Under the Sink & Vanity Drawer Bathroom Storage Solutions

If you have a vanity vs. free standing sink, you’ve got ready storage space under the sink. The problem with this is that most under the sink spaces are way under utilized. First of all, one side is usually taken up with visible and annoying pipes, and the other side is tall, but has no shelving system. The last issue are those really long drawers in bathroom vanities. They’re usually long, but not so wide, and few come with partitioned storage.

The best thing about storage solutions for under the sink or in a drawer is that you can buy ugly items. No one sees this stuff, so going cheap and not all that attractive is a-ok. Although, if you go cheap, make sure it’s not junky cheap. I.e. you still want it to last; buying new solutions a year from now because your old one broke is not very eco-friendly.

Some ideas:

This under the sink storage shelf rocks because it allows you to work around bathroom pipes.

Boring, but totally useful, Acrylic Drawer Storage Trays.

Rev-A-Shelf 14 In. Door Storage Trays – great idea for tall hair care supplies!

These above are some basics. Don’t forget that you can find all sorts of handy tray organizers at thrift stores too, many times in wood, which is nice. You can also improvise. For example, instead of trays, in my bathroom drawers I have this eclectic assortment of little wood boxes, small ceramic bowls, and other oddball containers. I fill them with hair clips, safety pins, jewelry, and so on. So long as you can find short containers (so you can shut your drawer) most anything works.