Hey there, friends! How’s your organizing going? Know what I love most about doing this organization challenge with my pals from No Place Like Home? It pushes me to get things organized, like my bathroom drawers, that I’ve been putting off since we moved into our home 2 years ago. I hope that our giveaway challenge for the $150 gift card to The Container Store is doing the same thing for you! If you haven’t already, don’t forget to link up your organized spaces or challenges below for an extra chance to win.
This week I decided to tackle my bathroom drawers organization. It’s been something I’ve been putting off because it’s a bit of a challenge. Our master bathroom was renovated by the previous owners sometime in the last 10 years, and they put in a gorgeous antique chest of drawers turned into a vanity.
I’ve seen dressers and chest of drawers repurposed into bathroom vanities all over Pinterest, but what they don’t tell you is how impractical they are. Unless you have an abundance of bathroom storage elsewhere in your bathroom (which we don’t), they are really difficult to store your things in. The drawers are not tall enough to store cleaning supplies or other bottles upright, and anything that is short enough to keep standing up falls over when you open the drawer. That means everything has to be kept laying up its side, which takes up a lot of space.
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Prior to working on my bathroom drawers, this is what our vanity looked like.
I kept my most used items on top of the vanity because they would just get lost in the mess that was in the bathroom drawers below.
Here’s how it looks now…
I moved the large bottle of mouthwash to a linen closet that’s not in the bathroom, and I’ll refill this olive oil bottle as needed. I found this small canister to hold some cups, along with the matching soap dispenser.
A couple of adjustable drawer dividers worked perfectly to keep items from rolling around.
I organized the drawers in zones, similar to what I did in the pantry. The top drawer holds the things we go for the most, like contact solution, toothbrushes and paste, and my hairbrushes.
The bottom drawer holds everything else.
Underneath my black makeup bag on the right side are a couple of stackable drawer organizers that hold makeup and skin care.
The left side holds hair products and nail polish in a divided organizer tray. My husband travels quite a bit, and we’ve even managed to leave a little room for some of his travel toiletries.
I love how uncluttered the top of the vanity is now!
Now instead of being frustrated with how my bathroom vanity doesn’t hold all my stuff, I can focus on how beautiful it is!
Don’t forget to check out my friends’ great bathroom organizational posts! They’ve always got so many amazing ideas!
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Seriously Robin! My jaw hit the floor when I saw your bathroom. That vanity and claw foot bathtub are simply dreamy! Your space is gorgeous. But..I can see how beauty overrides function sometimes. You come up with some great solutions to merge both the beauty and the function. And…mouth wash in an olive oil bottle is brilliant! Thank you for sharing!
I would not have thought about storage being so difficult in that beautiful vanity but I can see your point. You have done a great job with storage in those short drawers. I agree that this challenge is making me get my whole house cleaned out and it feels good!
Wow, that vanity is gorgeous! But you are right, lacking in storage. Your solutions are perfect! Like you, I keep the mouth wash in a closet and just refill the canister as needed. And all those little trays you found…fit the bill perfectly.
Well done my friend and enjoy that vanity.
Hugs, Lynn
Robin that vanity is gorgeous! But definitely a challenge to store what you need. But you did a fantastic job working with the space you have. I definitely want to see the rest of that bathroom!
Holy Cow Robin, your vanity is crazy beautiful but yeah I could have guessed that it would be a storage challenge. You’ve done great with what you have to work with. I’m a fan of anything stackable and need some of those stackable organizers.
Love it!
Hugs, Jenny
I have problems with my bathroom. I donβt have a lot of room, in my DEEP cabinets that looks like a pantry. Everything is bunch in there, and it looks always messy. You can barely find anything in them, especially in the back. Iβm needing more shelves and places to put items that you can see to the back of the DEEP cabinets. I would love for it to look nicer and more organized.
I love the faucet of the sink, its such a vintage feel to it. I have been considering to get something similar for my home too, but is it a real hassle to maintain it?
The vanity was so pretty as well as you Robin. But it is challenging to maintain the drawers like you. I am not so organised and so lazy to do the maintenance on a regular basis. I found a lot of unused toiletries, medicines, broken hair dryer last time I organised my drawers. After that 3 months went away. Aww, I have to do it again. Thanks for the inspiration…