Create Great Storage in your Bathroom

Find a place for everything and make your bathroom both tidy and beautiful.

Baskets and smaller containers are handy when you need to sub-divide shelving. This new PEP&CO range is in Poundland stores now. Match pretty storage pots to toothbrush holders and soap dispensers for a co-ordinated look. Dorma porcelain lotion dispenser, £12; tumbler, £10; small storage trinket, £10; and soap dish, £8, all Dunelm.

Go for dark colours and interesting textures – they look great against white sanitaryware. Charcoal grey ceramic storage pot, £28, Ella James.

Tall and slim, a bathroom caddy is essential when you need to fit a lot of storage into a small space. Maxine mango wood bathroom caddy, £85, Made.

A mirror can also function as a useful small shelf. Metal mirror with shelf, £99, Salt and Steel.

A slim, wall-mounted cupboard with mirrored doors is invaluable in a bathroom. This one can be painted in a range of colours and offers a choice of handles or knobs. Rochester mirror cupboard, £290, The Dormy House.

Clear jars are useful for identifying what’s inside. These are made from glass, with bamboo lids. Audley storage jars, £8 and £10, Garden Trading.

Peg rails can be used for more than coats – why not add some useful wall storage to your bathroom? Oak hanging hooks, £15, Kinfolk Décor.

The terrazzo look is all the rage, and small pieces such as this concrete tumbler can really add character. Speckled concrete tumbler, £10, House of Flora.

By Katherine Sorrell

• Bathrooms look their best – and function most efficiently – when clutter is kept out of sight. If you don’t already have a vanity cupboard below your basin, you’ll have to think creatively. Can you mount a slim cupboard on the wall somewhere? If it has mirrored doors, then above the basin works perfectly. Inside, adjustable shelving is useful, and it may even be handy to add a hook or two on one or both sides. If you have young children and plan to keep medicines inside, it is best to add a lock. • Other options for walls – ideal for items you’re happy to have out on display – include shelves, racks, hooks and peg rails – all useful options depending on what you need to store. You could also add a rack to the back of the door, where its contents will be a little more hidden away. • When space is tight, think tall and slender. Ladder shelves, caddies (perhaps on wheels) and tallboy cupboards can be squeezed into small spaces and will hold a surprisingly large amount of bathroom kit. For very small items, use baskets or small acrylic boxes to subdivide the storage conveniently. • Bathrooms tend to be full of glossy white sanitaryware, so variations of colour and texture can be very welcome. It’s easy to add these in the form of small storage items – woven baskets, terrazzo pots, glass tumblers, wooden boxes and so on – which can be replaced quite cheaply when you feel like a change.

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Ella James: 01572 759 190; ellajames.co.uk House of Flora: 0333 303 4295; house-of-flora.com Made: made.com Salt and Steel: 07785 978 327; saltandsteel.co.uk Dunelm: 0845 165 6565; dunelm.com Garden Trading: 01993 845 559; gardentrading.co.uk Kinfolk Décor: kinfolkdecor.co.uk Poundland: 0800 731 5622; poundland.co.uk The Dormy House: 01264 365 808; thedormyhouse.com