Bathroom Cabinet Space

Space is a precious thing and bathrooms never seem to have enough of it! It's always wonderful when more can be made. For a few dollars you can almost double the usable space in your bathroom cabinet.

All you need is some scrap lumber and shelf brackets. You can get scrap lumber at your hardware store or a local construction site (YES! Just be sure to ask, they are usually very nice about giving away what they aren't using); make sure it is more than a foot wide. Brackets can be found for as little as .35 cents a piece at WalMart. You'll also need a few self-drilling screws, drill and saw.

First, clear out all the clutter from under the sink. Usually the pipes run to one side or the other, choose the roomiest side for the shelf. In deciding where you will put it factor in the highest item you will store on and under the shelf, so you don't place it too low or too high. Measure the length you need the shelf to be 2 or 3 times.

Next you need to cut the wood (I had my husband do this for me the weekend before). Screw the brackets into the back of the cabinet, then screw the shelf onto the brackets. Easy and inexpensive!

Now go through all the junk you pulled out and get rid of the stuff you don't use. Root through the house for containers to organize what's left. Below are a few pictures with suggestions.


Before


After

I needed space for my hair dryer and straightening iron because they were a tangled mess behind the toilet paper. I took out several of the towels that aren't used and moved them to a linen closet upstairs.

After: I forgot the "Before"!

This was originally my biggest jumbled mess! On the shelf I organized hair goo, sunscreen, lotion, and hair etc in little baskets I found in the garage. The tackle box holds my make up, behind that are Q-tips, cotton balls and femine products. There are two baskets on the left, the front one holds things I use regularly and the one in the back holds extras and stuff I rarely use.

Before


After

This is the guest bath. Again I removed about 1/2 the towels. The cleaning stuff I stuck on the shelf and put shampoos, etc in the basket with kiddo stuff behind it.