Ten Tips to Organize Your Bathroom
If several household members are sharing a bathroom, follow
these tips to help organize it.
1. Clean out every drawer and shelf in the bathroom. Get rid of
anything that isn't being used.
2. Move your medicines to the kitchen. The heat and steam in the
bath can ruin them.
3. Give each household member a different colored basket to fill
with toiletries. No sharing. Make sure everyone has their own
toothpaste, eye drops, cosmetics and grooming supplies. Each
person will keep the basket in his or her bedroom.
4. Evaluate your storage. You will need places for: towels, nail
care, extra paper, feminine hygiene products, hair care and
back-up supplies of soap and shampoo. Nothing else belongs in
the bathroom.
5. Use a shower/bath caddy for shampoo and soap. They are
inexpensive and are available in many different styles.
6. Set up a drip-dry container for bath toys if you have small
children. Cut slits in an empty wipes box for an inexpensive
solution.
7. Make space for a small, lidless hamper or laundry basket.
Otherwise, have a system for depositing used towels in the
laundry room.
8. Use hooks instead of towel racks for kids. They'll be more
likely to use them. Have as many hooks and/or towel racks as you
have persons using the bathroom.
9. Make a checklist of all products in your bathroom as well as
those used by each individual. Review weekly before shopping.
10. Explore the variety of storage options you can use in the
bath. Small countertop drawers can organize cotton balls and
Q-Tips. Cutlery trays in drawers, plastic shelves under the
sink, caddies which attach to doors, and rolling carts can all
contain the clutter that so often accumulates in this much-used
room.