Help me find my dream towels

January 1, 2023 9:16 PM

I am touching up my bathroom, and I’d like your help to find the towels. I have in mind to get this bath mat. I would like the towels to be teal, in the shade of the fourth stripe of the mat, between the purple and the light blue stripes. The towels get bonus points for being high quality, absorbent, durable, and ethically and sustainably sourced. They must be available to U.S. consumers.
posted by NotLost to Home & Garden (6 answers total)

If you are up for paying for it, have some towels custom dyed and woven to your specifications. There are several guilds in your area - email to ask about folks who take weaving commissions.

(How much that will cost will depend on a LOT of factors - including how many of them you plan to buy and how saleable other items from the same warp might be. And regionally prices vary too. A handwoven towel might run $45 (generally you buying something from a large run that the weaver designed) to several hundred dollars if you are designing something quirky or using wierd yarns. But you’d be able to get exactly what you want. Just as an example — I dont’t know anything about this particular business. Or here is another. )
posted by janell at 9:52 PM on January 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: "Coordinates with our Company Cotton™ towels (sold separately)"?
posted by Iris Gambol at 10:21 PM on January 1, 2023 [6 favorites]

I think this is going to be a difficult question to answer online. I say this because the fourth stripe in the first picture has photographed lighter than the fourth stripe in the third picture, so it's going to be really difficult for someone looking remotely at pictures of towels to find an exact match - and if you buy online there's the same issue. It's just not possible to tell accurately what the exact shade is.

But as Iris Gambol says, the company claims to have matching towels, so presumably those will be as close a match as you'll get. Otherwise take the mat with you when you go shopping and check out Crate & Barrell, BB&Beyond, Macy's, etc. to find as close a match as possible.
posted by essexjan at 4:04 AM on January 2, 2023 [1 favorite]

I'd try Hotel Collection at Macy's, but in person for color matching.
posted by sulaine at 6:26 AM on January 2, 2023 [1 favorite]

I wouldn't be too worried about perfect matching. If you keep/store/hang the items more than about a meter apart, you really won't be able to tell if the colors aren't exactly the same.

What's more, the neighboring-colors effect from the bathmat will alter perception of the saturation and hue of those colors anyhow, so you've got plenty of wiggle room with towels.
posted by yellowcandy at 12:46 PM on January 2, 2023 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Iris Gambol -- I looked for matching towels at the same site, but I missed the ones you found!

Thank you, all.
posted by NotLost at 9:38 PM on January 2, 2023 [1 favorite]