All About Fingertip Towels

The best fingertip towels you can find online.

As a present for your spouse or a classic accessory for your bathroom, these are the fingertip towels you need.

It's the obvious question: what exactly is a fingertip towel' Saying that it's a towel for your fingertips seems just a bit too easy. Fingertip towels are a step down in size from hand towels, and are often used in small bathrooms or guest bathrooms, kitchens, and dining rooms.

Fingertip towels are sometimes decorative and sometimes functional, and offer the convenience of a quick drying surface that takes up little space. If that sounds like something you need, here are some great places to buy fingertip towels online.

Bed Bath & Beyond (www.bedbathandbeyond.com)

If the idea of heading to a Bed Bath & Beyond store location probably sounds as appealing as going to infinity and beyond: a long journey and not much to look at. If so, just think of buying fingertip towels online as a baby step into a new world of home decoration.

Bed Bath & Beyond's fingertip towels are easy to find (just type 'fingertip' into the site's search engine), and they have a large and varied selection for under $10 each.

Fingertip towels at Bed Bath & Beyond measure about eleven inches by eighteen inches. Most are white and there are a variety of prints from which to choose, including Tulips, the sophisticated look of Vogue, or the colors of Bohemian Paisley or Confetti Mocha fingertip towels. Hey, if you were at Starbucks you'd say the words 'I'll have a Confetti Mocha' without even blinking. When buying fingertip towels at bedbathandbeyond.com, all you have to do is click your mouse. Trust me, you'll love them.

The Source Perrier Collection (www.sourceperrier.com)

Though the selection is much smaller, the fingertip towels of The Source Perrier Collection are a step above the usual (they even delicately refer to them as tip towels rather than fingertip towels).

Source Perrier's Les Muguets tip towels feature high quality hand-embroidered cotton and hem-stitched borders. The tip towels measure 15 inches wide by 21 1/2 inches long. Imported from France, they sell for $30 each.

Also available from Source Perrier are Coral tip towels, which feature an orange satin-stitched coral formation on a white background of 100% Belgian linen. The Coral tip towels are larger at 19 inches by 30 inches and also sell for $30.

Lartisana (www.lartisana.com)

For the delicate look, go to Lartisana.com. The fingertip towels at Lartisana are light, lacy, and inexpensive (they're listed under the product heading 'guest towels').

Lartisana's floral hemstitch fingertip towels offer a very clean and elegant design, a thin, floral hem-stitched and embroidered pattern on a white material blend of 55% linen and 45% cotton. The fingertip towel size of 14 inches by 22 inches sells for $6, and you can further accessorize with a 28 inch by 44 inch towel for $18.

Lartisana's fingertip towel collection also includes some interesting chocolate and lime colored towels with small replica cherries. They sell for $12 each.

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