Bathroom Organization

God created the most wonderful and perfect husband for me and I am thankful every day for him.

But he's messy. 

Not gross-messy. He's the 'drink out of 10 cups a day and leave them around the house' messy, or the 'leave your shoes wherever you take them off' messy, or the 'leave everything out on the bathroom counter so it looks like the sink is having a small garage sale' messy.

And it drives me bananas!! Especially our bathroom. It's not like we don't have any storage space in our bathroom. We have LOTS! It's just less convenient for him to get something out of a drawer, use it, then put it back in the drawer. Not much different from picking it up off the counter, using it, then putting it back on the counter.

I'm just saying.

So this is what I was up against and lived with for 5 years:

 I pick my 'tidy-up' battles around our house carefully. A few things I don't budge on. Others I have tried and given up on, but the bathroom was now on my list. I decided to make this as painless as I could for my dear, sweet hubby. I wanted to keep everything contained, yet accessible, as he likes to see everything. I decided a cute basket would do. So after a quick trip to Target, I had my basket.

Now it was time to attack the counter!

I decided what could go in his small drawers and what would stay in the basket. Things like the toothbrush and toothpaste could go in the drawer. A place where they would be easy to get to, not buried in the basket. When I was done sorting and corralling everything in the basket, Ta-Da!!!

I was so happy! It was neat and clean! Wes sure was surprised when he got home, but has stuck to the basket pretty well. A few things are out, but I'm still happy. It also makes it much easier to clean the counters. Picking up every little thing to clean under it was very annoying. Now I just have to pick up the basket.

As I said before, I seriously have the best husband ever. He has been a good sport with the basket (and all the other wacky things I like to do) and agreed to let me write about his messiness on the blog. If you don't know him, you're missing out.

Have a good one!
The Turners