Oh God the Bathroom... Part 1

Having spent 11 years as a housekeeper in motels, hotels, hospital, and other healthcare facilities bathrooms are my least favorite place to clean. So many things to clean up after in there. Between the hubby, the cats, and I, it is never ending. Luckily you will only see part of the mess today.

Today we are going to tackle the cabinet above my toilet. It at times becomes the dumping ground for the recyclables(toilet paper tubes) and garbage (q-tips, wrappers, etc...). Most of the time the garbage is because I forgot to put a bag in the trashcan. It also is a dumping ground for when I buy new toiletries and I am to lazy to put them away. Lazy here is the key.

The mess

So you can see this has become a dumping ground. It is a handy container to have with no counter space. So I started at the top of shelving and cleaned one shelf at a time. Getting the dust and grime along with the organizing. 

Shelf one was fairly easy. I cleaned the surface. I then placed all the cleaning products up there. I like to keep them there where kiddos cant get their hands on them. Since I have a pedestal sink I do not have cupboards under the sink to store them.

All Better

 Next we have the cupboard.

What lerks behind these doors?

This was the easiest area to clean. With the doors closed I don't think so much about dumping things in there.

I generally keep stuff I use on a usual basis in here. The tooth brush went back where it belonged. The green coffee cup holds my q-tips, so i filled it up. And unfortunately it is where I keep my toilet paper. I can usually keep 6 to 8 rolls in there.

2 of my cats believe toilet paper on here is a toy. Hence having it in the cupboard.

Looking good and took about 3 minutes.

 

The next shelf is definitely the hardest! Between the garbage, the stuff I dump daily(out of my pockets or jewelry when i take a shower), and then stuff I pick up at the store and am too lazy to put away, it can be quite the job. Like I said before, I do recycle toilet paper tubes so that was the first thing to get out of my way.

Yuck...and it's all my mess.

So I discarded the trash, put away stuff that didn't belong there in the first place, and wiped everything down. After that I cleaned the black tray I had on the shelf. I put back the small stuff that I use all the time. This left space for jewelry still.

So much better.

 The Bottom shelf didnt have too big a mess.

Wham bam thank you mam!

More recycling, a little trash, a flat iron thats been sitting for a year... Wipe down and boom! Clean. The only other thing I am considering is adding a container to put jewelry in.

Beautiful!

 

Clean as a baby's butt! As organized a Martha Stewart's medicine cabinet in prison. Thanx for checking out my newest triumph. Any thoughts or suggestions?

NEXT WEEK: We see how successful my dresser redo was. And we go back to the bedroom and see how to deal with lack of space for a night stand.