As promised in my last post, I have completed, and am sharing, my first home organization project - our family bathroom! We have been in our home for almost three years now and have had several different roommates. That, coupled with the fact that I am somewhat of a beauty- product addict, equals A LOT of stuff in the bathroom that never gets used. So let's get started.
Here is the view looking in our bathroom door:
I will start with the two large cupboards on the left, which have five shelves.
The first/top shelf used to hold a random assortment of stuff, including extra shaving accessories, toothbrushes and toothpaste, body products, the list goes on. I decided to make the top shelf our "hair" shelf. It holds all of my styling tools like my straightener, curling iron, and blow dryer. I hardly ever actually "do" my hair anymore so it was OK to have this stuff out of the way. The little black bag in the front is a hair clipper/buzzer set, and I've also put all of the hair products Mike and I actually use on this shelf.
The second shelf used to hold all of our most-used items, including toothbrushes, toothpaste, Q-tips and Mike's toiletry bag. The first thing I noticed about this messy area was the huge gaping hole of wasted space. So, I decided to put our bath towels on this shelf. (Who-da thunk it? Bath towels in the bathroom!) This frees up some valuable space in our hall closet.
The third shelf used to hold all of Lily's products, and mouthwash apparently. I have changed this shelf to be our now most-used items. Biggest pet peeve - we only have one outlet in the bathroom, and its on the wall with the light switch, so you have to have the cord across the cabinets to plug anything in. Oh well, what can you do, right?
The fourth shelf was another random assortment of bath and body products, with some hair products mixed in as well. That shelf is now our "first aid"area and also holds some back-up bath/body products.
The bottom shelf was where we used to have the first aid kit and all of our dog grooming accessories and products. Now, my little one isn't crawling yet but I know that soon enough she will be trying to get into EVERYTHING, so I didn't want to have any sharp objects on the bottom shelf where little fingers can reach them. Since we don't use them very often, I moved all of the pet stuff to our downstairs bathroom, moved the first aid stuff up one shelf, and filled the bottom shelf with Lily's bath toys, hooded towels and face cloths. She can play with that stuff all she likes. I moved her shampoo, baby toothpaste, soaps, etc, to a drawer in the vanity and will put a child lock on it.
We have a little cabinet that goes around/over our toilet that was, again, full of bath and body products that were never being used. I cleaned out the products that had expired and that I can get rid of, and organized the rest. The bottom shelf now holds our extra hand towels and face cloths as well. On the open area right above the toilet I have put some products that I want to try and use on a more regular basis. If I see it right there, I will be more inclined to use it (Hello, Mary Kay Satin Hands!)
The best addition to my bathroom? A few Lush bath bombs that my awesome Hubby surprised me with one day. He knows how much I love them and how they are such a special treat to have in a bath at the end of a tough day. They also make my bathroom smell sooo yummy! If you want to check them out, go to www.lush.ca
And that's all folks! I shall leave you with this photo of my waving to you in the mirror :)
Stay tuned for a few projects for our bedroom makeover! SO excited!
~ Shannon
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