Declutter Under Bathroom Sink Cabinets {15 Minute Mission}

Today's mission is to declutter under your bathroom sink cabinet, or just under your sink even if there is no cabinet under there.


This mission is designed to be done during the Bathroom Organization Challenge, which is part of the 52 Week Organized Home Challenge here on the site.

Just like with under the kitchen sink, under the bathroom sink can become quite a jumble of stuff, such as extra toilet paper, toiletry products, cleaning supplies, and more.

Now is the time to take out the clutter, see what you really have and then organize what's left behind.

Prime items for decluttering include empty or mostly empty bottles, stuff you know you'll never use, and items that shouldn't be stored in that location.

Here are tips for decluttering and disposing of some common things you may find under your bathroom sink:

* How to dispose of cleaning products

* When to dispose of makeup, cosmetics and toiletries

* How to dispose of medications

While I've listed several common types of items above that are often found in the cabinet under your bathroom sink that doesn't mean those things should be stored there.

First, as always, be aware of safety when storing items such as cleaning products, medications, or anything potentially dangerous where kids or pets could get into them.

But in addition, remember that your under the sink can be a moist place, especially if there is a leak of the plumbing. Therefore, never store items under there that would be damaged if they get wet.

When putting the non-clutter items back into place remember that under the bathroom sink has a lot of plumbing and from time to time you may need access to it, quickly, such as if there's a leak, or a clog.

Therefore, I suggest when doing your organizing that you containerize the area as much as possible, so if stuff needs to be removed quickly you're just grabbing a few larger items that hold much of your stuff, instead of keeping everything in there loose.

Below I've added some photos from readers who've already done this mission to get you inspired to tackle under your own sink today!

In addition, to the left above is a before and after photo from a reader, Tina, who did this mission in her guest bathroom. She both got rid of clutter, and also added labeled containers for what was left.



Top photo courtesy of Lyn Lomasi

All It Takes Is 15 Minutes To See Results!

A reader, Natalie, showed the results when she did this mission, explaining that the after picture was fifteen minutes later. Great job!

If You've Got Multiple Bathrooms Just Do The Mission For Each One

These images above are from a reader, Liza, who has quite a few bathrooms in her house.

She's done a great job with the decluttering task of under her sink, as shown in the first picture, but also with decluttering the bathroom counters and sink area which was yesterday's mission.

If you've got multiple bathrooms in your home you'll just need to spend time on each one to complete this mission, but you can do it!

More Before & After Photos From Readers

Here are even more before and after photos from readers who've done this mission. The photos above are from Karen. She said about the before photo, "Finally made myself tackle this job today. I'm so glad I did! I killed 2 birds with one stone -- straightened up the cupboard and repurposed empty wipes containers! Here is a before (actually I had already taken some things out! )" Then, she submitted the after photo, and said, "Here is after. I decluttered a lot of stuff!"


These photos are from Lynette. She did a great job, didn't she?



Linda sent in the two photos above when she did this mission. She said of the first one, "Before. Evidently I needed to do this!!!!!!" Then, of the second one she stated, "After! I repurposed those pails ice cream comes in to corral supplies! Tossed out quite a bit of stuff! Then gave it a good scrubbing!"



Finally, the photo above was sent in by Brandy, who also did this challenge.

Are You Ready To Declutter Now Too?

The photo above is from a reader, Dora, who also took this mission. She explained, "The key is to put everything back in it's place!! Loving the feeling of being uncluttered."

Are You Ready To Declutter Your Home?

I hope seeing these pictures has inspired you to declutter under your bathroom sink cabinet.

When you begin to declutter the feeling you get is contagious, so if you're loving the results you're getting I would encourage you to keep going.

I've got a whole series of 15 minute decluttering missions (eventually 365 of them!) that you can do.

Just pick and choose the ones you want to do, that will make a big impact in your home. But if you want someone else to tell you the order you can also grab the 15 minute daily decluttering mission calendars and follow along as we all get our homes clutter free together!

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