5 Small Bathroom Organization Ideas to Keep Your Space Tidy

1. Reduce inventory

If you’re having trouble keeping your bathroom neat, the likely culprit is that you’re trying to put too much into one small space. Bathrooms are notorious places that collect items that could go elsewhere.

Bathrooms have medications, extra towels, linens, cleaning supplies, and toilet paper. People will say their bathroom is messy because it doesn’t have enough storage space.

The more storage space a person has, the more items they will find to fill and overfill it. It’s just human nature. Don’t go out and buy more storage, just take time to see how you could better use the space you already have.

Clear your bathroom of everything and slowly bring back things you need on a daily basis. Doing this will show you exactly what you’re using regularly. You can then find creative places to store the other things that you did not bring back into your bathroom.

For example, all of our medications and bandaids are now kept in a central location in our laundry room. That means everyone has access to these items at any given time.

2. Use counters as working spaces only

This applies to the kitchen, too. We try to keep our counters as clear as possible. The same goes for the bathroom. If the counters are cluttered you can’t use them properly when the time comes. I have the mindset that very few things need to be left out on a bathroom countertop other than soap and a hand towel.

Remember, clutter invites more clutter. If you leave a hair care tool out on the counter because there’s no space or it’s too time-consuming to put away, pretty soon you’ll end up leaving other items on the counter, too. Pretty soon that counter will become another cluttered storage spot.

3. Keep a minimum of towels in the bathroom

Small bathrooms become overcrowded when there are too many towels and linens stuffed on shelves and on towel bars. Just keep the number of towels in a bathroom that correlates with the number of people using the showering facilities.

If you have a bathroom where one or two people share the shower, you shouldn’t have more than one or two towels per person in the space. Add hooks so everyone has their own hook for their towel. It’s a simple way to keep clutter to a minimum in a bathroom.

4. Micro-contain things when possible

Drawer storage in a bathroom is prime space compared to cabinet doors with shelves. That’s because bathrooms tend to have smaller items to store and it’s easier to corral them in a drawer. If you don’t have drawers, get some baskets that can serve the same purpose.

Some easy micro-containment examples would be to use a cutlery divider to keep your toothbrushes and toothpaste separated. Use baskets and bins to contain products in a shared space. We keep my little daughter’s hair bands and clips in a small three-drawer container. 

5. Keep a hamper in the space

Any clothes strewn around on the floor of a space where you’re bathing or showering will add up to a lot of visual clutter. Having that hamper readily available will help corral dirty clothes.

There’s not a lot of space for a hamper but add it discreetly by adding one inside the cabinet that’s easily accessible when I need to grab it to do laundry.

We have two baskets in our master bathroom that we use as hampers. Some people use over-the -door-hampers and others line a drawer and use that as a hamper.

I have a few bonus small bathroom ideas to share with you. Install a large, oversized mirror to help bounce light around to make a small space seem bigger and open. Keep the color palette simple and light so the space doesn’t feel closed in.

Accessorize with one tray and a vase with a single flower. It’s all that’s needed to dress up a small room.

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If you have ideas on how to organize a small bathroom, please share them in the comments below.