I moved into this apartment a few months ago, and while I love the rest of it I can’t figure out what to do with the bathroom. It’s only about 5x7 ft including the shower space and all the tile is painted over with this horrible peeling paint. There’s no ventilation, but I live alone so I just leave the door open. It can still get pretty humid though. I rent so I can’t make any major changes, but I’ll patch holes/paint when I leave.
My main focus at the moment is storage. I have the medicine cabinet but otherwise there’s not room for much else. I had a standing over the toilet cabinet, but it was wobbly, looked cheap, felt looming in the small space, and still didn’t organize my things very well. Otherwise I’ve considered:
- A renter friendly cabinet that could slide under the sink. These tend to scream wayfair to me (nothing wrong with that, it just isn’t really my style/doesn’t fit the rest of my apartment) plus finding the right size has been hard
- A tall cabinet in the small space between the wall and toilet. This was my favorite idea but I’m worried now that will feel in the way just like the over the toilet cabinet, and again it’s an awkward tight space that doesn’t fit most furniture
- A wall cabinet above the toilet and/or above the towel rack. This would have to be narrow in depth and not too high I need to climb over the toilet to reach it, but I also want it higher than the storage cabinet sat (the bottom of the cabinet sitting a few inches above the tiles would probably be fine). This is my new favorite idea but I’m still on the fence
My style is eclectic, but mostly because I don’t have a lot of expendable income and I thrift most things. I do tend to like interesting textiles, real wood furniture, and vintage pieces. None of these would do super well in a humid bathroom though. I don’t often like plastic or high gloss wood pieces and the metal furniture I can find is typically open storage which looks messy to me. I’ve seen great answers on this subreddit before so I figured someone might have a creative solution. At some point I’d also like to make it a little less ugly so general design ideas are also welcome.