| There are so many small things that get spilled, | | | | you know when it's time to shop for more. |
| dropped, or lost in bathrooms; it's a wonder we | | | | - First aid. Like so many things that should be |
| ever manage to find what we need. If ever there | | | | easy to find, you can never find first aid items |
| were a room that could benefit from different | | | | when you need them. Bandaids, ointment, and |
| sizes and shapes of small containers, it's this one. | | | | pain relievers can become strangely invisible during |
| Here are just a few ways you could use these | | | | an emergency. Putting these things in a small |
| containers: | | | | plastic container keeps them from wandering |
| | | | | away. Also consider taking a few of each item-a |
| - Cotton swabs. These actually look pretty when | | | | couple of bandaids, a tube of antibacterial |
| fanned out in a clean container, plus you don't | | | | ointment, and a self-contained packet of Motrin or |
| have to search the back corners of drawers for | | | | Tylenol-and putting them in their own small plastic |
| them when you need one. | | | | container. Then you know you've got a container |
| - Cotton balls. Same as cotton swabs, but these | | | | to grab and use as a first aid kit whenever an |
| collect gunk when rolling around in drawers. Keep | | | | injury occurs. |
| them clean and at your fingertips when you need | | | | - Hotel soaps and lotions. We all take home the |
| them by stuffing them into a small plastic | | | | small bottles of shampoos and lotions and the |
| container. | | | | small bars of soaps that we get from hotels. But |
| - Grooming items. Have you ever noticed that | | | | once we get home, we throw them in a drawer |
| you can't find a nail clipper or tweezers when you | | | | where we don't use them, or can't find them |
| need one? A small, clear container placed in your | | | | when we need them. In order to get your |
| medicine cabinet or linen closet would solve that | | | | money's worth, why not get a small plastic |
| problem. | | | | container and throw them in there, instead? That |
| - Feminine hygiene products. The last thing you | | | | way you know what you have and where to find |
| want is to pick up the box of tampons and realize | | | | it. |
| it's empty. Try stacking some clear plastic bins or | | | | Our bathrooms are often disorganized, but it |
| small stackable containers under the bathroom | | | | doesn't take much to get them neat and clean |
| sink-one for each item you regularly use, such as | | | | again. A few small plastic containers can take care |
| tampons, pads, and pantyliners. Then your space | | | | of almost all of our bathroom's organizational |
| isn't cluttered up with wrappers and boxes, and | | | | challenges. |