like how it looks, being staggered. I really enjoy asymmetry.

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This is what two towels in love look like.

Towel Hook | Toilet Paper Stand

Hey, did you know that today, February 15, is Singles Awareness Day? I was single for a long, long (long) time and I never knew a special day existed for me to be aware of myself. I guess I missed out on a lot of gifts from me to me over the years. I’m thinking I should probably make it up to me and buy myself a lot of pretty things. How else will I know how much I appreciate me?

Anyway, whether you’re single or not, I hope you’re feeling the love. Because, when you really think about it, all you need is love. Love is all you need.

I just made that up.

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