Simplify The Bathroom: Part One

I thought that cleaning, de-cluttering, and organizing the bathroom would be the easiest “beginner task.” After all, it’s the smallest room in the house, isn’t it?

That may be so, but it’s also the busiest and most crowded room of the house. It’s not as easy to simplify as it might seem.

First of all, the storage space is at a premium. If your bathroom is like mine, that storage space is “wonky.” I have drawers and shelves that are too deep, other shelves that are too narrow, and the space under the sink has drainpipes that make it difficult to utilize. I don’t have enough counter top space for all my lotions and potions, my mirrors and curlers. For some unearthly reason, my husband thinks he should get part of the space. Go figure!

It has taken three four tries to finally get ours workable. On my first attempt, I only worked with my makeup.
That task took me an entire evening. I had to throw away most of my beauty products because they were old.

On the second try, I spent a Saturday morning sorting and sifting. I set up a card table and removed everything from the cabinets. Here is what the “experts” told me to do:

• Toss old medines (they have expiration dates), old lotions (trust me, I tested one and you don’t want to keep them) and old makeup.
• Get rid of rusty tweezers/nail clippers/old razors and such.
• You don’t need worn out hair brushes and warped combs.
• Throw away old toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste that are scummy and gummy.
• You can do without those hair products you bought and decided they didn’t work for you.
• Cull out any duplicate blow dryers (it only takes one) and hair accessories.
• Towels and linens that are frayed, ripped, or faded should go on out the door (or into your cleaning closet to be used as rags).

Once you have removed all the items that no longer belong in your bathroom, it’s time to sort them and find a “home” for them. In order to keep things simplified, that takes some planning. Again, it took more than one try for me. I’ll tell you more in Part Two!

This journey began on a separate blog (you can click here to read About Out Of Chaos), but that wasn’t really simplifying was it? I moved all of the posts to This Eclectic Life under the category Out Of Chaos. I’ll be adding more from time to time. I hope you join me.

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1. Simplify The Bathroom: Part Two
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