Have you ever had guests in your home who seem to have an affinity for decorative towels?

Well, if you want your guests to use a particular set of towels, you need to make those towels readily and easily available. They're your guests. They should not have to go poking around your linen closet to find towels. If I see towels on the rack, those are the ones I'm using because they're out. There they are, right where any reasonable person would expect to find a hand towel. Get over it and make the "ugly" towels more available.