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I love the tip about cleaning your bathroom once a week. When you share one small bathroom with 3 adults and guests, if you cleaned only once a week things would get a bit..shall we say...gross? I clean mine every day and at the end of the day it needs going over all over again.

Even if you don't share your bathroom with 3 people, once a week is kind of "gross". I keep Method brand wipe cleaners under the counter for in-between serious cleaning just to wipe things off (i.e. toothpaste in the sink or cleaning off countertops, etc). It makes it much easier at the weeks end to do the big clean.

I don't think anyone really needs to clean their bathroom every single day - and likely someone doesn't have guests over every day for a week.

I clean our about every two or three days and I get compliments on how clean it looks. There is two of us - we just don't mess it up every single day. Maybe some people here have a problem hitting the toilet or something - LOL.

I wipe my bathroom counters down once a day and my husband and I always put toiletries and other bathroom items right back in their place when we finish using them, but I really give it a good, thorough cleaning once a week. I assumed that was what was meant by cleaning once a week.

What do people do to make a bathroom so "gross" it needs cleaning daily? (No, don't tell me!)

We always clean as we go, wiping down the counter when it needs it, squeegeeing the shower after every use, NOT making messes in the first place... Once a week is fine for the floor, mirror, toilet, and the rest...

The worst was in the old days when my partner used to spill his razor on the counter, leaving whisker debris behind. He's better about that now, hasn't happened in years. (I wonder if it's because of a new razor? Hadn't ever thought about why...)

okay, cleaning issues aside …
how (and why) would you "Place all of your everyday bathroom items out of sight" when a guest is using the bathroom? place everything where? i assume things are where they are because that is where they are needed … (not talking about extremely messy bathrooms but "normal" ones). i do not think a guest in a private home expects the bathroom to be like a hotel bathroom.

I think when they say "everyday bathroom items" it means bottles of hairspray, hairbrushes, blow dryers/curling irons, huge bottles of lotions, etc. Those things should be put away especially when guests come over - underneath the sink, on the shelfs. They shouldn't be lying around with company. The one thing I clean every day in the bathroom is the sink - i do have a pet peeve of water marks and toothpaste residue in and around the sink. Everything else can wait every few days and once a week when it comes to the floors and when the gloves come out for scrubbing.

We also like to have a shelf dedicated to guest towels and a small hamper for them to dispose of the towel when their done using them (especially great to have for overnight guests).

ok, I don't get on my hands and knees everyday to clean the bathroom, but I DO wipe down all surfaces, including the toilet, everyday. It takes one minute, and things are clean! I like that. I am the only one who does this in my home however, the other 2 adults are slobs and don't care if toothpaste is still in the sink or if they left the bathtub full of soap scum and hair. And why can't adults hang up towels properly? Just wondering.

One bathroom... three different uses?
As in... sh*t, shave and shower??
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Great ideas, esp storage boxes.

I like putting out nice towels and lighting a candle in the extra bath when I'm expecting guests. Otherwise, my husband uses it and its always so messy!

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What the frell is a 'storage bathroom?'

Good question, amed, good question - been waiting on someone to ask since I wanted to know.

At first glance, I thought the bathroom in the first photo was also used to store life vests. Then I realized that it was a stack of orange towels.

A bathroom doesn't need to be multifunctional. It's got a function, works well, and you don't need smelly candles to gussy it up. If you like them, great, but it's not a boudoir or a lounging area.

FantasticMrFaux - Good point. If I was to have company, I'd probably light a candle with a soft smell (like jasmine) just to cover up odors of people using it. I keep my bathroom clean - if the person doesn't like the style or how I have my towels hung, then well they do not have to come over again.

And who the hell honestly has guest towels? That's so pointless...are we to the point we can't use a towel someone else has used?