Where Do You Store the Extra Loo Paper?
You don't have to hide the toilet paper in the back of a cupboard. Show it off with one of these inventive solutions
Toilet paper is a necessary part of life, but where to stash the extra rolls can be tricky. Should you store them within reach so you’re not caught with your pants down, or is space too tight in your bathroom to make this an option? These bathrooms make toilet paper a feature rather than an inconvenience – it adds to, rather than takes away from, its surrounds. See what could work just as well in your bathroom.
Build in a nook
There’s no need to get up when a handy niche has an extra roll at the ready. It’s neat, simple and keeps the toilet paper nicely out of sight.
More: 10 Tips to Save Your Sanity in the Bathroom
There’s no need to get up when a handy niche has an extra roll at the ready. It’s neat, simple and keeps the toilet paper nicely out of sight.
More: 10 Tips to Save Your Sanity in the Bathroom
Put them in a basket…
Baskets for loo paper work in any style of bathroom. Either match the basket to the bathroom decor, as has been done here, or go for contrast by setting old against new.
Baskets for loo paper work in any style of bathroom. Either match the basket to the bathroom decor, as has been done here, or go for contrast by setting old against new.
…or a box
A rusty old repurposed box fits the bill for extra toilet paper storage in this contemporary bathroom.
A rusty old repurposed box fits the bill for extra toilet paper storage in this contemporary bathroom.
The same containers double as planters on the entry stairs – small details like this can work to give a home cohesion.
Inset them into the wall
If a wall inset is good enough for your shampoo and toiletries, it’s good enough for the toilet paper. This nifty one keeps extra loo rolls within reach and works nicely with the industrial grey and white theme going on in this bathroom.
If a wall inset is good enough for your shampoo and toiletries, it’s good enough for the toilet paper. This nifty one keeps extra loo rolls within reach and works nicely with the industrial grey and white theme going on in this bathroom.
Go all out
You’re not likely to find yourself clutching the last square of toilet paper with nowhere to turn for more in this powder room. Now this is what I call a bathroom of abundance!
You’re not likely to find yourself clutching the last square of toilet paper with nowhere to turn for more in this powder room. Now this is what I call a bathroom of abundance!
Make use of dead space
Even the littlest of bathrooms can accommodate an above-door shelf. A white-on-white bathroom makes the toilet paper stacks less of a feature, but they’ll add quirk factor to bathrooms of any colour or style.
Even the littlest of bathrooms can accommodate an above-door shelf. A white-on-white bathroom makes the toilet paper stacks less of a feature, but they’ll add quirk factor to bathrooms of any colour or style.
Keep them handy
A drawer directly next to the toilet makes perfect sense. So much sense that it makes you wonder why more bathrooms don’t have one. This alcove can house reading material, too. What more could you ask for?
A drawer directly next to the toilet makes perfect sense. So much sense that it makes you wonder why more bathrooms don’t have one. This alcove can house reading material, too. What more could you ask for?
Round up the rolls
Stainless-steel canisters have many uses; when installed horizontally in the wall beside the toilet, they’re the perfect place to hold the extra rolls.
Stainless-steel canisters have many uses; when installed horizontally in the wall beside the toilet, they’re the perfect place to hold the extra rolls.
Install a box shelf
It doesn’t get much simpler than this, but a shelf by the loo can be positively life enhancing. This one creates some much-needed bench space in a cosy powder room, as well as holding the extra rolls just where you need them.
TELL US
Where do you keep your extra toilet paper? Share your thoughts on this small but important detail in the comments section.
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It doesn’t get much simpler than this, but a shelf by the loo can be positively life enhancing. This one creates some much-needed bench space in a cosy powder room, as well as holding the extra rolls just where you need them.
TELL US
Where do you keep your extra toilet paper? Share your thoughts on this small but important detail in the comments section.
MORE ON TOILETS AND BATHROOMS
Here’s Looking at Loo: Showing Off Your Toilet
Just Where Do You Put the Toilet?
12 Decorating Tricks to Make Small Bathrooms Work Harder
This old cage was found at a garage sale and cleaned up to become a fitting feature in this country-style bathroom. A glass-fronted old cabinet could work just as well.