Ideas for Storage in Guest Bathroom

qshpr89 · ‎10-28-2014

I have a small half bath just off my entryway that is a guest bathroom. Have been looking for something small to store extra toilet tissue, cleaning supplies and to hide the bowl brush in for a while now. Tried all the local haunts, resale and antique stores, popular web sites. I just need something small. Anyone have any creative solutions they have used?

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

They sell 18" high x 30" wide and 36" wide wall cabinets at Home Depot and Lowes that you would hang on the wall above the toilet. I have been shopping for a cabinet for over my washer/dryer and I was looking at these.

jlkz · ‎12-02-2013

@qshpr89

For storing toilet paper rolls and for the bowl brush, I use many different shapes of umbrella stands: very tall and narrow works well for the rolls. For the brush and cleaner, try a short, wide-mouthed one.

For under the sink base cabinet, try a narrow shelf stand ( like the ones for creating shelving in dish cabinets ) to store bottles of cleaning solutions. Or, if width is an issue, try the small corner shelf units. More expensive, have a shelf built into the back wall where you can have a pull out shelf-- this would have a strange shape to accommodate the pipe(s).

In the base cabinet in my condo kitchen, I have used this slide out shelf on the cabinet floor to get to things way in the back that are under an upper short shelf. ( Thank goodness this is only a vacation place or I would redo the whole kitchen to make it easier all around, but another story.)

Forgot to mention, I also use hotel style wall "metal" shelving racks to hold towels, bath mat, hand towels --- it is decorative, useful storage and can free up space elsewhere.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill

Fressa · ‎03-20-2012

I love nice woven baskets for this type of thing. I've used ceramic vases to hold/hide the toilet brush and somettimes flower planters in ceramics. It's the shape, color and size that I look for first and then a sturdy/natural material that looks nice. There are some beautiful designer "type" wastebaskets that can be tucked in those odd spaces to hold these types of items.

I have tiny full bathrooms and am always on the hunt for these types of items. They need to be accessed but I don't want to see them in full view. My two lucky stops are Bed & Bath and Pier 1.

colliegirls · ‎05-13-2012

How about a pretty basket with a top? Handy in any room.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@colliegirls wrote:
How about a pretty basket with a top? Handy in any room.

You beat me to it!!!

This was my reply. I like baskets in general, and there are many styles today, not all have to have that country look if that isn't 'you'. And a lid for it is a must, as bathrooms can get dusty, and you don't want that type of thing covered in dust before use.