Those in the corner or on the door?

Thanks. I’m looking for both. The lack of organization I’m currently dealing with is not good.

ikea has wire shelves that will go on the door like that.

Those wooden shelves look like regular old corner shelves that are mounted inside the cabinet.

Have you considered paring down the things that you actually need to keep?

The best thing is to not have the excess stuff to deal with in the first place.

If you must keep things, remember that the second part of the equation of having a place for everything is to have everything in it's place. If the storage solutions that you choose are not really easy to access and to use, the things will end up sitting out anyway.

Even in that picture that you posted, those things in the cabinet are not that easy to reach on a frequent basis. LIke as not many of those things would either be forgotten about or not put away with each use. The things in the door are easier to reach but I would caution that wire shelves allow many things to fall through them and often look good but are not as functional as you might assume them to be.

Try looking into Rev-a-shelf or Haefele... they both have items like that!

Thanks so much for your comments. I definitely have to get rid of some items and w look at the sources provided.

I think baskets or tubs that you can pull out of the cabinet would be a lot more convenient. Depending on how your plumbing is configured, you may even be able to install a pullout - Blum Metaboxes are pretty easy to build and install if you have some experience with building stuff.

Most important is figuring out what you truly need, and where it makes the most sense to store things. Look for other storage spaces in the bathroom, like over the door, or in a linen closet. Perhaps things can even be kept in a different room.

Storing things and keeping often used things at hand are two different things.

If there is something that you use on a regular basis, it makes sense to keep it where it can be easily picked up and just as easily put back in place. If that place requires you to get in under a cabinet, or jostle other things around, it is very likely that it will not get put back in a dedicated place. Thus, you have disorganization.

If the organization is not easy to maintain, it is doomed to failure.

No matter how easy you might think it is to bend down and put that bottle of stuff back on the shelf under the cabinet, the reality is that you will leave it to sit on the vanity.

If you really need, and use, an assortment of bottled toiletries, putting them all together in a container that can be pulled out and put back is a better solution than having single items stacked on a shelf.

And, if this is a problem, it might be time to really take a second consideration and decide if you really need all of that. Or, do some of those bottles of stuff just sit there because you bought it and the real truth is that you dont' really use it, for whatever reason...kind of like all the garments that end up in our closets that are things we bought thinking we would wear them but found that they never really were suitable.

Thanks for your insight. The voice of reason... time to make sense of it all. I purged my closets and released all items that I don’t use. Made some of my friends happy and filled donation boxes. Now it’s time to do the same with my vanity...

having worked at places like Oprah .com, I'm a little surprised that they don't have a source somewhere on their web page.

I agree that especially in a LOWER cabinet, pull-out containers w/ sides is just easier to deal with. The people who invent those open corner shelves are usually thinking of upper.

But on-the-door storage that swings out like that is GREAT for lower cabinets! (I have one on the door of the vanity by the toilet, and it's nice to swing it out toward me when I need feminine supplies).

I also have a pull-out drawer under my bathroom sink that is nice because it lets me easily access the deep space in the bottom of the cabinet. (My vanity is narrow, so I didn't have any luck finding a drawer that would just fill one side; I have to open both doors to open the drawer, but it works great for stuff like the extra Q-tips and razors; I don't need to get to them often)

I like drawers, because they are usually one-handed to operate.

Container Store has good cabinet-storage solutions as well.

Thanks you for your reply!

Here's a pretty, wood-and-chrome back-of-the-door shelf!

https://www.thehardwarehut.com/catalog-product.php?p_ref=2210

I need to go through my bathroom cabinets and get rid of products I don't every really use; I was just thinking that last night and this morning. You'll inspire me, I think.

But I *do* think that everyone would benefit from making our bathroom and kitchen cabinets more accessible (if I could more easily get to that face cream, I might actually use it!!) and more organized. It might as well be pleasing to look at, right?

And I love the idea that things normally found in the kitchen (like those spice shelves on the door, or the corner shelves, or especially that tip-out tray) are useful in the bathroom.

To that end, I will confess that I would like to put something like this in my tall towel cabinet/tower, especially in the upper compartment. so that I can pull the "cube" of space straight out to access it from the side.

That's brilliant! I've seen those kitchen pullouts that inspired you; I love them.

People really put thought into easily accessible storage for kitchens--it really ought to apply to bathrooms too.

And i like your shelf that's accessible from the toilet. No doors to struggle with, and the fresh roll of TP is right there!

Talley_Sue_NYC, that open shelf hidden in the leg of the vanity was an idea I borrowed from Grannysmith. Her vanity was also custom. She had four big drawers in the front, two by two. The right side drawer fronts were the same width as the left, but there were smaller drawers behind them, with the thicker leg, in which she had her open shelves, hidden entirely behind the drawer front. I think I saved her picture

Grannysmith's vanity.

Isn't that smart? I thought so, and I stole it!

Base Organizer With Knife Block/Bins/Shelf, 11", Gray · More Info

This one could be used in a bathroom for those who use hot styling tools. The big rectangular bin could hold dirty washcloths and hand towels waiting for the laundry. then there is the tray for storage. It is 14.38" wide, so could go in a 16" cabinet.

11" Base Cabinet Organizer Maple Rev-A-Shelf 448-BC-11C · More Info

This base pull-out comes in 11" width and 14" width, as well as narrower.

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This one comes in 9" and 12" widths. There really are a lot out there if you look. These are all from one supplier on Houzz.

Many of us continue to buy and/or use products that we probably don't really have any real use for and would probably be just as satisfied if we did not buy them. Still, we buy them with the notion that they are useful, or that they add something essential. But, do they really?

I firmly believe that most of the things that the American public buys in regards to items such as "beauty" supplies, household cleaners, and laundry products are not only not really useful, but carry a large negative footprint in our lives, our personal resources, and our environment.

All I am saying is that we owe it to ourselves and to our environment to think twice and again as to the real usefulness or need for so many of the things that we buy now days. So much of it is just that we have been sold the notion that these things are a necessary part of life.

The major portion of what is on the shelves at the grocery stores, Walmart, and CVS are things that have not existed for...well, never before. Humanity has gotten along quite nicely without them. And, I would argue that the cumulative impact is negative and quality of life has not been enhanced by most of these things.

I am in mid sixties and I look around at what people are buying and the it really occurs to me that I have lived this far, quite nicely, without most of that.

I was in line at Costco the other day and the number of people around as I waited in line who had enough large packages of bottled water to build a wall was amazing! You would think that we had no potable water in our taps! That is just one example of senseless consuming. Don't they know that the "purified water" they are buying in those plastic bubbles is nothing more than tap water?

Americans are trained to consume just about everything in mass quantities.

Then, we have storage problems.

For the record, I was not at Costco to purchase packages of paper towels that are as large as sofas. The pennies of savings are not worth the hassle of storing all of that stuff. And, most of it is not essential, nor is it really useful. Most of that perceived need is capitalist propaganda and social brain washing. It robs us of our money/resources and it reduces us to mindless consumers.

Not buying so much stuff quickly addresses most storage issues.

Once, we have decided which of those products really serves a need or a purpose in our life, we can eliminate buying or storing those that don't. First, there needs to be an honest answer as to it's real value, to us.

Then, we need to give ourselves permission to step out of that mindset and NOT buy it.

And, yes, this does apply to me, too.

Wednesday Morning, I have found that being allergic to the fumes of most cleansers extremely helpful in keeping down the clutter of those products. I get asthma symptoms from them, so have not bought most cleansers in 35 years. Recently, Dow Bathroom Cleaner (Scrubbing Bubbles) has become so benign that I can actually use it, though.

Ads for something called the Force of Nature cleaning system kept popping up when I was on Facebook, and I finally read them and then bought it. It is a base unit, bottle, spray bottle, and little ampules of liquid containing salt and vinegar. You fill the bottle with water, add an ampule, and then set the bottle so that its contacts are touching those of the base unit. Electricity from those contacts processes the water, salt, and vinegar and turns them into hypochlorous acid and sodium hydroxide, a powerful disinfectant and detergent that will kill germs, mold, and mildew on contact while cutting through grime. It slowly changes back to plain water over time, so must be used within two weeks to be effective. But while it is effective, it is a great non-toxic cleanser that your can touch, breathe, and use with no ill effects, yet, this electrolyzed water is used in industrial cleaning and in laboratories. This is the first time home-sized units for making it have been available.

When I thought about it, it dawned on me that this was probably very similar to the Toto ewater+ that sprays the bowl before and after use in my new toilet seat bidet. It keeps the toilet so clean that I have not had to brush it or use cleansers in it since it went into service in July. I just use a cleansing wipe to clean the underside of the seat, the rim, and under the rim.

I believe my unit cost about $65, plus the cost of the ampules, another $19 for 25 ampules. I am just getting to the point where I need to order more. I have used this ewater to clean everything from floors to stains on clothing. I did fade the color of a natural dyed shirt with it, much like a dilute bleach stain. I had grease on the shirt and did not want to take a chance on the clothes washer not getting the stain out. It is a rustic dye on the shirt anyhow, so I will just add more streaks of ewater to it so that the shirt remains usable. A bathroom rug where the dog peed when we were not there to let her out was saturated with the ewater, and when I went to wash it days later, I almost could not find the yellow stain! I finally saw a ring of yellow that showed me where the stain had been. It had no smell of pet urine, though.

My son has a salt water pool. As per chemical machinations beyond my understanding, the salt that is added to the water acts like chlorine ( converts to chlorine?) to keep the pool crystal clear.

I have found that many things can actually be cleaned with plain water and elbow grease.

I don't always use detergent in my wash, depending on what it is. I have an old fashioned agitator washer and that adds a mechanical action to the cleaning.

I keep a metal scrubbie in the sink and I find that a good run under the hot water and brush of the scrubbie to clean almost anything from plates to skillets, no detergent needed.

I try to stay away from too many chemical cleaners or products. I have found quality of life and cleanliness to not be compromised by it.

So many things that we buy and use are not really worth what we might suppose them to be.

That spritz of dishwashing detergent has no real magic in it. It is good for cleaning something with clingy oil. But, for most things, it is not really needed.

Under my sinks is almost empty of any of that. Only a couple of things are there.

there is a website called organizeit.com they may have what you are looking for