Comments on: Why white towels are a bad idea

By: Lisa V

Lisa V — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:17:35 +0000

Our daughter’s room was painted in a similar fashion. Green, yellow, periwinkle and teal for the walls and salmon for the ceiling. The kids loved it. The grown-ups said it looked like TCBY, and a burrtio place. It was that way for 5 years. When we put the house on the market, the very first thing the realtor said was “Paint that room white.”

We use brown towels. In a way it’s gross because you never know what is hiding there. With 4 kids the possibilities are endless.

Why is this typing so small? Am I that old?

By: styro

styro — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:43:25 +0000

So wait. When I have kids, I have to surrender my white-sheets-and-towels fixation? DANG, I’d just gotten to the point where I never had to match anything, ever!!

By: clickmom

clickmom — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:47:57 +0000

Color and Prints. Prints hide the essence of boy real well.

By: alice

alice — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:39:25 +0000

Your big words confuse me.

By: Mrs. Kennedy

Mrs. Kennedy — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:54:40 +0000

It’s like a “diaper” except larger and less absorbent.

Hope that helps!

By: alice

alice — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:13:42 +0000

What’s a “towel”?

By: Elizabeth K. Kracht

Elizabeth K. Kracht — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:36:30 +0000

Awesome!

By: Laura GF

Laura GF — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:19:50 +0000

I loved this article/entry, and think the idea of painting a child’s room a bunch of different colors is a great one. I hadn’t really thought ahead to the bathroom towel problem, though. And I’d forgotten that back in the day soap wasn’t as big a concern as emerging from the bathroom with those slightly damp hands that would indicate I had washed them — it was so much about the show than the actual cleaning. Thanks for writing this and once again managing to do so with wit and humor.