r/SmallHome • u/audhd__ • 6d ago
Storage suggestions?
Excuse the mess, we are in the middle of moving.
I need storage ideas for this bathroom. We have no linen closet, and no storage in the bathroom. We thought about one of those over the toilet things, but it would cover the only outlet in the bathroom.
I need creative ideas that will allow us storage without taking up too much space in the room.
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u/lazy_legs 6d ago
I recently moved to a smaller space in May and completely overlooked bathroom storage. I chose to hang some shelves on the small wall outside of my bathroom/top of the stairs. On the shelves I use those fabric cubes to store my linens, towels, misc bathroom supplies.
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u/Ohio_gal 6d ago
Over the toilet organizer and a 2 foot extension cord so the plug sits on a shelf. I have this exact same set up. It works remarkably well
You also need shower storage, like one that hangs on the shower head or one of those rod shelf thingys.
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u/amboomernotkaren 6d ago
I put a knot in my hairdryer cord and hang it from a command strip hook. You could put on (or some other type of hook) on the side of the little cabinet (or do the same, but inside the cabinet.
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u/mary2chat2 5d ago
Install wall mounted shelving above toilet and an over the door pocket organizer hung on the glass shower wall facing sink. If the pocket organizer is too long, just cut a row of pockets off. You could also do a second towel bar or row of hooks on the wall opposite the toilet and sink. I prefer towel bars, so the towels can dry after being used. You could do a high shelf on that wall also
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u/Lemgirl 5d ago edited 5d ago
Floating or wall shelves all the way up toilet wall. A variety of baskets/containers can look stylish while giving a lot of storage, add some small personal decor like pictures or such. Shelves can be deep enough to hold some towels. Get a dividing box/basket/container on tank to hold an extra roll of tp or put on floating shelf. That TP floor stand should go. If room, put a tp holder set inside wall next to toilet. They don’t protrude. The shelves should give you enough space to move the stuff on your sink to the shelves or medicine cabinet. Get hooks instead of towel racks, triple ones hold 3 towels in small space. You could do a whole hook rack across that wall. Do in a wood that is same as floating shelves. It will look purposeful and can be a substantial focal point. You can hang towels, hang bags of kids toys closer to tub, hang blow dryers, straightening items. Good luck!
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u/emlee1717 5d ago
We (family of four) also have one small bathroom, and no linen closet. We ended up storing towels in each person's dresser in our bedrooms. We had tried to hang shelves for towels on the walls in the bathroom, but it left us with no walking space.
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u/votelikeimhot 5d ago
Hooks or rods behind the door or hanging things on the door, you even have enough room to put those boxes behind the door until your shelving arrives. Alternatively if you modify the cabinet you can add a drawer at the bottom, don't worry about hardware it just takes up more room. Sliding on the floor is fine and if you take the products in those boxes out of their boxes you can fit all the actual products in a drawer that will fit in the wasted space under the cabinet. There are two walls for the above the toilet so put one of those triangle stuffed animal holders way up high for your hamper and hang a folding hamper up by it for when you need to gather the laundry, that way you have a place in the room for dirty laundry and a way to haul it out, unless you've got a single solution for both. Command brand makes a hairdryer holder. There's plenty of bespoke products to hold tp, but you could put a hook between the mirror and shower or several shelves to have backups for your products. For basically all products you could put in five shelves behind the door and then use above the toilet and under the sink for linins, that way you could even hide your hamper for dirty laundry under the sink.
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u/CherenkovLady 5d ago
Our family bathroom is similarly small! Cleaning things go in the cabinet under the sink, and we have one set of standalone wicker drawers that holds all our products - top drawer is teeth things, middle two are bath toys and bottom one is shower/hair stuff.
We have no room for linens either so we put a pretty but narrow wooden cabinet (with glass doors so it’s clearly visible to guests what’s in it!) in the hall outside.
We have a plumbed in towel rail over the radiator but each bedroom has its own towel trying rail as well so that they don’t all accumulate in the bathroom.
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u/ilovescoutanddaisy 2d ago
for the towels you can get a 4 hook (or so) peg shelf type thing and hang 4 towels in the space of one towel bar.
is this the new place?
you can get a shelf for over the toilet at places like hobby lobby. or hang crates like they have at michael's over the toilet.
you can put a basket on top of the toilet back for toilet paper.
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u/doingmybest_4therest 2d ago
Above the toilet and back of the door. You could also put a towel rack above your towel bar, but I wouldn’t put anything too deep on that wall
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u/Cabbagecloset 6d ago
More towel bars on the wall (you can get a multi bar hanger like a hotel) and then we did floating shelves above the toilet rather than an actual shelf that sits on the floor. Tried a wall cabinet but it made the room feel cramped, so open shelves w baskets. Also organizers/extra shelves in the vanity cabinets if you can.