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"  Your bathroom is the first space you lay eyes on in the morning and the last room you see before heading to bed\u2014do you really want to start and end the day with a disorganized mess? Organizing your bathroom is its own unique challenge: Often, you&amp;#039;re starved for space, and it&amp;#039;s filled with everyday items that aren&amp;#039;t necessarily nice to look at. &amp;quot;The bathroom is the one room where you really have to think it out,&amp;quot; says Monica Pedersen, host of HGTV&amp;#039;s FrontDoor. com video series &amp;quot;Ultimate Guide to Staging.&amp;quot;    Creative Closets If you don&amp;#039;t have room for a real linen closet, consider building out a space between your studs. It&amp;#039;s relatively easy to install this ShelfTrack system from ClosetMaid yourself, and the storage possibilities are endless. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s easy to dress this up, and it can be done cheaply,&amp;quot; Pedersen says. Frame it with pretty fabric panels or bifold doors, or fill it with matching baskets and leave them on display. $240 as shown. 800-874-0008; ClosetMaid.com(Photo courtesy of Closet Maid.)   Furniture That Functions &amp;quot;In the bathroom, furnishings have to equal storage,&amp;quot; Pedersen says. But haphazard items\u2014like wire baskets or rolling carts\u2014just make the room feel unfinished. Opt for true furniture pieces with lots of options for stashing toiletries and linens, like Ikea&amp;#039;s Flaren series, which is heavy on vertical storage. $80\u2013$249. 800-434-4532; Ikea.com (Photo courtesy of Ikea.)   Think Modular  Invest in versatile and good-looking modular storage pieces, like these cubes from Pottery Barn that can be fitted together and adjusted or added to over time. Start with a mix of open shelving and hidden storage to give yourself flexibility. $30\u2013$169. 800-922-5507; PotteryBarn.com (Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn.)   Spruce Up Your Shower  Not only do shampoo bottles sitting on tub deck corners look messy, they attract mildew and leave icky soap rings. Take inventory of everything in your shower, chuck or relocate products you don&amp;#039;t use every day and then find a caddy that can accommodate what&amp;#039;s left, like this adjustable one from SimpleHuman. $40. 888-988-8880; SimpleHuman.com (Photo courtesy of Simple Human.) Remedies for Crowded Baths  Stingy square footage can make bathrooms frustrating. Here are Pederson&amp;#039;s tips for keeping them nice and tidy.  1. Opt for matching pieces. Coordinating items help the room hang together and make it feel &amp;quot;finished,&amp;quot; says Pedersen. 2. Accessorize thoughtfully. Unless your bathroom is grand, there&amp;#039;s no space for pure display pieces. Instead, find attractive accessories that also have function\u2014like a nice tray for holding perfume or beautiful bottles for makeup brushes. 3. Look beyond the bathroom. &amp;quot;There are many office solutions that will also work for your bathroom,&amp;quot; Pedersen says, like using pencil holders for makeup brushes or Q-tips. 4. Make ample use of hooks. &amp;quot;I put hooks everywhere,&amp;quot; says Pedersen. Keep the ones in public view good-looking, then use inexpensive plastic hooks in creative places, like inside your vanity door (the perfect spot for hanging a washcloth). 5. Take inventory frequently. Ditch bottles of products you don&amp;#039;t use and that stack of ratty &amp;quot;just-in-case&amp;quot; towels. &amp;quot;Make room for things you use, and toss the rest.&amp;quot; (Photo by John Dowland via Getty.) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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