Your bathroom can often be a major source of clutter in your home as bathroom cabinets, shelves and closets can easily accumulate lots of unwanted items if you’re not careful. To help you get the cleanest possible space, we caught up with two home experts to find out, and they shared with us the most overlooked spots for clutter in the bathroom.
meet the expert
- barbara brock Barbara is the founder and CEO of Brock Inc., a professional events and staging company.
- isfira jensen is the CEO and lead designer at Jensen & Company Interiors.
bathroom countertops
While a beautiful and well-curated bathroom countertop is beautiful in theory, Isfira Jensen, an interior designer at Jensen & Co. Interiors, says she finds this area is usually one of the biggest problem areas.
“People like to keep their most-used items readily available, but this often turns into disorganized collections of cosmetics, makeup, and even decor,” she says.
Jensen also says she especially notices this in luxury bathrooms, where there’s a lot of space to fill. Obviously, people want to display all their favorite things. Instead of cluttering your countertops, Jensen recommends a storage system to help you maintain a clean space.
“Keep similar items together in trays or bins and avoid crowding in visible areas,” she says.
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the back of any shelf or cabinet
If there’s any depth in your medicine cabinet or linen cupboard, Barbara Brock, a professional organizer at Barbara Brock Inc., says you probably have some. You have to clear away the accumulated clutter.,
In these areas, it’s very easy to scan everything you have across the surface, or just put your most-used items in the front and put the rest in the back. Unfortunately, this usually results in things getting lost or relegated to far away corners.
Brock says the best approach here is to remove everything and take stock of what you have. Once you’ve determined this, throw away or donate everything you don’t need, use, or don’t want.
vanity drawer
Not every bathroom has a vanity with drawers, but Jensen says these can be big problem areas if not properly maintained. This is especially true for those who use the drawers to store small bathroom items, such as hair ties, bobby pins, and travel-sized products.
“These can quickly turn into junk drawers without regular maintenance,” explains Jensen.
Luckily, this is also a great area for smaller bins, baskets or pouches, and can help you keep better track of your things.
cabinet under sink
Under-the-sink is a great place for storage Hiding Bathroom Cleaning Supplies And backup toiletries, but this is also a major problem area in terms of disorganization. Brock explains that because it’s a large space, it can hold a lot and how people don’t clutter the area as often.
Jensen agrees, noting that this is another major problem area she sees among her clients. He suspects it’s because it’s the easiest place to throw anything random, making it an obvious place to forget it completely.
“Over time, this space becomes a pile of things you can’t find or use, making it harder to access essentials,” says Jensen.
Along with regularly sorting through your cleaning supplies and throwing away anything that is empty or expired, it’s also a good idea to give this area regular maintenance checks for leaks or moisture.
Wherever your store’s items may run out
Whether it’s a vanity drawer, medicine cabinet, or your linen closet, Brock says, she often finds a stockpile of old products, lotions, and potions in her clients’ bathrooms.
“(These) require editing at least once a year,” says Brock. “Shelves also get dirty and a thorough cleaning will help.”
Jensen agrees, saying focusing on certain expired items can cause problems. It’s really important to take a look at your expired medicines, skin care products and makeup to make sure you’re not using anything that could be contaminated.
