Why should a good bathroom cabinet have these characteristics?

Last week, we did a collection of unpacking photos about bathroom cabinets and floor cabinets, and the picture was really enough to say "Never let it out". Ugliness is certainly not a problem. The real question is, why can't such a big cupboard solve the pain point of too many things in the bathroom, full countertops and bottles and cans falling to the ground? What kind of bathroom cabinet can save storage? ?

We all know how easy it is to store mirror cabinets in "Small Home, Bigger Living 2". On this basis, we divided the bathroom cabinets into units and reorganized them according to their functions, layout and area. After reading this article, I believe everyone can see at a glance what is a bathroom cabinet suitable for their own situation. ?

? Solve the storage, starting with the function transfer?

storage doesn't happen out of thin air, but appears with functions. When you are complaining that the bathroom is not well received, it may be another expression of functional overload. If you want to solve the problem fundamentally, you must transfer some functions. ?

storage attached to non-transferable functions?

The bathroom has several functions that cannot be transferred out, and there are already a lot of storage attached to these functions. In addition to the four separations, the articles needed for going to the toilet, bathing, changing clothes and washing face can be evenly dispersed in each small space. The bathroom cabinet is still the main storage force for most bathrooms with dry-wet separation, three separation and external sink. ?

It's most convenient to store and follow the function. What items should I stay in the bathroom? That is all the things related to the six functions of brushing teeth, removing makeup and washing face, taking a bath, going to the toilet, cleaning and changing clothes. The following items are calculated by family (2-3 people) to see how many items there are in a family's bathroom. ?

brush your teeth: 8 pieces?

storage area: table top, mirror cabinet and wall

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common storage places: countertops, mirror cabinets and walls?

△ 18 pieces of facial cleanser, hair cover, makeup remover/oil, cotton pad, cotton soft towel, toner, essence, eye cream, neck cream, hand cream, contact lens case, contact lens liquid, hydrating mask, cleaning mask, hair clip/elastic band, N-type face washer, electric shaver and essential oil, too many.

bathing: 12 pieces?

Common storage places: bathroom, bathroom cabinet, niche, windowsill, wall?

△ It's not a problem to store the adult's bath products, but the baby needs more things to take a bath. These 14 items include shower gel, conditioner, shampoo, hair mask, bathtub, washbasin, bucket, bathroom slippers, bath salt, bath ball/washcloth, shaving knife, waterproof stool, etc. Source: Home-made? Go to the toilet: 5 pieces?

Common storage places: drawers, ground cabinets, high cabinets, niches, crevice cabinets, etc.

△ The above are wet toilet paper, menstruation towels, cotton swabs, toilet paper and hand sanitizer, but the mobile phones to play in the toilet and the magazines to read are not included. Source: Home-made? Cleaning: 7 pieces?

Common storage places: walls and corners

△ Above are 7 items such as long-handle water scraper, short-handle water scraper, garbage bag, mop and bucket, gloves, toilet cleaner, etc. Source: Live in a fan and take photos by yourself?

? Storage attached to the transferable function?

The transferable functions of the toilet include skin care, makeup and laundry. If the washing machine can be placed in the kitchen or balcony, the storage pressure will be much smaller. If make-up can be done in the bedroom, the countertop will not be filled with bottles and cans. ?

makeup: n pieces?

Common storage places: drawers, countertops, mirror cabinets, walls

△ Countless source: Pinterest? Laundry: 5 common storage places: ground cabinets, shelves

△ At least 5 pieces of laundry detergent, softener, laundry bag, laundry ball and absorbent cloth. Source: Pinterest?

put the storage units together? Is the ideal bathroom cabinet?

at a glance, it is found that so many "stray items" also have their own homes. Each "destination" is a unit that constitutes a bathroom cabinet. When they are combined together, it is the ideal cabinet for your home. ?

? How big is the electrical appliance, how big is the ground cabinet?

Bathroom cabinets occasionally contain many appliances, and different appliances are suitable for storage units of different sizes. ?

Take the water purification equipment as an example. If the household water meter is unfortunately in the bathroom, the pre-filter, the central water purifier and the water softener will have to be hidden in the ground cabinet, which will become the storage unit for electrical appliances. How big should this storage unit be? ?

The floor cabinet with a length of 8cm, a depth of 4cm and a height of 6cm in the cabinet can accommodate the front, central water purifier and water softener at the same time. Unfortunately, the central water purifier and water softener are relatively high, and they can't be loaded with drawers. Even if not all three are installed, the ground cabinets should be as big as possible to compensate for the occupied storage space.

△ If you want to install so many appliances, the bathroom cabinet can certainly be as big as it is. Source: Peacid?

Another water meter is the hydronic systems water separator, which should also be hidden in the bathroom cabinet. Most families often use 6-8 water separators, which are 4-5cm in length and do not occupy special space. You can hide it in most bathroom cabinets, and you can also dig a slot in the wall behind the cabinet (the load-bearing wall can't be dug) and embed the water separator in it, which won't take up space. ?

△ The hydronic systems water separator that lives in Faner's customer's house is hidden in the wall, so it doesn't take up cabinet space. Source: Living in Faner takes photos by himself?

Kitchen treasures shouldn't have appeared here, but some people forgot to connect the hot water pipe to the washbasin, so they had to add an extra kitchen treasure to the bathroom cabinet. If you want to replenish the kitchen treasure, the height of the cabinet in the ground cabinet should be 4cm and the depth should be 35cm. The specific size depends on the different capacities of the kitchen treasure. ?

the highest level of storage of common articles:? It's not full. It won't drop?

since they are common articles, they indirectly point out their distribution areas-mirror cabinets, countertops and shelves. The size of daily necessities is not large, but there is a difference in height at most. ?

The relatively high daily necessities include electric toothbrush, contact lens liquid, large bottle of lotion, water floss, etc. The storage unit suitable for them is an open storage compartment with a height of more than 3cm or an anti-falling shelf, otherwise things will often fall down.

△ The mirror cabinet we saw at the exhibition is perfect by removing the cabinet door and adding an open cell with a height of more than 3cm. The following long open cell can definitely hold many things.

△ Thanks to Fan Eryou suger sweety for the picture, so this kind of shelf is very practical. Source: suger sweety

△ Thanks to Fan Eryou H. H. Chen for the picture, their home is diligent and clean, and their common items are in the cupboard. What's more, the science and technology man at home made a shelf and stuck it in the cabinet, and the storage efficiency was up up up. Source: H. H. Chen?

for the second-highest and unstable small articles, such as cylinder comb, large comb, electric/manual shaver, toothpaste and facial cleanser, you can choose two storage units: drawer or anti-drop shelf. If you put it on the table or in the open cabinet of the mirror, it will take up space and easily fall off. ?

if you have the habit of making up in the bathroom, there are three kinds of storage units suitable for cosmetics, and the most convenient one is the acrylic storage box placed directly on the countertop.

△ Cosmetic storage or acrylic box is the most convenient source: Taobao buyer show?

the second is the long shelf or open grid, and finally the drawers and mirror cabinets with more "opening" and "closing" actions, which are not so convenient, but can keep the countertop clean. You can choose according to your needs. ?

△ Thanks to Fan Eryou's little lion for the picture. Her cosmetics are all in the mirror cabinet, but the mirror cabinet is not big enough, otherwise there will be nothing on the countertop. Source: Little lion

△ The cosmetics of customers who live in Faner are neatly packed in the IKEA drawer. Source: Living in Faner's own photo?

items that are not used every day, such as cleaning masks, face washers, essential oils, sanitary napkins, tampons, menstrual cups, etc., can be stored in drawers and mirror cabinets. ?

more finely divided daily necessities, such as straight hair combs, rubber bands, eyebrow pencils, eyelash curlers, etc., are suitable for two storage units, one is an acrylic storage box, and the other is a small pendant stuck on the back of the mirror cabinet, which are very suitable for storing finely divided small items.

△ Thanks to Fan Eryou for his contribution. Source: Rao Rao?

large and small hoarding: full and not showing up?

the place where goods are stored must be the ground cabinet. There has always been a problem in the storage of ground cabinets: what should I do if there is only an empty cabinet? This is not difficult. You can always find the right one by changing several multi-layer storage racks.

△ A new idea: put the stainless steel basket for kitchen under the bathroom cabinet, which is more convenient to take and find things. Source: livelifemag.com?

if the space is too humid, it will probably not be used for storage of ground cabinets. Many bathrooms have not done dry-wet separation, nor have they found a good slope, or they are hidden. Bath water flows freely in a closed and humid small space, and there is water around the toilet and under the bathroom cabinet. I've seen this before. The floor cabinet is too hot to use, so I have to buy another plastic shelf to stock up. ?

in such a situation, it is the right thing to separate the dry from the wet first. Whether it's repairing the shower room, installing shower curtains and waterproof strips, or local decoration, it's best to put it on the agenda as soon as possible. ?

washbasin and bucket:? It shouldn't be in the cupboard, it should be at the bottom of the cupboard?

The washbasins and buckets commonly used in China are either hung on the towel rack or hung on the wall, which is colorful and destroys the sense of visual unity. At this time, you only need to choose a bathroom cabinet with a bottom height of more than 2cm, and you can hide the basin under it; If the height of the cabinet bottom is more than 4cm, the washbasin can be stacked with a small bench and a small bucket can be put down. ?

△ Yan value revolution All bathroom cabinets have left enough space to hide pots. Source: Living in a fan and taking photos by yourself?

long tools:? If you can't hide it, you have to show it well?

Every time you wash the mop, you have to flush it with water, and the mop and mop bucket are simply left in the bathroom. After taking a shower, scraping the ground with water can do it faster, and of course the water scraping is left behind. Whose bathroom doesn't have anything off the table? The most suitable storage unit for these mops is naturally the wall hook. The question is where to put it? ?

if there is a wall behind the door, cleaning tools can be hidden here first, out of sight, out of sight.

△ Behind the door, it is suitable for hiding colorful, long and short tools.

if there is no such secret space, you'd better buy a set of cleaning tools with uniform and low-key colors, so as not to be too ugly. ?

△ Combination cleaning tools for customers who live in Faner's house Source: Live in Faner's house and take photos by yourself?

if you have a hotel with a separate toilet, bathroom and a bathroom with a large dressing area, just make a stand-up cabinet and hide the tools. ?

wall row and floor row are ok? Is it more important to go into the water after the launch?

people usually think that the wall row is better for cleaning than the floor row. In fact, as long as the bottom of the cabinet is high enough, it is not difficult to clean the cabinets on the floor row, and anyone can choose. However, the rear launching is different. The drainage pipe retreats from the center of the bathroom cabinet to the back, which greatly improves the storage efficiency and makes it much more convenient to find things in the basement cabinet.

△ Yan value revolution S series bathroom cabinets are also launched from the rear, with silver-gray soap racks and towel racks. The bottom drawer can be used to store goods and dirty clothes baskets. Source: Living in Faner's home

△ The bathroom cabinets of Faner's customers are launched from the rear, and the drawers don't have to be dug into a U shape, so the floor cabinets can also enjoy the whole storage space. This bathroom cabinet is from Kohler Bona series. Source: Living in Faner's home.

? Space extension and transformation of storage unit?

your bathroom cabinet unit has been roughly pieced together, right? Can there be any new changes? This will be put into the specific spatial layout for specific analysis. ?

? The bathroom cabinet is next to the toilet?

it is quite common that the toilet is next to the bathroom cabinet. As mentioned earlier, storage follows the function. What storage will there be next to the toilet? That's a lot: roll paper, wet toilet paper, sanitary napkins, toilet brushes, toilet cleaners, toilet cleaning blocks, magazines, roll paper stocks and so on. There are daily necessities and stocks, which require both open compartments and lockers. ?

those puzzling open compartments of the ground cabinets are actually prepared for toilets, some of which are on the front and some are on the side, which can basically meet the storage needs of toilet articles.

△ Super-long mirror cabinet in Faner's customer's house and storage cabinet next to the toilet Source: Live in Faner and take photos by yourself?

if there is no water heater above the toilet, you might as well add a cabinet here. It can be separate, or it can be extended from the mirror cabinet of the bathroom cabinet to make a super-long mirror cabinet, where toilet paper and other goods can be stored. In an emergency, you don't have to run out of the toilet to find new toilet paper.

△ Thanks to Fan Eryou's beautiful girl with chicken blood for the picture. This open cabinet can store toilet paper, as well as mobile phones and magazines. It is a perfect place for men, but in order to prevent hemorrhoids, there is only toilet paper here. Source: Beautiful girl with chicken blood?

can I make an open shelf instead of a cabinet above the toilet? If you don't want to catch things from the toilet often, you'd better make a cupboard.

△ Two beautiful counterexamples, if you don't want to fish in the toilet, don't make a shelf on the toilet. Source: pinterest?

is the bathroom cabinet in the dry area?

Don't worry about humidity in dry areas. Many bathroom cabinets with empty bottoms are actually prepared for dry areas, and their prices are cheaper than those with door panels. However, in the beautiful pictures of the external network, these places only have beautiful rattan boxes and fluffy towels, which obviously does not meet the national conditions. How can our colorful shower gel and laundry detergent be stored here? In fact, it's very simple. Just buy the telescopic pole online and get stuck here to make a curtain.

△ It is obviously unrealistic to cover up the ugliness with rattan baskets and linen bags, and the curtain is fine. Source: pinterest?

other questions about bathroom cabinets?

Q: what kind of bathroom cabinet material is more moisture-proof? ?

A: there are three common bathroom cabinets, particleboard, plywood and stainless steel. Particleboard is cheap, but its nail holding power is poor. It is best not to use it in wet area, otherwise it will be easily deformed. Plywood has good moisture resistance and can be used in wet areas. Stainless steel has no problems of deformation and formaldehyde, and its price is the highest among the three. ?

Q: will the solid wood bathroom cabinets be more environmentally friendly? ?

A: no matter how much you like solid wood, it's not recommended to use it in the bathroom. It's not that it's bad, but that it's naturally not suitable for the bathroom. Wood-based panels are safe as long as they have E1 grade. If you are still worried, add money to the board.

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