Savvy Secrets for the Bathroom

It seems we can all use some freshing up in our bathrooms or guest bathrooms from time to time.  So we found some lovely ideas for doing  just that at Martha Stewart and Real Simple and we wanted to share them with our chums 🙂

Bathroom Organizer

Combs, brushes, and toothpaste take up considerable space when laid horizontally on a shelf. Flat-backed, self-adhesive cups on the inside of the cabinet door hold them more efficiently. Before pressing the cups in place, line them up between the shelves. To ensure the door can close, put thin items on the shelves in the spots where the cups will take up some space.

Uniform Bottles

Uniform plastic bottles not only look better than the usual shampoo and soap containers, but they also fit more neatly in storage devices, such as the hanging wire basket installed in this shower stall. It’s always helpful to identify bottles with laminated labels, adding either the names of family members who prefer their own products or else listing the contents of the containers.

Magnet Organizers

Sometimes you have to think behind the box. This medicine cabinet became more efficient after it was affixed with a sheet of precut galvanized steel to its interior with construction adhesive. Magnetic hooks now hold scissors and a mirror, and small plastic cups with magnetic bottoms corral small necessities, such as rubber bands and hair clips.

Handy Hair Dryer

For a guest bath, mount a streamlined hair-dryer unit to the wall beside the sink. You can find them online through suppliers of hotel accessories.

Roll Holder

Stow spare rolls of toilet paper in a clear glass vase or umbrella stand; it’s a sleek way of stacking them, and you’ll know at a glance when you need to refill the supply.

Toiletry Shelf

Make space for supplies over the bathroom door so that they’ll be accessible when they need to be replenished. Use wood screws to secure a pair of wooden shelf brackets to either side of the door frame; screw shelf to brackets. The shelf should rest on top of the door molding, which will help support the weight. Keep small bottled items and toilet paper in handled boxes. Bars of soap can be stored, unwrapped, in an airtight glass container.

Rolling Towel

Few of us want our own bathrooms to resemble a public restroom in any way, but the rolling hand towel loop is an excellent invention equally useful in the home for providing an always-ready drying surface. Simply stitch two linen hand towels together at both ends to form a loop. Take a half-inch wooden dowel painted in white enamel, and screw porcelain drawer knobs (available in hardware stores) into each end. Slip the towel loop over the dowel, and hang from wall hooks.

Relaxing Bath
Something as simple as an over-the-tub wire rack devoted to bathing goods adds a nice touch (and extra convenience).

Good Reflcetions
A retractable mirror is a practical solution on walls that won’t allow for a conventional mirror.

Repurpose Items

Use a wire fruit/ veggie basket in the bathroom to hold  soaps, shampoo, conditioner, wash cloths and other toiletries.

We hope some or all of these Savvy Secrets give you some fresh ideas for your bathrooms.  Making even small changes in our homes can help us live more abundant lives.  Sending each of you love and joy!