bathroom hacks

 When you think about it our bathroom is a very strange room compared to every other room in the house. It’s one of the smallest rooms where you store the most stuff, and it gets more wet and humid than another room. So here are some hacks I came up with that have helped me in my bathroom.

If you have a sink with a cupboard or drawers underneath (which I highly encourage to have if you have the room) to add more storage space add 2-4 inch supports on the corners of the bottom of the sink vanity. You can use this room to store your scale or any small box. For example at my house we use a shoes box and wrapped it with nice paper and made a handle out of the paper to allow easy access to the box. We store our magazines, a blow dryer, and a curling iron in the box. The 2-4 inches is an easy instillation and that little room can go a long way.

At the store you can buy little clips that have a suction cup attached to them. Use of these in the shower to clip back your shower curtain after you have finished taken a shower. It will allow the curtain to dry off faster instead of leaving the shower curtain bunched up and wet creating mold.

Another suggestion for your shower curtain is to use plastic curtain hangers instead of metal. Metal allows rust to build up and it can be a pain to clean all the time.

NEVER have carpet in your bathroom. A lot of older homes still have the outdated look oh carpet in the bathroom, and some people today still think it’s a good idea. Well it’s not. Think about it, your bathroom is the one room that gets the most humidity and is the room that you are always using water in. carpet and water, don't mix well. It’s the easiest way to grow mold, and the hardest flooring to clean. Any type of flooring has the ability to grow mold, so my suggestion is to have a timed fan build in to your bathroom. Most homes already have fans build in but to have a timer just makes it so much easier to set a time for the fan and not have to worry about turning it off later.

This next tip you will probably think is a no-brainer, but I find some people still don't understand. Do not put hair down the sink or shower drain! Always use the trash. It is not too much of a pain to clean out the sink and put the hair in the trash rather than washing it all down the sink. It is far better than having to deal with a clogged up sink later on.