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Welcome to Day 3 of the 7-Day Purge Challenge! Today’s challenge focuses on the bathroom, which I’m actually looking forward to tackling. I’m going to be working on our master bathroom which is tiny compared to the average bathroom. I try to keep the space clutter free, but I do have some bins that hold our toiletries and could use some attention. Although I continuously purge these bins, it doesn’t take long before I need to declutter again.
Here’s the areas to focus on for today’s challenge:
Visible surfaces
This includes the bathroom sink, top of the toilet and anything else that’s visible. The only thing I leave out on the bathroom sink is hand soap. I also have a small shelf above the toilet that holds a few items we frequently use.
Toiletries
Toiletries can quickly pile up if they’re not regularly purged. Go through all of your toiletries, and get rid of anything that’s expired. If you have multiples of a product, and it’s not frequently used, get rid of it. If it’s brand new and you never use it, give it away.
Under the sink
If you have a bathroom vanity, empty out the contents underneath and get rid of anything that doesn’t belong. This is also a great time to toss out any products you don’t use, or that are nearly empty.
Linen closet
Some bathrooms have a small linen closet for storage. This is where I keep our toiletries in small bins along with some random items (batteries, light bulbs) that I don’t have a space for. Again, take out anything you don’t use, you don’t need, or doesn’t belong.
If you feel that today’s challenge is too overwhelming for one day, spread it out over several days. I’ll continue to say this because I don’t want you to get discouraged and quit halfway. Plus slow and steady will yield the same results.
As always, I hope you’ll join me later on to check out my progress, and share your own!
**UPDATE**
Today was way busier than I bargained for, so this challenge was tackled at the very end of the day. I actually went through my bins like a mad woman, tossing everything that was questionable. I was surprised with some of the things I found (i.e. naked doll).
I was happy with the end result, and my little one was happy that I found her long lost doll. 🙂
Like I mentioned earlier today, our bathroom is kept fairly simple. Here’s a peek at our bathroom shelf that is both functional and decorative.
How did you do today? I’d love to hear all about it!
It’s always the empty boxes that get me in the bathroom! I rationalize that I can store things in them, but for the most part, there isn’t much that can actually be stored in them! And, apparently, expired cold medicine!
I would love to have clear counters in the bathroom, but I’ve no idea where we’d keep our toothbrushes (we don’t have any shelving other than behind you if you’re standing at the sink, but it’s not very nice for storing smaller things like that), so that’s about all that’s on the counters, is teeth stuff.
However, I’m super glad to have done this because for the longest time I’ve thought I was down to only 2 hair-ties…turns out, I had a bunch more hiding in a tub that I didn’t know I had them in! Woo! 😀
Yay for extra hair ties! 🙂 I seriously lose those at a ridiculous rate. Do you have any space under the sink? That’s where I keep our toothbrushes in a very tiny basket (looks like a pencil holder). It’s the only way to keep them out of the way in a space that somewhat makes sense. Are you finding that the challenge is helping? I’m already feeling lighter from all the purging I’ve done, but next is the master bedroom and I’m already dreading it!