When Tom and I put our first house on the market, our Realtor team had a whole list of things we needed to do in order to “neutralize” the house. We emptied out the closets to our essentials and boxed up the off-season clothing in the garage. We took down our eleventy million wedding photographs and put away personal momentos. I guess the thought is that if a buyer coming through sees evidence that a family actually lives in the house, the buyer won’t want to buy it. I wish you could see me rolling my eyes right now.
But, honestly, those things weren’t really that big of a deal. They were one-time changes, so we didn’t have to worry about it on a daily basis. The one thing that WAS a huge pain to us was hiding our essential toiletries from our bathroom counter. We had no drawers in that bathroom, so I bought plastic bins to hold our toothpaste, razors, medication and deodorant in the cabinets. Every morning, we’d pull our respective bins out, get ready for work, and put them back under the cabinets. And every evening, we’d pull out our respective bins out, get ready for bed, and put them back under the cabinets.
We’re kind of lazy, so this simple act drove us insane.
I love the look of bare bathroom countertops, but it’s not a practical reality for two people like us. I thought about showing you the state of our bathroom counters right now, but then decided against it. It’s pretty embarrassing. We need some creative ideas to corral the clutter STAT.
In that vein, I turned to Pinterest and found a whole host of gorgeous bathrooms – but not much in the way of containing the clutter other than building shelves or baskets, baskets, baskets. However, from the ideas that I liked, I put together eight of my favorites to share with you today.
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