I don’t have to learn how to declutter my medicine cabinet because, unfortunately, the way our bathroom is designed, we don’t have one. Luckily, we have a few drawers and lots of storage space underneath the sinks. If I did have a medicine cabinet, though, I envision it would look something like this:
Nice, huh? 😉
How to Declutter Your Medicine Cabinet
If you are lucky enough to have one, I’m going to show you five easy steps to declutter your medicine cabinet so you can speed up your morning routine and bring some order to your bathroom.
Take everything out of your medicine cabinet and assess
Obviously, expired items should be thrown away, but also make decisions about things you haven’t used in a while. It’s ok to purchase and try out products, but you have to know when they’re not working for you and discard them. You want to keep only your essential daily items in your medicine cabinet to keep it organized.
Look around your home for similar-looking containers
Look for small, white ceramic containers or clear, glass, or acrylic ones. You can also decide on a color scheme for your medicine cabinet and look for or purchase small containers to go with those colors. You can store cotton balls, swabs, hairpins, makeup sponges, nail files, clippers, etc. in the boxes. If you are using solid colored containers, make sure they are low enough to see what’s inside. Keep small items in see-through containers. Containers help to keep everything organized. There shouldn’t be any small, loose items roaming free in the cabinet. Line the back of the cabinet with an adhesive shelf liner before placing things back in.
Keep like items together
Store your toothbrush, floss, and toothpaste in one container, and your comb and brush in another. Keep facial items together, like makeup brushes and face washes. Consider purchasing small shelves (called acrylic risers ) This will double the storage space by allowing you to store small items underneath and on top of the shelf.
Mount a magnetic memo board to the inside of the cabinet door
If you hang a magnetic memo board inside the cabinet, you will be able to hang slim, magnetic bins and hooks to hold razors, nail polishes, and anything else you need to corral. You can even add magnetic containers to store hair ties and safety pins.
Keep your everyday makeup in a small cosmetic bag
Keeping all of your makeup stored together will allow you to get dressed and out the door faster!
Hopefully, these tips have given you the inspiration you need to declutter your medicine cabinet. Let me know if you have any questions. 🙂
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I’m glad it helped! 🙂
We don’t have a medicine cabinet, either. I’d love to see a post on how you make use of your under sink space. We have plastic drawers, but they seem inefficient.
I have a pretty good system for organizing under the sink that I’ve been using personally for about 11 years and I use this same system with my organizing clients. I will share soon in a future post. Thanks for the idea. 🙂 ~Leigh
Hah! I looked at my makeup bag today and realized that over half of the items are rarely used. I am going to get a smaller bag tomorrow!
Good for you, Laurie! Why is it that we always have WAY more than we actually need? Thanks for your comment. 😀
I love tip 4. Thank you for this!
You’re welcome! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
I loved the blog! I really like to keep things organized and I am excited to read future posts!
Great, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your encouraging words…they keep me motivated. 🙂
Love the magnetic board!
LaTrice
Very nice. Your cabinet looks nicely organized. 🙂
Thanks! If I had a medicine cabinet, it would definitely look like this one! Thanks for your comment. 🙂
Great tips! Love that medicine cabinet too! I don’t have them in my home, though thinking about putting one in the master bathroom. Now you’ve got me thinking… 😉
I know, I am wanting one badly now. The good thing is that I can recreate it in my daughter’s bathroom although I know it will not stay anywhere as neat as this one! 🙂 Thanks for your comment and follow. 🙂