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Reading Time: 6 minutes | Article from 3.7.2024
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Inspiration for a tidy bathroom

Your bathroom should provide enough space to store towels, cleaning products, cosmetics and miscellaneous small items. This will help you make the best use of the space available and stay organised.

Content

  • Clever use of decoration & storage space
  • Bathroom furniture for more storage
  • Storage space using baskets and shelves

At a glance

  • Use shelves to turn alcoves into storage space

  • Mirror cabinets and vanity units keep everything tidy

  • Use open shelves for organised storage

  • Wall boxes make clever use of space on walls

  • A perfect blend of good design and practical solutions

Use alcoves for decoration and storage

Alcoves and corners are formed almost naturally when designing a new bathroom and they offer great storage potential. It only takes a few simple steps to convert these empty spaces into inventive and practical storage solutions. Recessed shelves, customised cabinets and multifunctional furniture all help create space to organise your bathroom essentials.

Make effective use of recesses

Concealed installations such as pipework creates double or hollow walls in the bathroom. From a certain height, these can be used to create small alcoves that you can use to store towels, shower gel, bubble bath and other essentials. Shelves are another way to make maximum use of recessed space. In many cases, you can even fit hinged doors to create closed compartments, in addition to storage surfaces to hold small jars and boxes. You can also enhance the visual appeal by using recessed areas to display decorative items. Coordinate your choices with the style of the room. LED lights are ideal for lighting up alcoves to provide atmospheric lighting.

Fitted cabinets for extra storage space

There can often be a lack of storage space in a small bathroom. Fitted cabinets are the ideal way to turn empty space under sloping ceilings or in passageways into useful storage. You can tailor fitted cabinets to your specific requirements using compartments, doors and drawers to organise your storage effectively.
You can conceal items that shouldn’t be immediately visible to visitors behind doors or in closed drawers. If you have children, you can fit a child safety lock on cabinets and drawers used to store cleaning products. The more open compartments of a fitted cabinet are ideal for storing towels, toilet paper and other items. Do you need to cover the entire fitted cabinet with a door? Combine it with a large mirror to make the room look bigger.

A mirror cabinet for concealed storage

A mirror cabinet is an absolute classic in the bathroom. The mirror is definitely a useful addition, but the cabinet also provides plenty of storage options. Many mirror cabinets also have a light and a plug socket for hairdryers or shavers. Do you have any space in a recess above your washbasin? A built-in mirror cabinet from the Villeroy & Boch My View Now collection will be the perfect fit! An added bonus: the mirror surfaces conceal different storage compartments.
A high-quality mirror cabinet offers space to store toothbrushes and toiletries and includes compartments to keep things tidy. There is also built-in lighting for optimal illumination. A mirror cabinet is therefore a must for any bathroom.

Benches for seating and storage

Multifunctional furniture is a real asset in bathrooms of all sizes, and items that fulfil several functions are particularly useful in small bathrooms. A bench seat is a real all-rounder. Some models have a lift-up seat that conceals compartments for storing towels and cleaning products. There are also benches with open compartments and drawers.
Many parents want a relaxed space in the bathroom where they can easily change children’s clothes and nappies. A bench is the ideal solution as it combines an integrated seat with space to store a changing mat, nappies and other essentials. With thicker cushioning, you can even change your child’s nappy on the bench.

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