Please welcome my guest blogger today, Eva Stephen! Eva has a lovely blog Home Decor by Eva, and she has some GREAT tips to help you not only organize your bathroom, but also give you some great product ideas to improve the decor! Eva loves to write and does a lot of DIY, so do stop by her blog and follow her to see what project or advice she has next!!
Here are Eva's tips on how to organize your bathroom:
The bathroom or washroom is a well-used part of the home, but not one
that we particularly consider from a décor point of view, that is,
until we have important guests coming over to dinner!
These eight tips will help you to get your washroom beautifully organised and attractive and, perhaps even more importantly, how to keep it that way.
1 Firstly, you must be organised when planning housework and décor.
Set a specific time to sort out each room, allocating your bathroom a
mere fifteen to thirty minutes each week. You may think that this is too
little time, but once you have a planned layout for your bathroom, and
have incorporated some or all of the following tips, you will be
pleasantly surprised at how quickly each room can be restored to tidy
glory. This is your time for sorting through the parts of the bathroom
that are not obvious, the towel cupboard, the supply of toiletries and
anything else that might not be noticed when you are quickly blitzing
through.
Towel cupboards can be found here: Target.
2 Throw away old and unused products and make sure that the family
finishes up bottles of shampoo, conditioner, hand soap and shower gel
that otherwise might sit on the shelf for months with a spoonful or two
dirtying the bottom of the bottle. Insist that all the little ends are
used up (you may find it easier to use them up yourself!) or tip all the
little dregs into one container to take on holiday or camping. Make-up
should be used up within six months usually so check the expiry date and
throw away any products that have passed that date. Just throwing away
old products and making sure that tail-ends are used will be a help in
de-cluttering a bathroom, leaving only what is needed by the family on a
day to day basis.
3 Everything in its place and a place for everything, goes the old
adage. Make sure that there is space allocated to everything that is
needed in the bathroom, and stay on top of the changing needs and whims
of your children. Hair products, shaving paraphernalia and other beauty
products will accumulate dangerously if left unchecked! Make sure, at
least once a week, that there is nothing not bathroom-related in the
bathroom, brutally pruning out anything that does not belong!
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4 The simplest way to make sure that everyone has an equal amount of
space in the bathroom storage is to allocate each member a certain
amount of space for their stuff, be it a small container, wicker basket
or even just a delineated space on a shelf. When everyone is given
responsibility for their own toiletries it becomes a lot easier to
maintain the room as a whole, and it is no problem at all to spot the
one or two people who are responsible for unnecessary clutter
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5 A regular routine will be your friend in the bathroom. Sort out
surfaces prone to clutter often – daily if needs be. You may find it
helpful to set a rota so you are not the only one constantly doing the
same thing! The basin is often crowded with small pieces of make-up and
various lotions and potions because people like to look in the mirror
while applying them. Similarly, the top of the toilet can become
crowded, especially with items that are used by the whole family. Make
sure that someone pops into the bathroom daily to put all these products
back into their proper place. Visual clutter can also be managed by mirror cabinets, with multipurpose function, these pose to be mirrors with a hidden cabinet space.
You can get a medicine cabinet like this one or like the one below:
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6 Try and avoid wasting space, even in the name of beauty. If your
bathroom is very small keep decorative items to a minimum, flat on the
wall, with no protuberant and exuberant flower displays or any 3D wall
art. While pot plants can be part of a larger bathroom colourful and
attractive stickers and vinyl pictures can brighten up a small bathroom
without using up any space.
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7. If you make it easy to maintain and clean the bathroom, even quite
small children will find it easier to leave the bathroom in a reasonable
state. Try to ensure that they do not have to stretch too high or climb
on the edge of the toilet or bath to put things away; not only is this
difficult for them it is very dangerous too. Installing a lower towel
rail and mirror so children can operate safely in the bathroom is an
excellent idea.
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8. Make it look attractive. As strange as it sounds, people like to
keep attractive rooms looking nice, while dingy or grubby rooms will be
left a little bit worse! Your efforts in making the bathroom look
appealing will hopefully pay off with the dividend of being maintained
that way!
Incorporating these easy steps into a regular washroom maintenance
schedule are sure to help you have the attractive and still functional
bathroom of your dreams, one that is easy to use and even easier to keep
looking good!
HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE WEEKEND!! THANKS FOR STOPPING BY -
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