Bathroom tidied up without renovation: dispensers, hooks and the drain
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by Verpakkingdeals.nl
5 min reading time
A bathroom rarely gets messy due to lack of space, but because items don't have a fixed place. In four steps back to order, without drilling or renovating.
Count how many bottles are in your shower. Most people have six to ten, half of which are almost empty and two haven't been touched in a year. On the sink, there's a tube leaning upside down against a toothbrush holder, and the shelf is half-filled with things that accidentally stayed there.
Cleaning a bathroom usually doesn't fail due to lack of space, but because there's no fixed place for the items used daily. You don't need to renovate anything or drill holes. Below is a four-step approach, with what you specifically need for each step.
Step 1: All liquids, back to three bottles
The biggest source of clutter is packaging. Ten products in ten different bottles, each with a different height and a cap that opens differently. Switching to a few refillable bottles of the same size immediately saves space and improves organization.
By the way, pouring rarely goes well without an aid. A set of mini funnels, 10 pieces for €9.95, saves mess on the counter and in the sink.
Note when refilling
Only refill a bottle with the same type of product, and clean and dry it thoroughly in between uses. Do not mix remnants of different brands in one bottle: you won't know what's in it, and there's no label on the bottle. Write on a sticker what goes in and from when.
Step 2: Off the shelf, onto the wall
Anything on an edge will eventually fall off. Anything hanging stays hanging and leaves the edge free for cleaning. In a rental house or student room, you don't want to drill holes for that, and you don't have to.
Two practical rules for adhesive hooks: stick them on a smooth, grease-free, and completely dry surface, and don't hang anything on them the first day. The glue needs time. And estimate the weight honestly — a wet bath towel weighs multiple times more than a dry one.
Step 3: Keep the small things together
Cotton pads, cotton swabs, hair ties, and tissues are scattered because they don't have a box. A cotton pad holder costs €8.00 and keeps a stack dust-free in one place. For tissues, there's a jumbo-sized tissue box cover for €7.95, which hides the cardboard box.
And then the tubes. A tube squeezer, €5.95 in two colors, sounds like a gadget but does exactly one thing well: it extracts the last quarter from a tube of toothpaste or cream. That's a few extra weeks per tube.
Step 4: Maintenance you won't forget
Two things determine whether a bathroom STAYS tidy: the drain and the air.
A clogged shower drain is almost always hair. A silicone drain cover for €5.95 catches that, and you can remove it in ten seconds to empty it. That's less work than breaking open the drain once a year.
For the air, luxury reed diffusers, 150 ml, €12.00 in two scents, work better than a spray can because they work continuously and without propellants. Don't place them near the window or ventilation; the liquid will evaporate much faster than necessary.
Get a box and a trash bag ready. Take everything out of the shower and off the sink, throw away what's empty or expired, and put anything you only use a few times a year in the box — that goes into a cabinet outside the bathroom. What's left, divide among three refillable bottles, one hook per person, and one container for small items. Anything that still doesn't have a place probably doesn't belong there.
Get started
The dispensers, spray bottles, and hooks from this article can be found under Bathroom & Accessories and Soap & Dispensers. For bath foam, bath bombs, and personal care, look under Bath & Shower; storage boxes and containers are under Storage. If you're looking for something specific, for example, a particular size refill bottle or a dispenser that matches your faucet, please email info@verpakkingdeals.nl — we'd be happy to help you check what's in stock.
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