Master Bathroom
I love that song from the Lego movie “Everything Is Awesome.” I know; I fit in perfectly with my 4th grade students. That song is how I am feeling about getting the whole house organized.
Today we will focus on the master bathroom. I have a linen closet and cabinets under the sink to conquer. I jumped right in to the linen closet first.
I’m not sure how things end up where they do in a house. I am embarrassed to tell you that this closet has become a catch-all, although fairly organized catch-all if I may say so myself.
The top shelf is that weird space where I put extra decorative items: mirrors, two large candle holders that won’t fit in the laundry room and extra picture frames.
The next shelf holds extra razors, tissues boxes, extra Q-tips, and CDs. The CDs were in our office that was converted to Sara’s bedroom. I want to go through them with Kurt, but really that can wait for now. They all fit neatly in a plastic container designed for CDs. Are you starting to see the catch-all I was alluding to? This shelf is actually fairly empty, I like the way it feels to see space between things. I really don’t like to look at clutter.
I keep my socks, pajamas, panties and bras on the next shelf. I find it so easy to get ready in the morning with these items right in the bathroom. I have pretty lined baskets to hold everything. I like the way it looks. This opens up space in my closet drawers and dresser drawers for other things.
Below that we keep our towels and wash clothes.
On the bottom shelf I have a basket for rags. This is also where we keep extra sheets and blankets.
I have a scale, extra paper towel rolls and a humidifier on the floor.
Moving to the 3 drawers we have under the counter. The top drawer is dedicated to dental hygiene. The middle drawer is for hair items and safety pins in a pretty glass heart. The bottom drawer is dedicated to nails. With three girls in our house, we have A LOT of nail polish. That needed some definite purging!
Under the sink we keep it rather simple. We have baskets that hold different items, soap, extra lotion or shampoo, blow dryers, and more stuff like that. Again, there is room under the sink to make me feel uncluttered.
Our bathroom counter only has necessities on it. We both like a neat space. We have one framed mirror, a box of tissues, soap, mouth wash, and our electric toothbrushes stands. That’s it! Sometimes if one of us has a cold, we will put a paper towel roll on the counter as well.
We take the same simplistic approach to our medicine cabinet. We only keep what we use daily in it. For example, one shelf is dedicated to lotion, deodorant, and hair products. Another holds my makeup and makeup brushes. No surprise I use one brand of makeup and have only what I wear every day, with the exception of one darker eye shadow for getting dressed up. I have a pretty glass cup that holds my brushes, mascara and eye liner.
Follow these simple steps to an organized master bathroom.
Simple Steps:
Start with your linen closet. Go through each shelf. Do you have anything you can get rid of? Anything you don’t use? Anything you can donate? Do you have towels that have seen better days? Add them to your rag stash.
Move to your cabinets and drawers. Take everything out and decide if you still need to keep it. Does it have an expiration date? If so, is it still good? Put like things together: soaps with soaps, lotions with lotions.
Go through your medicine cabinet. Again, empty it out and be selective about what goes back inside.
Take a look at your counter. What is on it? Do you use everything? Have a goal to keep only what you use daily on the counter. Keep it clean!
Come back tomorrow as we organize the spare bathroom.
