bathroom-1It’s very rare that a client needs me to organize the bathroom.  There are several good reasons for this that can be used to organize other rooms in your house.

Dedicated Zones

Any room is much easier to keep organized when it has clearly dedicated zones, but in a bathroom, these dedicated zones are defined by rigid structures.  The tub, toilet, and sink all have very specific uses, which you would never consider tampering with.  Also, they provide very limited areas for piling clutter.

Limited storage

Except for maybe some small shelves and a shallow medicine cabinet, the biggest storage area is usually under the sink or maybe a small closet.  In a typical bathroom there is a natural delineation between what I call the showroom and the stockroom.  The less stuff you have cluttering your surfaces, the easier it is to get things done.  I compare these open areas to an uncluttered attractive showroom floor of a clothes shop.   The large area under the sink or in the closet is the stockroom, where you store back up inventory.  You only need to keep a limited number of samples on the showroom floor.

Circulation

With the exception of a relaxing bath, we don’t like to spend too much time in the bathroom, which means we don’t have the same time to settle in and accumulate things like books, mail, drinks, coasters, or snacks, that we might collect in a living room or den.  We circulate in and out like the water circulates through the pipes.  Circulation prevents accumulation.

Strictly adhering to dedicated zones, limiting your showroom samples, and circulating items freely will keep you as organized in other rooms in your house as you are in your bathroom.