Purging and re-organizing our bathroom | Small space tips

We've been on a major house/stuff/clutter/everything purge after reading a bunch of books on living more simply, minimalism, essentialism, or whatever you feel like calling it (I have LOTS more to say on this subject but more on that later). It's been an amazing journey and we're still working our way through the house, it takes awhile when you're only purging during nap time!

One area I really needed to take care of was our bathroom. We have very little storage in there and all of it is open storage so if it isn't tidy, it looks REAL bad. And when it gets real bad, I lose my mind so I needed to do something about it. Today I'm partnering with Cottonelle to share what I did:

The first order of business was to go through and get rid of anything we don't currently use. Sounds harsh but it's necessary. I'm a pretty organized person but I'm also frugal to the point of ridiculousness so the amount of hotel soaps and shampoos I was holding onto was just stupid. 

The more stuff you have to "organize" the less your area will stay tidy and well... organized. Storage boxes and baskets don't always equal organized, it just LOOKS more organized and this drove me crazy. So I got rid of a TON of stuff. Hairspray, last years hand soap, lotions we haven't used in who knows how long, broken combs and brushes, face wash that didn't work for my skin, dull razors (why??) and LOTS more. 

I put cotton pads and cotton swabs in glass containers for easy access since we use them daily. 

In this smaller basket I put larger items we use everyday like Beck's bubble bath and lotion. There's four things in there--easy to find, easy to put back and easy on the eyes.


In the larger basket I put our hair tools--Flat iron, curling wand and blow dryer. Cords hidden but still easy to get to all three.


A portion of what didn't make the cut... SO much stuff we didn't use or don't need. Why did we still have this stuff?!


And here's the after shot (in our boring windowless bathroom)

I used a lidded box to store things we use but not often like Sonicare chargers and new heads, new razors, and a neti pot. And I store toilet paper up top too--it doesn't need to be hidden or out of sight! The bigger the rolls the better, less to store and less times you have to change it out. The cottonelle Megarolls are great-four rolls in one. Great for saving space which we desperately need!

Phew! So glad to have that done. It has already been so much easier to clean, find things and stay tidy. Hope you're inspired to do the same!

This post was created in partnership with Cottonelle. As always, all words and opinions are entirely my own! Thanks for supporting brands that support this blog!