Every home needs bath towels. Popular types of bath linens sold today include face cloths, hand towels, bath towels and bath sheets. When buying bath towels, you should consider quality, quantity and design.

Bath towels come in many different designs and colors. You can match or coordinate your bath towels to the paint color you use in your bathroom. If you are renting and/or have a neutral-colored bathroom, you can add needed accents of color with bath towels or keep the neutral look with neutral-toned bath towels in interesting textures such as ribbed or waffled.

Monogrammed bath towels can also add style to a bathroom and make perfect wedding gifts. Initials, wreaths and crowns are some of the popular images that can be monogrammed on bath towels. Often these special towels are not used, but displayed over other bath towels.

If you are wondering how many bath towels you need, consider the number of people in your household, including the number of guests you are likely to have in your home. A good rule of thumb for deciding how many bath towels to buy, is to allow two bath towels or bath sheets, two hand towels and four to seven face cloths or wash cloths per person. Face cloths or wash cloths are often used for makeup removal as well as face washing. Hand towels are sometimes used for drying hair as well as for drying hands near the sink. Bath towels are used for drying the body after a shower or bath.

Consider buying bath sheets rather than bath towels for larger people. They offer more drying surface and often can be wrapped around the body in lieu of a robe. Bath sheets often work well hung on hooks high up on the backs of bathroom or bedroom doors as they can sometimes seem too large for towel bars.

Consider buying natural fiber bath towels over synthetic blend bath towels for their quality. Natural fiber bath towels are the most absorbent and are also very strong. Terry cloth bath towels are very absorbent and strong. Terry cloth is made up of tiny loops and the denser and longer the loops, the stronger and more absorbent the towel. Microfiber bath towels are highly absorbent, lightweight and soft.