Clear Away Countertop Clutter With A Dollar Tree Hack For Bathroom Organization

If, despite your best attempts to prevent clutter from accumulating, your bathroom counter looks like a disaster zone, you might have a storage problem. Fortunately, there are plenty of budget-friendly Dollar Tree hacks that'll tidy up clutter. This specific idea will more than clear up the epic pile of disarray you've got going on in the bathroom. To create plenty of extra storage space and take your bathroom organization to the next level, you'll combine wire baskets with over-the-door hangers for versatile storage. This simple storage unit can hold items like hair bands, hand towels, extra toilet paper, and more.

This Dollar Tree hack doesn't require much in the way of supplies. You'll need two over-the-door hooks and two Storage Essentials wire rectangular baskets, both of which you can find at Dollar Tree. Two hooks and two baskets will make one unit. If you have more than one door in the bathroom — say the main bathroom door and a closet door — and want to make multiple storage units, you'll need a set of two hooks and two baskets for each. Two bathroom doors, for example, equal a total of four hooks and four baskets.

Finally, you can add even more storage by setting up a system on the inside of the bathroom cupboards under the sink. Although those doors aren't as thick as the bathroom door, they should be sturdy enough to accommodate the DIY. This location is a handy spot to store items like sponges, rags, and other cleaning-related items you keep under the bathroom sink. Or use it to hold your hair-styling supplies.

You'll need to assemble this bathroom storage unit, but fortunately, there isn't much to it. Start by hanging the over-the-door hooks on the door about the same width as the baskets. The wire baskets from Dollar Tree are less than 9 inches wide, so they should fit in the middle of the door with no problem. Hang the first basket on the top rungs. (The hook system has four hooks plus an extra bar at the top.) Attach the second basket on the third or fourth rung, depending on how much space you want between the baskets. 

If you need more storage than the two baskets allow for, you can reconfigure the setup or get more space with the help of other items you can use to organize your bathroom. First, since the width of the baskets determines the width of the storage unit, you can double the amount of storage space you have by adding a second unit to the door. The standard measurements on most bathroom doors range between 28 inches and 32 inches. Adding two units, side by side, to the door doubles your storage capacity and fits within that range. 

Or, hang two Dollar Tree Laundry Essentials mesh laundry bags on the bottom two hooks of each storage unit. This gives you space to keep laundry or other items without leaving the bag on the floor. Another option is to add hooks to the bottom. For example, buy a couple four-grip plastic hooks, and add a couple of them to the bottom edge of the bottom basket to give you four to eight more hooks to work with.