In part one I explained why I decided to do this series, but for all of you that hasn’t had a chance to read it, here’s a quick recap.
I am always misplacing items and then creating an even bigger mess trying to find said item. It’s a vicious cycle. Clean. Misplace item. Destroy home looking for said item. Repeat. Anyone relate?!? Well if you do, then this series is for you! I have made an effort to get more organized in life, so I am sharing my journey, tips, and tricks of how I am accomplishing this. One room at a time. Part one covered the kitchen. You can get all the details from part one HERE. For part two I am talking bathroom organization.
We recently renovated our master bathroom, so organizing it wasn’t so bad. It was actually fun. But before the renovation (click HERE for that post), we stuffed whatever, where-ever, then when I needed something like a bandaid, hair tie, or curling iron, I would make a huge mess trying to get to said item.
We don’t have a medicine cabinet or much storage space, so I had to get creative with organizing.
My favorite item to help keep our home organized is glass canisters. We literally have like 30 canisters throughout the house and they are all put to good use.
I use the canisters in the bathroom to store: soap, sponges, my makeup brushes, cotton balls, q-tips, & bath bombs.
I also keep all my beauty & skincare samples in a canister. I use to be a BirchBox member which is why I have so many. If you don’t know what BirchBox is, it’s a subscription where they send you several samples of skincare & beauty products each month. I cancelled the subscription, but by that time, I had so many samples that I had to do something with them. So in a glass canister they went.
All of the canisters (minus the one with all the samples) are housed on our open shelves. If you’ve been following a long with me then you’ll know my love for open shelves. They are a great way to stay organized in spaces with limited storage. They are also convenient and keep frequently used items in view.
For my hair ties, curling iron, and hair dryer I use command strips on the inside of the cabinet doors. It makes it super quick and easy to do my hair in the morning without making a bunch of noise. My husband is a chef so he gets to sleep in a little later then I do, so I try to be as quiet as possible. Which never really happens. My hubby says I’m like a bull in a china shop. 😂 Anyway…
I love the idea of the command strips on the inside of the door because they are right there when I open the doors and they aren’t taking up the limited space on the counter.
Side note, I’ve had the same beat up hair dryer since I was a teenager! Seriously that thing is ancient, but it works, and that’s what matters. Moving along…
A great way to keep your makeup organized is by a container with multiple compartments. I bought the one below at the container store for $15 several years ago and it does a great job of keeping my makeup organized. In one compartment I keep all my lip makeup, in another all my face makeup, and in the other all eye makeup. Doing this has made it so much easier then pilfering through a drawer trying to find my mascara.
Because the limited space in here, I keep a majority of our towels in a linen closet that is next to our boys bedrooms. But I do keep a couple in the master bathroom because it never fails that my hubby or me forgets a towel and then when one of us gets out of the shower we are yelling at the other person to bring a towel. So to solve the towel dilemma, I put hooks in the wall to hold the towels. I also use a wire basket that holds the hand towels that sits on the toilet next to my makeup container.
We also have a container that is under the sink where we keep all our medicine, supplements, and first aid supplies. I have canisters to keep all like items together. Hair care items are kept in one and first aid supplies in another.
Tip: keeping like items together in a container will help prevent clutter and save you time when looking for something.
Basically canisters, command strips, and wall hooks are the glue that keeps our bathroom organized.
Well friends that’s it for this post. I hope you enjoyed it. For part three I will be covering how to stay organized at the office/on-the-go. Thank you so much for stopping by.
Until next time. Xo
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