Comments on: Bathroom storage is key

By: darcidoodle

darcidoodle — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:03:17 +0000

I have a high ceiling in my galley-style bathroom, so I hung brackets high up on the wall and made a long shelf that covers the length of the wall. I put Ikea rattan baskets up there and it holds all my TP, hair supplies, gardening tools, etc. I just love it!

By: Leighsah

Leighsah — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:49:25 +0000

Have you seen this?

I don’t have anything to do with this company financially, but have used them for several remodeling projuects here in Orlando.

The prices are great, the products are well made with real wood and made here in the US.

http://www.wgwoodproducts.com/store/agora.cgi

By: Meg from FruWiki and All About Appearances

Meg from FruWiki and All About Appearances — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:16:57 +0000

My husband and I have a really small bathroom, but we make it work just fine. I will admit that we have a stack of a few white plastic “shoe” boxes that contain the extra toiletries that we’re working through. It’s tucked up against the wall beside the cabinet. On that I have my homemade makeup binder.

Having that stack, though, let’s us just keep the stuff we currently use in the cabinets, which actually isn’t that much. Plus, another thing that helps is that we keep drugs and vitamins out of the bathroom (they shouldn’t be there anyway because of heat and humidity).

We’ve been making a point to keep the counters as clear as possible. Around the sink we just have a soap dispenser, a lotion dispenser, and a soap dish. We even keep our toothbrush holder in the medicine cabinet. On the corner cabinet, I have a small basket with our brushes. Then on the wall I have a hair dryer holder that also holds a few combs, a few hair products, and my hair iron.

On the back of the toilet I have a basket with hand towels and wash cloths, and the other towels are tucked into the corner cabinet.

One thing that has helped is that we do have a linen closet, though we hardly need it any more because we have room elsewhere. But I hung a shoe organizer on the inside of the door and keep all sorts of things in those pockets like vitamins we don’t use regularly, nail polish remover bottles, etc.

By: kimberly

kimberly — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:27:03 +0000

I moved into a smaller place almost two months ago and lost some bathroom storage. I reduced the amount of clutter and put everything in the drawers using dividers. Everything is so easy to find now. I want to get a small linen cabinet, but I haven’t found one I like yet.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:37:42 +0000

If you have a tiny tiny bathroom, and you rent or something and can’t hang things on the walls, an Etagere is a good solution – it’s a free-standing cabinet that has room for your toilet to sit underneath it. My SIL used one when she was in base housing for a while.
Here are a bunch at Target:
http://www.target.com/gp/searc.....v_XSGT0269

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:58:12 +0000

I’ve also seen hanging fruit baskets used successfully. You know, the wire kind with two or three baskets, where each basket is larger than the one above it. This works in even the tiniest space, as long as you can get a hook into the ceiling.

By: Gumnos

Gumnos — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:44:27 +0000

“preferably one for each person — one drawer can hold Mom’s hair-care essentials, for instance, while another contains the kids’ bath toys”

I love the oblique suggestion that Dad doesn’t need a drawer

By: LivSimpl

LivSimpl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:59:31 +0000

My wife and I each have a basket/container for our bathroom stuff (mine is considerably smaller than hers). I stick my deodorant, hair gunk, cologne, etc. in the basket and stick the basket in a drawer.

When I need my stuff I pull it out, use it, put it in the basket and stick it back in the drawer. It’s a simple way to keep our extremely small counter decluttered and our drawers organized.

Bonus: it also makes it easy to pack when leaving on a trip.

http://www.LivSimpl.com

By: cdelphine

cdelphine — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:30:57 +0000

The house where I babysit has the coolest bathroom storage. The toilet is right by the shower, kinda parallel to it I guess. so then above the toilet in the wall behind the shower where all the pipes are there is a pull out cabinet that goes the entire length of wall behind the shower. I’m not sure that this explanation makes sense, it’s kinda hard to explain without drawing a picture or something. When I first pulled the handle I thought that it would be a shallow medecine cabinet but instead it kept on rolling out. i’m pretty sure my jaw dropped.

By: kelle

kelle — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:28:35 +0000

We found the IKEA Aneboda series to be ideal for our bathroom — the pieces are quiet narrow, but still deep. Also, the drawers are deep so most bottles can be stored upright. This collection is a bit hard to find since it’s marketed as bedroom furniture. Oh, and no piece is more than $80!!

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/cata.....ies/11702/

By: Ann at One Bag Nation

Ann at One Bag Nation — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:00:39 +0000

I found some extra bathroom space when I tossed my old lipsticks – some dating to 1997. There’s a photo of the pile here http://onebagnation.wordpress......-lipstick/, now reduced to just four. No more new lipstick until I finish at least one of the four!

By: mamaloo

mamaloo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:38:15 +0000

We had no storage, no cabinet and a pedestal sink. Our solution was to get thrifted mini shelves (I think one is actually a spice shelf with a towel bar) and the Ikea Benno CD tower. That’s the only standing shelf that would fit into our teeny tiny bathroom (where you actually have to sit kiddy korner on the toilet because your knees bang into the wall!).

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:16:41 +0000

We have a very small bathroom. The bath goes along the far wall, then the sink overlaps both the bath and the toilet! I found these fantastic, they are on the wall over the bath - opposite the taps. Ikea Vattern we have two, you can't reach the top of the top one unless you're stood in the bath but that works if you're in the shower! There are different door styles. We got these: Ikea Vattern Door

By: beth

beth — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:30 +0000

A lot of containers designed for scrapbooking are great for bathroom storage, they’ve got just the right sized compartments for all the little bathroom odds and ends.

I also use votive holders (another Martha Stewart tip) for loose items like nail clippers, cotton balls, and q-tips.

By: Liss

Liss — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:55:54 +0000

We found a great solution–a cabinet that hangs over the toilet to use up that “wasted” space. Not necessarily cheap because it was custom made, but it’s shallow enough to not hit your head and goes up to the ceiling, making three shelves tall enough and deep enough to hold two packages of toilet paper.