Sharing a Bathroom With Roommates

Sharing a Bathroom With Roommates

Chances are if you're sharing a bathroom in a two bedroom apartment, it's not going to be that big. Hair and body care products and appliances can need more space than you have. Here are a few items to help with warehouse and holding the room tidy.

Shower

Shower Caddy

Find a warehouse unit that hangs over the shower head. These will hold shampoo and conditioner bottles, soap, wash cloths and razors. It will help keep the edges of the bathtub or shower floor clean and free up some space.

If you need more warehouse space than just below the shower head, you can also buy projection shelves. You can find ones that are held in place with suction or pressure so you don't have to make any permanent holes and you can take it with you when you leave.

If there are more than two population sharing the bathroom and that's still not sufficient space, each roommate should have their own movable shower caddy. You can buy water proof baskets or totes that hold bathroom items such as bottles, brushes, face cloths and razors. This way when person is done using the bathroom they can take their items away and store them in their room.

Towels

If the towel rack doesn't have sufficient room for everyone's towel to dry off you can buy hooks that hang off the back of the door. You don't have to make any holes; there are products that slide over the top of the door and still allow you to close it.

If you need more space for clean towels, you can setup a wall mounted shelf. You can find ones that have room for just folded towels or ones that hold hanging towels as well. These can be mounted above the existing towel rack, over the toilet or at the end of the shower (as long as you can drill holes in the tile and place it high sufficient so that it won't get wet).

A ladder rack also works well if you have the space. You can lean it up against the wall and towels can be folded over the rungs.

Toilet

You can buy free standing units or ones that need to be hung on the wall. They can furnish some extra warehouse space for smaller items such as bottles, toothbrushes or face cloths.

Sink

If you have a cupboard under the sink you can buy stacking shelves or plastic warehouse bins to generate more space. Plastic organizers that are used for office supplies can work well in this space allowing each roommate to have their designated space for their personal items.

If the bathroom has a pedestal sink with no warehouse below it, you can buy shelves that fit around the pedestal. This can furnish some extra space for bathroom supplies such as toilet paper and Q-tips or cleaning supplies.

Mirrors

Check with your landlord to see if you can replace a flat mirror with one that doubles as a medicine cabinet. Each roommate can have their own shelf to place oftentimes used products on such as toothbrushes or medications.

If your problem is that the room doesn't have a big sufficient mirror for when person wants to apply make-up and the other wants to shave, you can hang an additional one mirror up. You can place a decorative mirror over the towel rack or mount an postponement mirror that can be folded against the wall when it's not in use.

Sharing a Bathroom With Roommates