How To Organize Under Your Bathroom Sink
Admit it: you're afraid to look under the sink in your bathroom. It's dark, it's damp, it's crammed full of weird products that you tried once and never really grew to like. Let expert organizer Mary Astadourian help you reclaim your space.
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Step 1:
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Face Your Fears
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Take everything out from under the sink and take a look at what you have. Assess everything; throw away what you don't need and start grouping the things you're going to keep to get a better sense of how you're going to put them away again. Work with categories that make sense to you, such as face, body, hair, sun and cleaning products. Grouping items and keeping them together makes it easy for you to quickly find what you're looking for, especially if under your sink is the only bathroom storage space you have.
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Step 2:
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Think It Through
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Look at the space under your bathroom sink and assess it. Think about the best possible way to use it, and what products should go back into it. What do you need to have at your fingertips? How do you want to access your products? What kinds of storage containers could help you organize the space to work for you? Thinking through these questions before you put everything back will help you use the space wisely.
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Step 3:
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Make It Work
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Keeping your groups together, start putting things away. Use containers to break up the space. Plastic containers or drawers are especially good under the sink; they keep things dry and easily accessible. Don't be afraid of a little trial and error. Take time to figure out the best system for you.
