10 Ways to Add Extra Storage to Your Bathroom
Solve your storage dilemmas with simple and unexpected upgrades that make the most of your space
Even the smallest of bathrooms can adopt seamless storage solutions that turn your bathroom from like to love. The options are limited only by your imagination.
These ideas will get your creativity flowing.
These ideas will get your creativity flowing.
2. Add drawers
Cupboards have long been used for bathroom storage but drawers are a good choice for those wanting to better organise their bathroom. They can store much more and make contents easier to access. Bathrooms in Australia follow kitchen trends, where drawers are now firmly favoured over cupboards.
Cupboards have long been used for bathroom storage but drawers are a good choice for those wanting to better organise their bathroom. They can store much more and make contents easier to access. Bathrooms in Australia follow kitchen trends, where drawers are now firmly favoured over cupboards.
3. Use dead space
That blank wall over the toilet is prime real estate for extra storage. Floating shelves are an easy-to-install answer for extra towels, good-looking toiletries or artfully arranged toilet paper rolls.
That blank wall over the toilet is prime real estate for extra storage. Floating shelves are an easy-to-install answer for extra towels, good-looking toiletries or artfully arranged toilet paper rolls.
4. Go wide
A wall-to-wall adds not only a modern edge to any bathroom, it vastly increases the storage capacity. There’s no need to go for a double basin in a wide vanity – we could all use a little more bench space for our bits and bobs when we’re getting ready to go out or have to share the space with others.
A wall-to-wall adds not only a modern edge to any bathroom, it vastly increases the storage capacity. There’s no need to go for a double basin in a wide vanity – we could all use a little more bench space for our bits and bobs when we’re getting ready to go out or have to share the space with others.
5. Add baskets
Maximise the storage capacity of any open shelving in your bathroom by adding baskets. These are an instant clutter buster and can replace the need for those extra drawers you thought you needed. Allocate at least one per family member to keep mess at bay.
Maximise the storage capacity of any open shelving in your bathroom by adding baskets. These are an instant clutter buster and can replace the need for those extra drawers you thought you needed. Allocate at least one per family member to keep mess at bay.
6. Replace the towel rack
Towels scrunched up together due to lack of space take an eternity to dry, and there’s nothing nice about drying yourself off with a damp towel. You won’t know yourself with a heated towel rack like this one – wrapping yourself in a warm, fluffy towel after a bath or shower is one of life’s simple pleasures.
Here are some more great spots to hang your towel
Towels scrunched up together due to lack of space take an eternity to dry, and there’s nothing nice about drying yourself off with a damp towel. You won’t know yourself with a heated towel rack like this one – wrapping yourself in a warm, fluffy towel after a bath or shower is one of life’s simple pleasures.
Here are some more great spots to hang your towel
7. Install a pullout pantry
Why should kitchens have all the best ideas for storage? A pullout pantry can work just as well in the bathroom, and can vastly increase storage capacity. This one has been installed over a laundry chute.
Why should kitchens have all the best ideas for storage? A pullout pantry can work just as well in the bathroom, and can vastly increase storage capacity. This one has been installed over a laundry chute.
8. Use your tub
Standalone baths can be a highlight in any bathroom, but it could also be the answer to your storage dilemma. Who wouldn’t want a bath that looks as good as this one in their bathroom?
Standalone baths can be a highlight in any bathroom, but it could also be the answer to your storage dilemma. Who wouldn’t want a bath that looks as good as this one in their bathroom?
9. Use under-sink space wisely
The plumbing fixtures necessary under a bathroom basin can use up valuable storage space. Instead of competing with pipes and taps in awkward cupboard spaces, hide the plumbing and open up the rest for your own use. This vanity is both stylish and practical.
The plumbing fixtures necessary under a bathroom basin can use up valuable storage space. Instead of competing with pipes and taps in awkward cupboard spaces, hide the plumbing and open up the rest for your own use. This vanity is both stylish and practical.
10. Accessorise
Adding a removable shelf or caddy to your bathtub could be all you need to make your bathroom more user-friendly. This one will keep your wine stable and hold your book in place – what a way to relax…
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