Four matte black 3D printed adhesive towel hooks in a row on a light bathroom wall, a blue hand towel hanging from one of them

Towel Hook Without Drilling: Stick-On Hooks for Bath and Kitchen

4 min read Updated November 6, 2026 By Kahaus · printed in Poland

In short

Four slim J-shaped hooks, each 6 cm high and 1.6 cm wide, projecting 3.1 cm from the wall. They stick on with double-sided tape that comes in the box.
They hold towels by the hanging loop: bath and hand towels, tea towels, oven gloves. Light textiles only, not bags or coats.
Smooth, clean and dry surfaces only: tiles, glass, lacquered wood, laminated fronts. Not on wallpaper, plaster or fresh paint, and never near heat.

A towel hook should be the smallest job in the bathroom, yet it often waits for months because nobody wants to drill into new tiles or the wall of a rented flat. Our answer is a set of four towel hooks without drilling that stick on with double-sided tape, which we put in the box.

We print them in Poland from PLA, to order, in six colours. Below: where they work, how to mount them so they stay put and, just as important, where we would not put them.

Why a towel hook without drilling

Drilling tiles takes the right bit and a steady hand, and a cracked tile is hard to hide. In a rented flat, a hole can cost you part of the deposit. And sometimes the best spot is not a wall at all, but the side of a cabinet or a glass panel.

That is where a stick-on hook makes sense. If you are tidying the whole bathroom, our guide to small bathroom accessories that keep things tidy covers the counter and shelves too.

How the hooks are shaped and how to mount them

Each hook is a single J-shaped piece. The flat back sits against the wall. The lower arm has a raised lip, so the towel loop stays in place instead of sliding off. The upper arm angles away from the wall and ends in a cut tip. One piece measures 1.6 × 6 × 3.1 cm and weighs about 5.3 g; the pack of four weighs 21 g.

Four matte black towel hooks in a row, each with a flat back, a lower arm with a raised lip and an upper arm angled away from the wall — Four hooks, each 1.6 × 6 × 3.1 cm, here in black. See the product →

Mounting takes a few minutes and no tools:

Pick a smooth surface: tiles, glass, lacquered wood or a laminated furniture front.
Clean it and let it dry completely. Grease and dust are the usual reason tape lets go.
Put the double-sided tape from the box on the flat back of the hook.
Press the hook firmly against the surface for a moment.
Give the tape time before the first towel goes on. We would leave it overnight.

Holding power depends on the surface and the tape, so we give no load figure: these are hooks for light textiles.

Where to hang them: bathroom, kitchen, hallway

At 6 cm high and only 3.1 cm deep, they hold a towel loop without getting in the way, even right next to a washbasin.

Where	What hangs well	Good surface
Bathroom, by the washbasin	Hand towel or bath towel, by its loop	Tiles, glass
Kitchen	Tea towel, oven gloves	Cabinet front, tiles
Hallway	A light textile with a loop	Lacquered door, laminated furniture

A tea towel hook on the side of a kitchen cabinet keeps the towel off the worktop but within reach. Keep a kitchen towel hook a sensible distance from the hob, though: PLA does not like heat. For kitchen roll we print a standing Japandi paper towel holder, 18 cm, which needs no wall.

All four hooks in a pack come in one colour: black, white, grey, beige, chocolate or pink. In a bathroom that already has our cotton pad holder, 10.3 cm or the tissue box cover, 14.4 cm, one shared colour keeps the room calm. In the hallway, the hooks sit well above a catch-all bowl for keys. More small pieces like these are in our practical home and home decor collections.

Close-up of beige hooks showing the raised lip on the lower arm that stops a towel loop from sliding off — The raised lip on the lower arm keeps the loop in place. Here in beige. See the product →

What these hooks are not for, and PLA near heat

We would rather say it here than read it later in a return note:

Not for heavy things. No heavy bags, coats or backpacks.
Not for every wall. Wallpaper, plaster and freshly painted walls are not suitable. The tape needs a smooth, sealed surface.
Not near heat. PLA softens in high heat. Do not mount the hooks on a radiator, next to a stove or in a sauna. A heated towel rail counts as a radiator.
Not a shower fitting. We do not sell them as waterproof, so keep them out of the shower and away from direct spray.

The hooks are 3D printed, so fine layer lines are visible: that is the technique, not a defect. For the same wall, see also our guide to a stick-on toilet roll holder without drilling, which also mounts with tape from the box.