No clothing in our bathroom closets. I keep it basic with some towels, soap and shampoo products, lotions etc., TP, extra rugs, bathmats and all the cleaning supplies needed for the bathroom. Towels and washcloths are on open shelves along with a few decorative items.

Our master bath has a tower cabinet where I store extra shampoo, lotion, a basket of medicines and bandaids, shower gels, a shelf for extra hand towels, and one section is a pullout laundry hamper. Cleaning supplies and toilet paper are stored under the sink. Extra towels and washcloths are on a wall-mounted shelf across from the walk-in shower.

There is a fairly large linen closet in our spare bath where we keep some additional bedding, pillows and blankets in additional to towels and such for that bathroom. I keep extra toothpaste, soap, and other toiletries available in the drawers of the vanity for guests to use. The half bath has a few supplies under the sink.

Closets in bathrooms? I barely have closets in bedrooms - LOL! We have only one full bath. There is a hall closet right outside of it that holds most of our extra bathroom stuff: towels, medicines, soaps, shampoos, deodorants, etc. Our two half-baths have enough storage in the sink cabinets for basic grooming items (hair, nails, shaving for DH, etc) and extra toilet paper.

I'm finding retirement/town/small house living is much different. My former situation was more like yours, Amylou, and it made sense in that house to have in-bathroom storage and to stock up. The only thing I stock up on now is TP -- I have a horror of running short of that.

In the bathrooms with closets, I store towels, sheets, toiletries. In those with only vanities, you will find make-up, toiletries, toilet paper. I have a linen closet in the hall. I keep extra toiletries, towels, sheets, sewing box there.

Raye I thought the exact same thing! I hope it is an electric water heater. If it's gas please move that highly flammable stuff out of there.

I don't have closets in either of mine. I have cabinets and drawers. I have all our medical supplies in the main bathroom cabinets upper and towels in the lower. In the drawer are Toothpaste and brushes and a mirror. In the cabinet under the vanity is the TP.

Gas water heater and paint cans in the same area is dangerous, hope yours is electric.

Today's waterborne acrylic paints are non-flammable. If you're storing spirits or alkyd paints, that's a different story. However there are few if any alkyd paints being sold these days. I keep all of my acrylic paint and decorating supplies (sealed cans) stored in a metal cabinet inside the mechanical room along with gas fired water heater and gas fired furnace. No danger.

Other than the standard over the sink cabinet, I have never had a bathroom with a closet. I do have a portable rolling storage rack in mine that holds extra towels and some toiletries. My little house doesn't even have a linen closet. Linens are stored in canvas storage containers on the shelves above my washer and dryer in a hallway laundry area.

1952 build house, thus, no closet in the bathroom. Just an under sink cabinet, that is stocked with TP, shampoo, conditioner etc. Easy for me, I don't do make up.

My towels are stored in a cedar chest in my bedroom.

Moni

2006, no closet in the bathroom, just drawers & cupboards in the vanities. The whole house only has one linen closet.

We designed and built our house, so it was something I insisted be put in for storage of linens, pillows, quilts and such. I always hated having to use up bedroom closet space for those things.

No closet here either. There are some built in shelves that hold towels, washcloths and TP. The under the sink cabinet holds my blow dryer, hair products and mouth wash. We each have a drawer in the sink cabinet for our other things.

We recently replaced our medicine cabinet with a wall mirror, so I am now keeping what was in the cabinet in a small container in the hallway linen closet.

Our 1979 home has plenty of cabinet space but no closets. The linen closet in the hall is used for books/encyclopedias that my husband can't bear to part with and paper goods.

No closet here but do have a linen closet in the small hallway. This time of the year in this area moisture condenses on the pipes under the sink. I no longer store any paper products in that area but in the linen closet until actually needed.

1941 house- one bath- has only the sink cabinet and medicine cabinet - so makeup and cleaning supplies in the former, tooth care, deodorant, thermometer, face cream in the latter. I have a basket on the toilet tank that holds hairbrush & comb, styling product and hair dryer. A hamper holds toilet paper.

There is a hall linen closet that is shelves above and drawers below. The shelves hold sheets and blankets, tablecloths and napkins, towels and washcloths. The drawers hold first aid, cold medicines etc, 2 light bulbs (so I don't have to trek down to the basement for one), extras of soap, lotion, & other bathroom needs, travel kits, and other random miscellaneous stuff that has no other proper home.

No closets in my bathrooms.

We have no bathroom closet but I do have a linen closet across the hall where I keep . . . . wait for it . . . . the linen!!! sheets, towels, extra blankets and pillows.

Two full and one half bath have no closets. A full closet in the MBA holds towels, paper goods, toiletries. A pair of recessed medicine chests are over pedestal sinks for everyday toiletries. A shallow double linen closet in the bedroom hallway has bed linens. A pair of walk-in clothes closets flank a short hallway between MBR and MBA.

A 9-foot long step-in closet with double doors in the back hall holds back-up supplies and central vac hose, cleaning equipment, step stool, etc. Cabinets over washer/dryer and on opposite wall for laundry supplies, vases, etc.

Wow. My first reaction was surprise at how many people don't have closets in their bathrooms. But when I think about it,there were no closets in my parents bathrooms. And it's not unusual......Maybe i just have a weird house. My family commented on the abundance of storage space when they came to see it for the first time. I guess i take it for granted. I have large closets in all the bedrooms, the hall, the living room coat closet and all the bathrooms. A couple of them are empty or near empty.

Both my bathrooms are small, no closet.

I would love a large closet in the bathroom(actually anywhere in the house) but all I have is a small one in mine and the bedrooms have small ones. With these older farm houses came small closets as apparently they didn't have many clothes and didn't store a lot of items!

No closets in our house! Of course, in 1838 when our house was built, most people had very few clothes and other possessions.

1952 build house, thus, no closet in the bathroom.

That's strange. Our build was 1950. Bathroom has a linen closet where I store all towels, sheets, and bathroom products.

1960ish build. The upstairs hall bath has a wide closet, that's where we have the other set of towels, seasonal towels for the downstairs powder room, the heating pads, first aid, sewing kit, travel kits and sizes, extra toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss. Also the paint for when I get around to painting the bathroom.

The master bath has a cabinet over the commode, wall-to-wall, for a couple rolls of TP, the shampoo I'm working my way through and not replenishing, the soap I've gotten as gifts that I'm now using, our second set of towels, and my cologne bottles.

3 of the 3.5 baths have cabinets under the sinks; they mainly hold TP and cleaning supplies; one also has kitty litter since the litter box is in that bath, too (off the laundry room). Well, mine has some other stuff since I have only 2 drawers.

I used to stock up on stuff, but now that the kids are older (one left at home) I don't. Of course that can haunt me, as when we almost ran out of TP lol. The supply is kept under the cabinet in the hall bath.

bpath my jaw metaphorically dropped in reading two sets of towels. No way could even I get by on that few towels by myself. I like one to wrap around my head and one to dry my body. That is just in the main bathroom simply for myself.

Used to have one in the small 3 bedroom house I grew up in which was built in 1956. It had a narrow hall coat closet, a hall linen closet and a closet in the main bath as well as wall closets in the bedrooms. The sheets an bedding were kept in the hall closet and the bath closet held towels and things like heating pads etc.

I have never seen a closet in a bath in houses built post 70s other than walk through clothes closets in master suites which I would hate. Our current house has a linen closet in the hall near the bedrooms. The baths have linen towers which I use for toiletries, personal care items, Kleenex etc. I keep all bath and bedding linens in the hall closet.

MBath has a closet tower. In the top part, I keep sheets/towels for this room/bath. On the top shelve are my 3 month supplies of prescription meds (current month is in drawer of vanity). The lower shelves are for all sorts of OTC meds/lotions etc. Right now, they need a good cleaning and throwing out.

One other bath does have a similar closet tower, but it is not deep enough for sheets and towels. Toiletries on top; dog shampoo/cream rinse and odd bathroom cleaning supplies on bottom. There is a hall linen closet right outside the door for the sheets for the guest room and towels for this bathroom. My DD's old ensuite bath has no closets. All the extra sheets and towels for this room/bath are in an antique armoire.

I would not want clothes kept in a bathroom closet, nor entry into my closet off my bath. I know - many like this - just not me.

I would not want clothes kept in a bathroom closet, nor entry into my closet off my bath. I know - many like this - just not me.

I hate that. All new builds seem to be like that.

I like it. But that's just me.....

To be fair mine is a large walk in closet, attached to the bath, not a closet within the bathroom itself. But anyway, I enjoy it.

Maifleur, "how many towels" was another thread lol. Our cabinet just isn't big enough, so I guess we just run the washer more :)