Here’s a solution to bathroom clutter, and never being able to find what you are looking for while you are getting ready (usually in a rush). I bought these bins at the local dollar store, and used a sticker to put names on them. Having a transparent bin makes it easy to see and locate what you need.
Each person has one, and all of his personal grooming supplies go in it. At first I felt reluctant to buy multiples of items that the whole family uses, but this has simplified organization so much that it is worth the price or everyone to have their own stuff.
No more searching for the brush, or toothpaste. It is all there, in your very own bin! No one seems to leave stuff out on the counter anymore either. Hooray!
Another way to keep things orderly is having a spot for each person’s towel, with their name written (on a piece of masking tape, or something fancier) above the rack or hook. It is easy to see who forgot to hang up their towel, plus it keeps sickness from spreading and cuts down on laundry. When my kids were young and still learning to hang up their towel, I safety-pinned a 4″ piece of grosgrain ribbon to each towel with their name written on it in permanent marker. Each child had a different color of ribbon so I could identify who needed to hang their towel up at a glance. These went right through the washer and dryer so it was easy and really kept them in the habit of hanging up their towels!
Just to make life a little easier . . .
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thanks for the idea! i got my boy's some plastic $store bins in their favorite colors with matching toiletries, towels, etc. they LOVE it! the youngest is so super proud of his red bin and red items! they are cleaning up so much better and if not, i know right away whose stuff is still out! thank you!
That is a great idea! I did a similar thing with my first 3 boys: blue, green and red they were—all their belongings. I ended up with 7 children and blue's jacket got recycled to another child, and red's backpack also, and pretty soon we were all mixed up. If you can keep it going, and you don't care about bathroom decor (all matching towels, etc.), it is a wonderful organization tool. Thanks for sharing!
I assign each of my children a different color for their personal items. Such as oldest girl-purple, next-pink, oldest boy-blue, next-green. I (and now my husband who thought I was crazy) can tell whose towel is not hung up, or pencils, notebooks, backpack, etc are not put away!
I did have bins in our bathroom closet for everyone , but it's become a mess again. You've inspired me to get it under control again! I love the bathing suits! I might be interested in buying one for myself and my daughter when it gets closer to summer. BLessings!
This is genius! The people that built our house forgot about bathroom storage. I'll have to think of a creative place to put the bins, but it sure would make our lives easier.
I use the bin method for our medicine cabinet. First to keep adult medicines separate from children medicines. It also works great, when I had two in infant doses and one in children doses, to keep the different stages apart so you don't have to worry about giving the wrong child the wrong strength when they get those early AM fevers or coughs!!!!