You Should Put a Cake Stand in Your Bathroom — Here’s the Brilliant Reason Why

Organizing experts often suggest tossing single-purpose items that aren’t used very often. I recently heeded that advice with a cake stand. As much as I love a good dessert display, I never even took the stand out of the box it came in as a bridal shower gift, so off it went with other items to a friend’s garage sale. 

I was feeling good about my decluttering decision until I was recently scoping out clever ways to organize the bathroom. Imagine my surprise — and regret! — when I discovered that a cake stand is genius for bathroom storage.

In this Instagram video, designer Mona B. of @designbyinspiration shows how a cake stand could be used to display soaps by the bathroom sink. It’s quite simple: Place the cake stand in a corner of your vanity and arrange soap, lotion, or anything else you see fit to add to it. The beauty of it is that while the cake stand is wide (usually around 10–12 inches), the base is not, so you could totally slip something under or behind the stand without taking up more surface area. 

If either of my bathroom vanities were large enough to accommodate a cake stand — I love this glam mirrored cake stand — you bet I’d be missing the one I decluttered. But then I stumbled across a cupcake stand on Amazon — same premise, but inches smaller. Sure, it’s smaller, but that’s the point — it’s perfect for smaller spaces.

A pretty soap display isn’t only relegated to the bathroom, of course. In this video, TikToker @lovethatforyou styles it by her kitchen sink. While the kitchen is much more likely a place to spy a cake stand, it’s still a clever and attractive way to decorate.

Soap isn’t the only way to go with cake stand organization either. In this Instagram video, I spotted @stylemyplace_with_dnm fashion a cake stand in the kitchen as well, but to display other items, including candles, oil bottles, and even a vase.