Using Small Plastic Containers in the Bathroom

Apr 18
20:45

2010

Terry Keenan

Terry Keenan

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There are so many small things that get spilled, dropped, or lost in bathrooms; it's a wonder we ever manage to find what we need. If ever there were ...

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There are so many small things that get spilled,Using Small Plastic Containers in the Bathroom Articles dropped, or lost in bathrooms; it's a wonder we ever manage to find what we need. If ever there were a room that could benefit from different sizes and shapes of small containers, it's this one. Here are just a few ways you could use these containers:
   
  • Cotton swabs. These actually look pretty when fanned out in a clean container, plus you don't have to search the back corners of drawers for them when you need one.
  • Cotton balls. Same as cotton swabs, but these collect gunk when rolling around in drawers. Keep them clean and at your fingertips when you need them by stuffing them into a small plastic container.   
  • Grooming items. Have you ever noticed that you can't find a nail clipper or tweezers when you need one? A small, clear container placed in your medicine cabinet or linen closet would solve that problem.  
  • Feminine hygiene products. The last thing you want is to pick up the box of tampons and realize it's empty. Try stacking some clear plastic bins or small stackable containers under the bathroom sink-one for each item you regularly use, such as tampons, pads, and pantyliners. Then your space isn't cluttered up with wrappers and boxes, and you know when it's time to shop for more.  
  • First aid. Like so many things that should be easy to find, you can never find first aid items when you need them. Bandaids, ointment, and pain relievers can become strangely invisible during an emergency. Putting these things in a small plastic container keeps them from wandering away. Also consider taking a few of each item-a couple of bandaids, a tube of antibacterial ointment, and a self-contained packet of Motrin or Tylenol-and putting them in their own small plastic container. Then you know you've got a container to grab and use as a first aid kit whenever an injury occurs.   
  • Hotel soaps and lotions. We all take home the small bottles of shampoos and lotions and the small bars of soaps that we get from hotels. But once we get home, we throw them in a drawer where we don't use them, or can't find them when we need them. In order to get your money's worth, why not get a small plastic container and throw them in there, instead? That way you know what you have and where to find it.

Our bathrooms are often disorganized, but it doesn't take much to get them neat and clean again. A few small plastic containers can take care of almost all of our bathroom's organizational challenges.