Almost everyone feels that they don't have enough storage in their bathroom. On the other hand, you don't want to make an already small space feel cluttered by covering every available surface with hooks, racks, and containers. The bathrooms shown above offer smart, focused solutions to the bathroom storage problem...
- 1) Ledges. A bathroom from House to Home uses wall and mirror ledges to create surface space for bath products and soap.
- 2) Wall shelves and hooks. In Dante's bathroom, wall-mounted systems provide storage. Floating shelves hold bath products, while hooks hold robes and towels.
- 3) Door storage. A light blue bathroom features a door covered in magnetic paint. The surface holds small magnetic hooks and keeps metal towel bars and containers from knocking around.
- 4) Cutaway shelves. A bathroom design from IDEA Group shows how a cutaway shelf, carved out of the wall, can add extra storage space.
- 5) Under-sink storage. A bathroom by Jay Jeffers makes the most of under-sink storage space by using a combination of closed cabinets and shelves with baskets.
RELATED POSTS
• Clever Bathroom Storage Solutions
• 2 Small Bathroom Storage Ideas
• Wall-Mounted Bathroom Storage
Photos: House to Home, Jill Slater, Better Homes & Gardens, Sarah Coffey, Jay Jeffers Design Group
I think I like the last one best since it actually has real storage - not just a floating shelf.
view ChrisGal's profile
Yes, thank you!, keep the teeny tiny bath ideas coming! I only have one bath, and it needs to be completely redone, however I'm absolutely stymied by how to make such a small space beautiful and truly functional (and in my case even adding a single shelf here or there makes a huge difference so I love the first picture).
view Rucy's profile
Not many of us can exactly chop a hole in our wall to add a recessed shelf...
...and adding shelves & hooks all over the walls is pretty obvious.
view bepsf's profile
my favorite solution to storage issues in small baths is full under-sink cabinets with multiple drawers. No storage boxes, limited open shelving.... Open storage tends to visually clutter... hidden storage (well-designed vanities and medicine cabinets) works wonders!
view modern on long island's profile
For some reason, none of these look too small.
view sassydo's profile
To be truly functional, I think you'd need a combination of these. The ledges are good for a few things, but where do you put the blowdryer, straightener, makeup bag etc. And they'll get really cluttered if they are your only storage. Agree with m.o.l.i. that vanities with drawers are the best, it's a great way to organize everthing and make it easily accesible. As pretty as pedestal sinks are, they are totally useless imo. Nowhere to set stuff by the sink and no storage.
view HeyNowTex's profile
Our bathroom is too small for a vanity (the sink is on its original chrome legs) and so we have shelves over the toilet and a good sized medicine cabinet. Towel bars on the door help as do a ledge in the tub.
You can do what you need to do, wrap a towel around yourself and get out of there.
But getting dressed? Using blowdryers, putting on make-up, shaving, fixing one's hair--all that? Not possible. You have to go elsewhere.
view Alana in Canada's profile