The Best Narrow Bathroom Organizers and How to Keep Them Neat, According to Professional Organizers
We asked professional organizers what to look out for when organizing and shopping for your narrow bathroom cabinet.
The bathroom may be the smallest room in your home, but it’s easily one of the best places for storage. With its large and deep cabinets, you can easily store excess products and all the things needed for a bathroom in there. But sometimes, it’s nice to add a few touches to maximize the opportunities you can have for holding more products.
Enter: the narrow bathroom organizer. It’s perfect for somebody looking to add a few more storage options to the bathroom without cluttering up an already-small floor. Keep scrolling to find the narrow bathroom organizers we want for our bathroom, along with tips from professional organizers on the best ways to utilize them.
Measuring just over six inches wide, this rolling storage cabinet features two drawers and a shelf for maximum storage. What’s great about this particular cabinet is that the drawers aren’t the same size, meaning you can put taller items at the bottom, such as cleaning supplies or hair care products, while the top drawer can hold anything that’s smaller. This cart is a great demonstration of how to maximize your vertical space.
This stylish yet slim rolling cart from Yamazaki Home has a shelf for every kind of purpose. The middle shelf only extends partially horizontally, making space for taller items without intruding too much onto other storage spaces. With the smooth wheels and narrow width, you can pull out this cart from any small space easily.
Maximizing vertical space is one of the best ways you can make sure that you’re organizing your bathroom to its best potential, and this vertical cabinet is both tall and narrow. You can streamline all your essentials in one place with its many cabinets, shelves and drawers — perfect for storing an extra hand towel and self-care products. The cabinet also comes in a variety of colors, so it will match the aesthetic of any bathroom you want.
This narrow cart has wheels for rolling and built-in sections in each of the three shelves, making it easy to organize and find items efficiently. There’s also hanging hooks that can hang off the shelves so you can maximize even more space outside of just the interior of the cart.
This modern cabinet features a painted white finish and can fit a bathroom of any style and aesthetic. It features one sliding drawer that opens easily without a handle and a cabinet with two shelves inside to store taller items. The shelf is also adjustable to fit the size you need or to easily remove if you’re considering adding taller items.
It can be hard to find a cabinet with so many sections, but the great thing about narrow cabinets is that they make up for lack of horizontal space with vertical space. This one has a whopping four compartments in two separate cabinets, with a middle section that acts as a removable center drawer. You can also adjust the height of the shelves for better custom organization.
If you’re looking for a narrow cabinet option that’s not made of wood, this wired rolling cart is a great choice. It’s rust-resistant, so you don’t have to worry about the color or material degrading in a humid bathroom. It’s also equipped with two hanging hooks on the side for items like a loofah or small towel.
This cabinet doubles not only as a storage option, but also a toilet paper holder so that you don’t have to install one into your wall. Some might think that the toilet paper holder takes up valuable real estate in a cabinet, but this cabinet still has a sleek drawer and cabinet for you to store many items. Plus, the walnut finish goes with everything and adds a stylish touch to any bathroom you want to warm up visually.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Don’t know how or where to get started with your new bathroom setup? We asked professional organizers Holly Blakey (@breathing.room.home on Instagram) and Jessica Litman (@theorganizedmamaco on Instagram) all our burning questions about narrow bathroom organizers and here’s what they had to say.
What should you consider when looking for a narrow bathroom organizer?
The most important thing to consider when looking for your next storage structure is what exactly you should be putting in it. That way, you can plan out ahead of time what to look for based on characteristics like what shelving options you’d want or many items can fit inside. “I would avoid storing bulky items like large packs of toilet paper, oversized towels, backup paper products, or products you rarely use,” says Blakey. “Those items tend to overwhelm the space quickly and make it difficult to access the things you need every day.”
Location is also another factor you should think about. “Put [your organizer] wherever you're already creating a pile,” Litman says. “Close enough to be convenient, not so in the way it becomes a hazard.” Blakey recommends looking at where the most vertical space is the least used. Spaces like between a vanity and a wall, an unused corner or next to a toilet are all great places for a narrow storage option to squeeze in. “The goal is to add storage without making the room feel crowded or obstructing daily routines,” Blakey says.
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What belongs in a narrow bathroom organizer?
We talked about what maybe isn’t the best thing to put in your new organizer — so what exactly does belong in there? “Only store what you actually use regularly,” says Litman. “Every item needs to earn its spot.” Smaller categories of items like dental care items, first aid essentials, skincare products and bathroom-specific cleaning supplies are good options.
What kinds of organizational mistakes should you avoid?
A narrow bathroom organizer is just that: narrow. That’s why treating it like a linen closet and as your catch-all for any miscellaneous items will instantly create clutter. Stacking items across multiple categories can also get confusing. “This often creates a domino effect where people have to move multiple items just to access one product,” says Blakey. “What happens is that people start avoiding these areas which causes them to buy more of what they already have.”
Also, while having a few extras is always great to be prepared, using a narrow bathroom organizer to store a lot of excess isn’t the best way to use that space. “Narrow cabinets are best suited for a small working inventory rather than long-term storage,” Blakey says.
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What are some ways you can keep your narrow bathroom organizer organized?
To keep items from getting lost in the back, clear bins and pull-out organizers are great to keep on hand to corral like items together. “When everything is visible and accessible, you're much more likely to maintain the system,” Blakey notes. And, if you do a quick reset every few weeks, you’ll be preventing clutter before it has the chance to build up. “Don't wait for the perfect setup to get started,” Litman says. “Even one small bin to group your daily essentials is a win. Done is better than perfect every time.”
