Porcelain Towel Rack Bars

Sometimes it's scary buying something online without a good picture and description. I decided to take a $21 plunge and purchased 3 replacement towel rack bars.

So let's start with the good picture.

Great!

Now onto the helpful description:

• 24" replacement towel bar (Good to know. That will fit!)
  
• 24" (Thanks again!!!)
  
• Bar only (A comment on the product page said this is a lie, so I didn't order the extra spring endcaps. I guess technology wasn't available to have detachable towel racks back then, so they just slapped some glue on the tile and stuck 'em on there, never to be adjusted.)
  
• Available in white and clear (BUT WHAT COLOR IS THIS ONE!?!?)
  
• White (Oh, phew...)
  

Our previous wooden bars were moldy, thanks to our previous owner's weird homemade tile shelf contraption hanging over the towel rack (should have taken picture). We (well, I-- Natalie didn't know what was going on until the smashing started) decided to smash them out with a hammer. In hindsight, I probably should have used a hacksaw. I'm only now starting to realize how hard it is to find replacement ANYTHING in a house more than 10 years old, and I was definitely not being careful enough around our beautiful 1960 light brown 4" bath tiles.

Before:

Sizing:

Hint: There is no such thing as a tool too big or advanced for any job:

The finished product:

I never realized how handy having a towel rack is, and I've never realized how incredibly off center our towel rack is until I looked at this picture. WOW.

Things to learn from my experience:

• Amazon is great to buy just about anything (you should read about their logo here)
• If you're in need of a replacement towel rack, this is the way to go.
• If you own a house, you need at least 1 saw. I will leave you with the awesome function, which is linear as shown by the chart below.