More than one bath mat-tacky?
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Anonymous
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I hate bath mats-period. I know they are practical and are good to have. But, I have a little PTSD from when I was growing up. My mother is admittedly and proudly tacky when it comes to house stuff. Think Lillian Vernon meets Thomas Kinkaide knock offs (yes-not even real crappy Kinkaide paintings). The toilet paper holder that is "disguised" as a 18th century woman with a long dress! The little garden gnomes and gardening woman showing her ass! So, she had the bath mat "set" in every bathroom. Two bath mats, toilet lid cover and the little mat that fits around the base of the toilet. All color coordinated in shag carpeting type fabric. Still has them today but has changed out the avocado green to coral!
So, we have one bath mat for esch full athroom. my husband wants another bath mat for both.. Mind you, our bathrooms are not big. So, the mats will probably even be touching at some point because the space is so small. But, he wants one for when he comes out of the shower and one for the sink. He thinks it's ridiculous that a grown man has to move the one isolated bath mat in order not to stand on cold tile. So, I know that my mother has skewed my perspective-and perhaps not all of her home decorating tenedencies are as bad as I think. So, give me that much needed perspective. Tacky or not? |
Anonymous
| It's fine. Just have one for the guest bathroom if you're worried someone will think it is tacky. |
Anonymous
| Funny. My H has a thing against bathmats, and I've always thought they look fine. We just remodeled a bathroom, and he wanted to replace the two we have (high end, cotton, not the polyester long-fiber ones from Bed Bath and Beyond or similar) with small oriental rugs. I thought that was ridiculous and kept the ones we have. All in the eye of the beholder, I guess. |
Anonymous
It is your goddamn house and it's ridiculous that you have to consult the masses for to see if it passes the tacky test before you allow your husband to have what he wants in his own home. Your poor husband. What will you tell him if DCUM says it's tacky? "Sorry, honey. The internet says it's tacky and I wouldn't want any visitors to our home to judge us for the number of bath mats we have." |
Anonymous
| 20:24 again. Re the number, I guess it depends on the size of the bathroom. We have one in front of the toilet and one for stepping out of the shower, but it's a largish bathroom. |
Anonymous
| I don't like having more than one, but it seems like Tisa fairly small concession to the man you married. If he wants one in the master bath, let him have it. |
Anonymous
Your post made me smile.  We have a bath mat outside of the shower, next to the tub, one under the toilet, and one in front of the sink. The other two full bath bathrooms each have two mats.... I also have a Thomas Kincaid painting in my kitchen! 
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Anonymous
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OP, we have a very small bathroom and have exactly the arrangement your husband wants. My DH and I don't want to either stand or slip on a cold tile floor. Lighten up and let your man have his two mats, for goodness sake!
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Anonymous
Ditto!!! |
Anonymous
| Your husband doesn't want to stand on cold wet tile. And you want to know if fashion advice trumps this??? |
Anonymous
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sigh.
Venture on over to the special needs forum. You won't worry so much about this. Happy Holidays |
Anonymous
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Tile and wet feet is DANGEROUS.
How do you get out of the shower without wetting all the bathroom, OP? This is what we have 
and I LOVE it. It's even comfortable to kneel on to bathe my toddler. It dries in a few minutes and we can wash as often as we want. |
Anonymous
Does it resist mildew? |
Anonymous
I think so. We always hang it on the side of the tub when we're done so we don't give it a chance... but I do wash it every other week along with our towels. |
Anonymous
| He has a point. And who goes into your master bath besides the two of you, anyway? |