How to Declutter and Organize a Tiny Bathroom
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My bathroom is so small and is always cluttered and messy. Today I finally purged so much stuff and took one step closer towards my "Minimalist in Training" agenda.
I love using a tray system to organize makeup and these acrylic makeup organizers work perfect for this type of system.
I finally started using a pill organizer for my vitamins and I am saving SO MUCH space now in my medicine cabinet!
I purged an entire garbage bag from this bathroom today and I couldn't be happier. Stay tuned to more purging and organizing videos coming soon.
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You can donate used makeup to funeral homes. That's what I do since they don't need to worry about transferring bacteria and you don't have to feel as guilty about tossing makeup!
mandyr1980 what a GREAT idea!!! Ugh...it's been killing me trying to think of how to "safely/ethically" dispose of makeup that can't be donated instead of simply tossing it in the trash and straining the environment with even more waste.
🧛 It VAS KILLING YOU... no pun intended, I vamp sure.......
That's awesome, thank you!
Oh my gosh. I never thought of this! Thank you. I majored in biology and really get stressed out thinking of all the things I might add to landfills if I purge all my things. :/.
What?!! U r a genius
If I get a face cream that I end up not liking, I use it elsewhere instead. My face hates creams that are too heavy, so rather than have them sit in my cabinet, I use them as hand creams, or foot creams. They get used up really quickly and I don't have to throw them away. Thanks for such a great video.
Debbie Collington I do the same and also use face oils I didn't love on my body and mix face wash I don't like in with my shower products.
You are effing brilliant. How could I not think of this before?
I just recently started doing that! I have so many cleansers! It feels so much less wasteful!
It's 10 minutes 'til 10pm, and I'm going to get a garbage bag and go through my bathroom. You've inspired me, thank you!
I like what you said "the money is already spent". That's a good way to think of it when deciding to purge. Great job too!
I keep my make-up in the bathroom too, I think most of the people I know do too. So, I don't think anything is bad about that.
I love staying to the end!😆😆😆
You really are a breath of fresh air. I suffer from depression and recently I've been struggling. I've had no motivation and become a recluse. You have inspired me to start chucking that crap out. Thank You so much for making me smile. Sending you some love from England.xxxxx
Laura Filby I know exactly what you mean! she is just so lovely and REAL and fun! I think so much of what we see in the media is so far away from real life that it makes us feel inadequate because we are comparing ourselves to a fantasy. Wishing you infinite love and gratitude. greetings from Delaware!
Mally, I too have depression and it gets tough. I feel so much better when I get rid of things I don't use/don't want. After that I feel more adult - using the stuff I love, it's looking nice, I feel competent.
Heyyy ClutterBug!! I have a suggestion. The next time you want to buy a makeup pallet get it from Ulta or Sephora because if you find that you don't like it they will let you return it...Love your channel you have so many helpful tips!
Thanks!
Walgreens does this too. Within a certain timeframe. It might only be a week after purchase. No questions asked! I used to work there years ago.
Love the idea of asking myself if it is something I would buy again today.
Loving this series! I got rid of 155 items from my kitchen feeling good! I think I will do my bathroom next!!! (Feeling some anxiety...)
Ruth Glendinning 155? That's insane!
Ruth Glendinning, way to go! Keep up the momentun! Run with the inspiration for as long as you can!
Kay Carle I know, right!!! I told my family at first I wanted to double the 21 but then I'm just like why not triple or quadruple or just get rid of as much as I possibly can? It was exhausting and the bathroom is next! Much smaller so I am sure a much smaller number we will see
eavening thank you! I'm going to try! Bathroom is next...much smaller area so we will see but it is refreshing and much needed!!
I hope you donated the stuff to your local food pantry! God bless!!
U can also keep some of the body sprays & use it as an air freshener after someone uses the bathroom instead of buying air fresheners. Thats what I do with those I don't use or like anymore 😊
shymar08 i was thinking homemade reed diffuser...
I also use my body sprays as air fresheners! I love going around to every room and spraying! Makes the house smell so good!
Good way to repurpose!
i bring body lotions, creams and butters to work and leave them in girls bathroom. If anyone needs a hand cream just uses whatever they like.
shymar08 I do that too. I actually like the body sprays more than the air fresher scents on the market. I also use them to freshen my linens and recharge my scented lotions.
'Be the reason someone smiles today' - literally why I watch your videos again n again though I have watched those already. Your humour and your attitude towards life's challenges just brings smile to me.
You are realistic and relatable.
ive purged my entire house. It is such an amazing feeling! !!
How long did it take you, and did you do one room at a time or did you have some sort of system.
Kaz Hanlon honestly Kaz I didn't have a set system. I just knew I couldn't live with the stuff anymore. I think I started in the kitchen then lounge room. I do the bathroom regularly anyway. It just kind of snow balled! i did my laundry again on Monday. We are also renovating so organizing systems are not 100%throughout my house. I think purging is a continual war to be waged against😅😅
I am in the process of doing the same thing. I've been at it for weeks. I still have ton's I want to get to but I have to pace myself because can be rather pricey. I shop dollar tree alot too! I just finished my medicine cabinet today. MY family Loooves it! And it takes me half the time it used to to do anything! It's such a liberating wonderful experience :)
Will add here another reason why I believe a declutter, pulling everything out, is needed on at least an annual basis. For me at least, I become blind to the things I have. A bathroom looks messy or cluttered but if I can remove a garbage bag full... then I've been kidding myself. I did my bathroom about a week ago so I know exactly. I've been looking "around" the stuff I don't use or need. So pulling the stuff out of context makes it easier to see. It's like a mark on the wall. At first it annoys me that I haven't fixed it. But after a few weeks or months I only see it when visitors pop over. 🕊🦉🇦🇺
Exactly! You are so right. Invisible clutter
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LOL Visitors improve my eyesight too!
Good to take that picture like she suggested in a video 😊👏
Cass, I love your channel so much. I was sooooo tired of these perfect organized women telling me how to organize and clean...and it just wasn't happening. I felt I could never live up to their regimes. Then comes YOU! I love how you freely admit you hate cleaning (because I certainly do) and for years I felt that there was something wrong with me. Truly my house is a vortex of chaos. It eats everything. And its never seen again. Until 2 years later. When you don't need it anymore. You inspire me to take on this challenge and this time....I think I can do it. I can tame the beast. I love your candor, I love your humor. I would invite you to my house--but I really think you would run away screaming. But thank you. And carry on.
I am loving these purge videos!! So motivational!!
Ana v I agree. I removed 21 items from my kitchen after the first video. Onto the bathrooms!!!
Please don't put yourself down...you are great and very professional! You have been like a friend to me. I think that you should hold your head very high! You are an Organizer, Author, and great Mom and Wife. That is a lot!!
Yeah Cas, this was amazing! Purging is addictive, can't wait to see how you steamroll the rest of the house 😆 We can only use so many products and things a day/week and the rest is just plain clutter and junk.
my so-called home totally agree. Can't wait to see your new house tour! How exciting. New home new beginnings.
THANK YOU FOR PURGING THOSE OVAL BRUSHES! If you knew (or anyone reading & caring :), I have LITERALLY wasted hours researching these brushes!!
JoyceDawn100 Please do tell, they look like a good solution for wet foundation application...
"..we still look 40!" I love that little quote. So true. I'm a 40's gal and have looked for that miracle product! Ain't gonna find it. I like the thought that just keeping a hold of the expensive product doesn't make us rich! Good stuff today!
I'm loving this series! Whenever I have body sprays I need to use up (or that don't work well with my body chemistry, but smell great out of the bottle) I use them as room sprays. It's a great way to still get use out of them (especially in the bathroom!)
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I am so excited for you! Minimalism is truly a life changer. Love your videos and good luck! Decluttering really does get addictive.
so much positive energy coming from Cas that you can even feel it through monitor..
so proud of u! lol.. I used my extra body spray for car freshers... looking forward to more of these videos...
I like the body sprays for air fresheners in the bathroom or anywhere. But car? Hey, good idea!
I don’t let myself buy new lotion or makeup or hair products until I use up the old. Works like a charm!
I love these videos too. I started purging in my kitchen this weekend and yesterday I cleaned out a spare closet full of wishful clothes! It's a great feeling!
Really enjoyed this video. I find that thinking about what I want to keep, instead of what I should get rid of seems to help with the whole process of letting go. Great job in your bathroom!
Thank you for making this video. I just did the 'same thing' in my bathroom; kept telling myself the same thing. Out thing the old, never agin, worn or even expired things. Glad, to hear I wasn't the only one who had hold on the somethings, lol. I feel lighter and happier even. The full $$$ trash bag is sitting outside for pick up and not looking at me when I don't grab one of those products$$. What room is next? I did my closet, but I haven't marked it off my list due to there's so much more I should get rid of. Would love some tips and hints there. Like I'am near (40😉) so the fun cute purses went to my girls... I don't have lots of money or expensive purses is it OK to keep a few warm and cool weather ones? Heels(new/newish) almost never wear them; which ones should I keep? By the way cute kitty in the background. Keep up the great work.
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I love that you are so down to earth. You're honest and real. I enjoy all of your videos tremendously. Thank you so much.
i love your attitude and your honesty its lovely to see someone who is real and i can laugh with
I have the acrylic holder and love it, I also uses small locking containers for my makeup to help with travel and keep it small and away from kids who like to use it for drawing or eating.
Your new makeup system is exactly how I organise mine - works perfectly even on lazy/rushed days 😊
For my vitamins & supplements I put mine with my breakfast cereals which I have everyday so that I have to pull out the pill basket to get to my breakfast and that why I remember to take them x
I've kept my makeup in the bathroom for years without any problems. It's fine!
I am going to try to do this tomorrow in my bathroom. Thank you for the inspiration! I struggle with being wasteful too!!😊
Found your channel recently and I love that you are so REAL. I get discouraged watching channels with all this Pinterest - worthy hype about how perfectly they live. I just can't relate. Your home is beautiful and Pinterest worthy, but you are also so honest about the process. My bathroom looks exactly like your 'before'... it's my 'a-ha ' moment that if you can do it, maybe I can too! Please keep keeping it real. 👏
I keep my make up in the bathroom thought everyone did lol. Your such a joy to watch. Super happy and positive, love it.
I keep my make up in the bathroom. I don't have the space elsewhere and I don't see a problem with it! I'm purging and decluttering too before I even saw your playlist! It feels great! Thanks for the additional tips!! You're awesome!
I've been purging things by the DOZENS AND DOZENS and it feels GREAT! Thank you for the encouragement and the direction to just get it done. And I keep my makeup in the bathroom, too...always have and I've never had a problem with it. No worries!
Not just 'basically empty' but well organized, too! it looks like everything you have has a specific place now! Awesome job!
I find that I feel better wearing a little makeup, but I don't *love* makeup, so as a busy mom who needs to get ready super quick, I bought a large makeup bag, and I put everything in there - my everyday makeup, my deodorant, hair straightener, a toothbrush, toothpaste, hair brush and dry shampoo, tweezers, etc and have that as my "go bag" which I can bring downstairs with me so I can get ready while the children eat breakfast or play. Since I have all the important stuff in this one bag, I realized I could just get rid of everything else because I was literally never using it. It was so freeing!
You did great! Congratulations! It's very freeing to keep what you love.
If I don't like something like lotion,spray I give it to maybe a friend or family member that way it want make us fill like we dont feel like wasting it. Toothbrush covers love them. No judgement here go girl. And you don't even need makeup the beauty is inside and you are so kind and amazing.TFS
I put all my cords in bathroom & kitchen in tp rolls. Really helps keep them neat
Yes. I love how you say that making things so easy to put away that it's as easy as leaving it out. I also love how you are going and fixing things that you organized before, but still isn't working.
I'm pretty passionate about being lazy ;)
Brilliant - love the idea of a spa basket - thanks for great ideas!
I live your videos. Ive followed you for years and think you are the most relatable, lovely youtuber out there. I bought your book and it is also so informative. But nothing beats your videos
I had a tinier bathroom once. I used an over the door shoe holder to hold my bathroom stuff. I’m a visual person so it helped a lot. I LOVE over the door shoe holders.
i love your new system for me i too had bought those green baskets from the dollar but after a while not only did they not really organize my stuff well, i felt as if tge colors were overwhelming me. i too like now clear organizers they look much more neat and you can really see whats in it.
Love all of your decluttering videos! Keep them coming!
I've had that problem too and I am getting specific and minimalist about my choices and what I keep too. You did a great job!!
I just came across this video and your mentality has inspired and challenged me to tackle the clutter in the bathroom! Thank you!!!
I just love how honest you are. I'm trying to have less stuff this year too so will see how that goes. Hope you are all feeling good 😘
I recently organized our bathroom... got a nice basket to put the cleaning stuff in and I organized my mom's drawer, which mostly just has her essentials and hair stuff. I used a Nutella lid to hold her bobby pins. Small baskets and little containers like that really help.
I love using the acrylic organisers !
Wow, great job purging your bathroom! That's a ton of stuff. I, too, am a goo collector. I had a bunch of mostly empty bottles of shampoo cluttering my shower, and one day I decided to just mix them all together. Sounds weird, but it worked fine. Now my husband and I have one shampoo and one conditioner like civilized adults :p Makeup is the area where I still have a large collection, but I let it be. It's something I love and enjoy experimenting with, so I have the majority of my collection organized by type of product in a closet, and then a very pared down collection of what I'm currently wearing on a daily basis that I keep on the counter. I like to swap things out, so it works for me!
Yes! The clutter I pointedly ignore, is being examined today. I will have floor space to reach all my cabinets. Thank you. I hadn't considered the cost of guilt keeping. I also have hashimotos hypothyroidism, I tried that pill box idea...but my ADHD gets in the way of me self managing the vitamins weekly.
I also love the blackboard vinyl, I can hide my nag notes to myself, instead of post it notes.
Okay! I followed your show today, posted it on FB with a goal for the day. I did it! My daughter and I decluttered over 100 items, and moved 5 things to their appropriate rooms! Woot! Woot!
Fran Gish Maybe find something similar to a month long version and load up 1x/mo? (thinking advent calendar with drawers).
Thank you Cas I will be purging my master bath tomorrow! Great suggestion on having a clear kitchen counter too in the last vid. My hubby and i are impressed with how much nicer it made our kitchen.
Thank you Cas for posting this! I'm doing the bathroom today; the office and kitchen tomorrow!
I'm feeling motivated to do mine now! thanks!
Cass, can I just say it is soo nice to find someone who is also going through a purge-simplify-minamize journey. 2016 showed me that I had to simplify my life. I really enjoy watching your videos and hearing your awesome ideas for organizing. I am looking forward to your next video!! Many thanks!!
Awesome job! You seem so much more zen in the after shots, and your voice is all calm and happy. It's amazing how getting things together can bring such peace to our lives. Love the chalk board messages, and the music at the beginning was the perfect start to my day.:) Thanks for sharing, and have a wonderful day! 🎀-Amirah
thanks for helping us with purging our bath products!
thank you. you really listen to your readers. thank you
You are so amazing! Thank you for being so realistic and so natural! Love you and keep watching your videos for three days already! I am so inspired!
i love the "would i buy this again" motto!
That was a great point, "would I buy this again?" I'm gonna use that as I continue to ruthlessly go thru our clutter
I try to do that at least once a year. it's so refreshing when you see the results.
I am so so happy you did that collab with Melissa from Clean my Space! It's refreshing to watch organizing videos from someone who isn't "naturally" organized. Your great purge of 2017 is really inspiring me, thank you!
I ADORE your bedside tables!!!! 😍😍😍😍
You make so much sense!!! I have a very bad habit of keeping things. So happy I found you!! I'll be watching a lot!!! :)
Awesome job Cass!
Thank you thank you. I so need to do this. I can't get rid of anything! So happy for you!
This came at the perfect time! Just started working on my bathroom. And what you say about wasting is exactly how i feel. And why my bathroom is 3/4 full of things i don't use. Thanks for inspiring me to get rid of it!
Who does the remix of life could be a dream at the beginning of your videos? I love cleaning the bathroom because it's the one place in my home where I don't have to have a sentimental I can't get rid of this moment. Lol
i purged my bathroom and makeup yesterday too feels so good
Hey Cas! You're sooooo crazy! In such a good way!You make my spirits happy! I've always put my makeup in the bathroom too. I have such small living space. I'm enjoying the decluttering this month. I've collected to much stuff over the years and have what you call somewhat of a separation anxiety thingy going on . Not wanting to let go of things. You inspired me all the time and I want to thank you for it.
We have a teeny tiny bathroom too. It definitely requires us to be organized! 😊
I love it, I'm watching your HGTV show on my TV with my super cleaning little boy (he's only 2 and insists on helping me clean. No clue where he got it from, but boy I'm grateful for it! Haha) while your videos popped up on my phone. Love it! Double Cas!
I so can relate to you. Good to know that I'm not the only one with the same issues
Good job! I did this with my cosmetics a few months ago and its so freeing and has stayed that way :)
I am preparing to sell my house and move into one that we're building and these decluttering videos are so helpful - you're definitely giving me great ideas for how to organize the new house, too. We are overwhelmed with STUFF. Thank you.
I couldn't help but watch your kitty cat during this video. Loved the video, and your cat looks so comfortable! 😂😂😂
Great tips...getting the organizing baskets today!
I have been so excited to see this! I started purging the other day, starting with mine and my husbands office. I chose to go with doing a 24 item toss (my hubby and i got married on the 24th of June...) and I am loving seeing my donation box fill up!
So I just had to come back to this video and thank you for the tips. I love all your videos, but what you said about expensive makeup really hit home. I have purged and organized my home several times in the past couple years but would never touch my (enormous) makeup collection. Before I had kids, I was obsessed with makeup and had a HUGE stash. I had invested so much time & money into this that it was hard to let go. But after stewing on your comments in this video for a few weeks, I finally went though and purged yesterday. A bunch of it went in the trash, but I had a TON of powder eyeshadows and blushes, bronzers, etc that could be sanitized. So I literally took about 40 pounds (!!) of makeup out and posted it on my local garage sale site for free, and now it's gone. What I kept would fit in a shoebox and it feels great! So thank you!
This is great advice! I'm going to tackle my bathroom right now!
Thank you for making me smile today.😙
Thank you for making this series. It's really inspiring!!
I am so happy that I minimized my makeup. Norwex Naturally Timeless for face creams, Boom trio for makeup and one mascara and one eyeliner. Done. Having fewer choices has been life changing.
Thank you for these videos. They make me so happy!!!
Enjoying this series. Inspired to organize my tiny bathroom now. Thank you for sharing!
I am purging too. It is hard but I did my closet and it feels great. tfs. Lisa
Love your videos. Purged my kitchen and got rid of 30 things. next is my bathroom. You inspire me.
Any time I need to get motivated to declutterr I watch one of your videos and you never disappoint! I feel so inspired now! Thank you Cass!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow love your motivation to Purge those rooms
Omg! I am going to start tomorrow! I loved your video... I am feel the same way you do. I see that you can do it and so can I. Ty so much again.
Can't wait to get under my bathroom vanity, that looked like fun with an outcome, love it..
You're a natural 💕 you're awesome 💕 really wish your book is available where I'm at 💕 keep the good vibes flowing 💕 more power to you💟
I have silently watched your videos since your maltose days but today I need to say something. Thank you. This series is really inspirational. I feel so motivated to truly take a long hard look at the stuff in my home. I'm going to embark upon the great purge of 2017. Thank you again
I donate powder based make up to local schools or youth centers for drama productions.
I will be using your arguments with yourself when I clean out my bathroom. Thanks for the lines I will use to get myself to toss all the crap. My old house was burglarized 1 1/2yrs ago and I am still dealing. Makes it hard to throw out stuff. This house is much smaller, but I only worry about my end. My Millenial son has master bedroom & bath that I never enter. I have a smaller bedroom and bath. In between is a long living & dining room, tiny kitchen and laundry area. Son thinks my new hobby is rearranging kitchen cabinets. Working on it.