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I noticed the Mac shadows. Mac has some great palettes like the MAC Pro 15 palette (easy to find on ebay) and there is a DYI website that shows you how to remove the pans from singles.

Oooh, how lovely! I think I may have to borrow this idea to consolidate my stash o' stuff.

Where did you find that cute "crown" plate/tray? I love it!

I use little kid's sock organizers- they usually come in pretty pastel colors and can always be found at Homegoods. They work great for nail polish, hair pins, and other little things-- they are even better if you have a drawer in the bathroom that you can tuck them into.

It looks lovely, but it's really not a good idea to keep glass in the bathroom (I could tell a horrible true story to drive this point home, but I won't).

I do have a little vase where I keep makeup brushes/pencils, toothbrush, etc, but I keep that in the medicine cabinet. We just don't have much real estate for display in our bathroom. I have a small lidded (plastic) jar for cotton balls, and just got a Q-tip dispenser (stainless steel) at Ikea last week. Kind of like a toothpick dispenser.

Everything else gets tossed in a basket that goes in the cabinet under the sink.

Moist bathrooms aren't idea for storing make-up.

What's with the Sharpie?

jessinsf: the tray is Working Class Studio's "Wrought Irony" charger - it's available at the SFMOMA store (as well as other places.) It should be noted that it has a large orange crest in the middle that's covered up by my stuff in the photo.

anna karina - wait, I'm intrigued by this story, because I can't think of a good reason not to have glass in the bathroom.

I mounted an IKEA Forhoja to the wall above the commode:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60034295

I removed one of the wooden box/drawers and that's where the rolled-up washcloths go - the top serves as a small shelf.

I totally do the same thing -- with my jewellery, too. I have an assortment of antique glasses and bowls of varying heights. I hang my earrings off the edge of an egg cup and a low champagne glass. I have everything arranged on a silver laquered serving tray from Pottery Barn, which I bought on clearance for $5.88 in January.

I didn't want to be too negative when you've posted such a pretty arrangement, Elixabeth, but here's the reason why glass is dangerous in the bathroom: people slip, and given half a chance, glass can cut like a knife. When I was a kid my father slipped in the shower; he threw out his arm and it landed on a chemistry beaker my poor brother had left in the bathroom. My dad almost lost his hand (and did lose a lot of blood), but fortunately a brilliant surgeon was able to sew him back together. My dad had to switch to writing with his other hand, though -- not a lot of feeling remained. Granted, laboratory glass is thinner than most, but we only allowed plastic or metal in our bathrooms after that and I still shudder when I see glass.

Back to the photo and more positive things -- I wish I had space to do something like this. I love the tray too!

To be fair, I think the risk of slipping and falling on glass is an issue in any room, particularly one with smooth floors. An acquaintance leaned against her own wall, knocking a picture frame onto the floor. In attempting to clean up, she stepped on a shard of glass...barefoot. Should we banish all picture frames below shoulder level? Nah--those are the inherent risks of having STUFF.

One should just use caution, moreso if there are particularly young, elderly, or clumsy (we know who we are) members in the house.

We had a similar problem in our master bathroom - lots of blank cabinet space, but nothing else. We had an antique white/green scheme, going on, so I found an old yellow antique Coca-cola tray and took out the bottle dividers. Then I bought a bunch of clear glass jars and removed the lids. The jars fit great in the tray. I used different sizes, so small ones hold my makeup and larger ones hold lotion, hair brushes, and even my husband's razor. It's open, but organized and makes cleaning up so easy. I can even do it one-handed while brushing my teeth.

In HS (a long time ago), a guy at my school slipped in the tub and fell through the picture window looking into the garden atrium and ended up with probably 80 stiches in his gluteus maximus. He was a football player, so everyone knew because our team was undefeated when I was a senior. Nuthin' like havin' that happen to you! (His family had the same floor plan as my best friend's--can't remember what they did after that happened, though!)

I should say that I still have little glass jars o with cotton balls and Q-tips in the master bath and a glass holder for my towels and seashells and a glass soap dispenser in the guest bath, though, even knowing the danger from 25 years ago...

Wow, speak of the devil!

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This is exactly what I mean about the picture window the guy fell through.

I do a variation on the same thing. I use the upturned tops of wooden boxes a trays. This provide a lid so the assorted jars will not fall and break. I use interesting and unique shot glasses for qtips, bobby pins, tweezers and other similarly shaped items. My father travels alot so I ask him to bring me a small container from each of his destinations to house the rest of the items.

I use stainless steel and ceramic planter pots for brushes.

Out of curiosity, why are toilet seat covers considered gross and unhygienic while open containers of cotton balls and q-tips aren't?

I have mismatched antique wash-stand sets, I use the cups, powder dishes and hair receivers for bathroom items. As a mineral makeup user I have tons of small little containers, these work great to keep them organized.

anna - Should we all remove our mirrors from our bathrooms? There's probably a story about an unfortunate incident with every household item imaginable. If we decorated accordingly, we'd live in empty houses.