10 Ways to Make One Small Bathroom Work
10 Ways to Make One Small Bathroom Work
by Jill Cooper
Remodeling or adding a bathroom can be a major expense. I remember when 2 bathrooms use to be considered a luxury and now a bathroom for every person is thought to be a necessity. If you still happen to be in the dark ages like me and have only 1 bathroom, here are a few suggestions to help you make 1 bathroom work.
Place a vanity or table with a mirror in the bedrooms especially the master bedroom and girls' rooms. All hair curling and blow drying can be done in the bedrooms. This can free up a lot of bathroom time.
My brother had 3 daughters so needless to say bathroom time could be a problem. Instead of the expense of adding a whole bathroom he had just a sink put in one of the bedrooms to help free up the bathrooms.
Stagger shower times. If you have 4 people all trying to take showers in the morning, it's just not going to work, so have different family members take showers at different times. For example:
Young children could take their baths at night.
Mom could take a soothing bath in the evening instead of a hurried shower in the morning.
Some family members can take their showers on Monday and others on Tuesday taking turns. Before you have a heart attack about not showering every day, remember that most dermatologists will tell you a shower everyday is not good for you.
Have everyone get dressed in their bedrooms and not the bathroom. Use a bathrobe to walk to the bathroom. Use the shower, put on your robe and go back to the bedroom to dress.
Limit shower times or the amount of time each person is allowed to use the bathroom in the morning when everyone needs the bathroom and things are especially hectic. Save those long soothing hot showers and baths for less hectic times of day.
If you must put your makeup on in the bathroom when others need it, learn to put it on in 5 minutes or less.
Do you have 5 people in your family and only one towel rod in the bathroom? Don't panic. Hang an attractive rod behind the door in each person's bedroom. When they are done with their showers, they can carry their damp towels with them to their rooms to hang them up. When it's shower time again, they can grab it after they slip on their bathrobes and head for the bathroom. When the towel is dry they can toss it in the hamper.
If your bathroom is short on storage, keep extra supplies in another room (things like toilet paper, shampoos, and even your towels and washrags if you're desperate). It is best if the room or closet where you store extras is close to the bathroom. I recommend keeping a couple of extra rolls of toilet paper in the bathroom, but not 12 rolls.
Keep your medicines in the kitchen. Most of us take them into the kitchen anyway. You can even keep your first aid kit in the kitchen. Think about it -- half the time when you get burned, it happens in the kitchen. When someone gets cut, they are very rarely in the bathroom when it happens. In our house, first aid moments usually happen at meal time when I'm trying to get dinner ready, so why go all the way into the bathroom when you are already in the kitchen?
Buy a make up organizer or use a decorative box for your make up and keep it on the back of the toilet. You could also get a organizer that hangs on the back of the door to hold all kinds of things. Buy a shower curtain with pockets or put shelves in your shower.
Some of these suggestions may take time to get use to but with a little practice like many other things they can become easy habits.
by Jill Cooper
Remodeling or adding a bathroom can be a major expense. I remember when 2 bathrooms use to be considered a luxury and now a bathroom for every person is thought to be a necessity. If you still happen to be in the dark ages like me and have only 1 bathroom, here are a few suggestions to help you make 1 bathroom work.
Place a vanity or table with a mirror in the bedrooms especially the master bedroom and girls' rooms. All hair curling and blow drying can be done in the bedrooms. This can free up a lot of bathroom time.
My brother had 3 daughters so needless to say bathroom time could be a problem. Instead of the expense of adding a whole bathroom he had just a sink put in one of the bedrooms to help free up the bathrooms.
Stagger shower times. If you have 4 people all trying to take showers in the morning, it's just not going to work, so have different family members take showers at different times. For example:
Young children could take their baths at night.
Mom could take a soothing bath in the evening instead of a hurried shower in the morning.
Some family members can take their showers on Monday and others on Tuesday taking turns. Before you have a heart attack about not showering every day, remember that most dermatologists will tell you a shower everyday is not good for you.
Have everyone get dressed in their bedrooms and not the bathroom. Use a bathrobe to walk to the bathroom. Use the shower, put on your robe and go back to the bedroom to dress.
Limit shower times or the amount of time each person is allowed to use the bathroom in the morning when everyone needs the bathroom and things are especially hectic. Save those long soothing hot showers and baths for less hectic times of day.
If you must put your makeup on in the bathroom when others need it, learn to put it on in 5 minutes or less.
Do you have 5 people in your family and only one towel rod in the bathroom? Don't panic. Hang an attractive rod behind the door in each person's bedroom. When they are done with their showers, they can carry their damp towels with them to their rooms to hang them up. When it's shower time again, they can grab it after they slip on their bathrobes and head for the bathroom. When the towel is dry they can toss it in the hamper.
If your bathroom is short on storage, keep extra supplies in another room (things like toilet paper, shampoos, and even your towels and washrags if you're desperate). It is best if the room or closet where you store extras is close to the bathroom. I recommend keeping a couple of extra rolls of toilet paper in the bathroom, but not 12 rolls.
Keep your medicines in the kitchen. Most of us take them into the kitchen anyway. You can even keep your first aid kit in the kitchen. Think about it -- half the time when you get burned, it happens in the kitchen. When someone gets cut, they are very rarely in the bathroom when it happens. In our house, first aid moments usually happen at meal time when I'm trying to get dinner ready, so why go all the way into the bathroom when you are already in the kitchen?
Buy a make up organizer or use a decorative box for your make up and keep it on the back of the toilet. You could also get a organizer that hangs on the back of the door to hold all kinds of things. Buy a shower curtain with pockets or put shelves in your shower.
Some of these suggestions may take time to get use to but with a little practice like many other things they can become easy habits.
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