As you can see, I tried remedying part of that problem with removable plastic baskets. To a degree this works; however, overall it isn't a perfect fix. Cleaning/organizing these spots pretty much consisted of going through what was in there and purging items that aren't used or needed and then reallocating items to each of the bathrooms. For example, there really is no good reason to have deodorant down in our powder room other than sheer laziness in not wanting to walk up the steps because we forgot to put it on while dressing - so things like that, went back into the upstairs bathrooms. From there it really was just a matter or placing things back into the baskets in a more orderly way.
Here are some pictures of my progress:
One thing, I am very thankful for in having done this Day's Challenge is that in cleaning under our communal bathroom's sink a leak was discovered. Although, I was not happy to find many wet and ruined items, having it go unnoticed for a longer period of time would have created even bigger problems. At this point, it appears we need a new sink as the current one has a crack in it...who knew???
Here is one helpful thing that I did add to our already existing way of trying to keep things tidy. I installed two Command Strip Hooks to the side wall of the cabinet and hung my blow dryer and flat iron by their cords. It really does free up some much needed space, I'm thinking of doing the same thing with a few other items (like the heating pad and hand mirror) - just need to make a trip to the store for more first.
