Bathroom Storage: Where to Keep the TP?
The Houzz community steps in with 19 tidy toilet paper storage solutions
Toilet paper isn’t glamorous, but hiding it away entirely never works for long. No, that backup stash needs to be at least partially on view and fairly handy — for you and for guests who may not know where you’ve put the jumbo pack and don’t want to ask. So how to keep the toilet paper tucked away, reachable, yet unadorned by crochet? The Houzz community unrolls 19 clever solutions:
Designer Jamie Cheveldeyoff suspends the TP from the ceiling, in keeping with the rest of his inventive Toronto house. It “was meant to be a joke, since I suspend everything,” he says. “Then I realized I could make it store toilet paper as well and therefore only have to change the holder after every six rolls.”
See more of his place
See more of his place
Beautiful, architectural order: a good number of spare rolls in the perfect just-in-time place.
Here, the storage niche goes vertical.
A built-in can also make room for a column of rolls.
Who doesn’t love a grid?
A mercury glass urn puts toilet paper on a pedestal, where it belongs.
A tidy tissue valet stands at attention with the current and future supply.
An unfussy basket has an appealing, unabashed air.
Buddy up the TP and handtowels in a windowbox-style wall fixture.
When space on the counter or wall is tight, you can squeeze the Charmin into a basket on the floor.
Find a way to remind yourself when you're down to one roll.
Toilet paper itself may not be elegant, but the empty cardboard rolls are, when turned into art by clever homeowners.
Ah, there's the stash.
These homeowners transformed their half bath with a subway station mural, and stored their toilet paper rolls in a tall cubby inserted between studs in the wall. This should keep them going for awhile.
See the Before and After
See the Before and After
Did this knight lose a battle over whether toilet paper should hang over or under the roll?
Avoid that controversy by standing the roll on its head.
Tell us: What’s your solution to storing the TP?
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Tell us: What’s your solution to storing the TP?
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