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I Tried This $10 Renter-Friendly Bath Storage Hack in Two Different Places — and Here’s What I Thought

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Ashley Abramson
Ashley Abramson
Ashley Abramson is a writer-mom hybrid. Her work, mostly focused on health, psychology, and parenting, has been featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, Allure, and more. She lives in the Milwaukee suburbs with her husband and two young sons.
updated Jun 8, 2021
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When it comes to bathroom storage, I’m always looking for creative ways to keep my stuff under control. And by “my stuff,” I mean my kids’ toys. Currently, they’re into pretend scuba diving in the bath, which means kids-sized flippers and snorkels just sit in the tub (or on the bathroom floor) until the next use. Scrolling TikTok one night, I found a genius solution for storing their bath gear. Just hang a basket on two Command Hooks for easy storage and draining!

To say I ran to Target is the understatement of the century. Command Hooks? Check. Eight dollar metal basket? Check again! I’m fairly confident I bought the same one as the TikTokker, and I’ll admit, I wasn’t convinced it would work. It’s a lot bigger and heavier than I assumed it would be — and my kids’ bath gear weighs quite a bit more than the rubber duckies in the TikTok. Still, I was determined to give the hack a whirl. 

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Technically, it did work. The Command Hooks I bought hold 3 pounds each, so that’s six pounds per basket of stuff. It easily held everything I needed it to. The best part? Besides finally getting the toys off the bathroom floor, the holes in the basket drain the excess water, so I don’t have to worry about the stuff getting moldy or musty.

That said, as much as I love the Command Hook idea, I’m not sure I’ll leave it hanging up unless I find a more inconspicuous basket option. Our only bathtub is in the bathroom guests use, and I felt like this basket was just a little bulky — but I was dedicated to finding a use for it.

So I went upstairs, to my own bathroom, where I desperately need more storage. My shower just has a tiny shelf, which barely fits my shampoo, conditioner, and face wash. Why not try the basket?

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While I didn’t give a rip how the giant basket looked in my shower, it wasn’t quite strong enough to hold more than a few of my toiletries. I could try putting it on the shower floor, but I’ll likely end up buying one of those suction cup hanging bins or an over-the-showerhead caddy and using the humongous basket in a storage closet or my kids’ toy room, not attached to a wall.

The silver lining of this whole trial? That extra Command Hook was exactly the solution I needed for hanging my razor, which constantly slides down from the tiny cubby. Now that’s a shower hack I can get behind!

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