A bathroom mirror cabinet with lights can be an excellent investment for a lot of people, due to how it enables them to save space by combining storage, a mirror, and an illumination source in a single unit. But of course, that still leaves the question of what, exactly, people store in theirs.

The short answer for most UK households seems to be: a bit of everything!

Yes, most of us are generally accustomed to the idea that bathroom cabinets are “supposed” to be for toiletries, such as toothpaste, facewash, and perhaps a fancy moisturiser.

But the reality is that chaos can often reign in these small spaces, with all manner of life’s “odds and ends” finding their way into them.

So, What Might Have Ended Up in Your Bathroom Mirror Cabinet with Lights?

Whether you have already invested in one of our beautifully crafted lit-up bathroom mirror cabinets at Illuminated Mirrors, or you presently have an alternative means of storage in this part of your home, we can understand if your organisational habits are far from perfect.

One person’s utter mess is someone else’s treasure trove of unexpected (and sometimes even useful) items.

So, let’s take a realistic look at what you might have thought would be taking up space in your bathroom cabinet, and what you may have ultimately put in there: 

Expected contents	Actually stored
Toothpaste; toothbrush	Prescription medications; first-aid kits
Shampoo; conditioner	Spare razor blades; shaving foam
Soap; body wash	Dental floss; emergency travel toothbrush
Moisturiser; face cream	Spare contact lenses; contact lens solution
Mouthwash	Jewellery; watches
Cotton buds; cotton pads	Spare phone charger; earbud set
Deodorant; antiperspirant	Nail repair kit; tweezers
Perfume; body spray	Small sewing kit; safety pins

Now, not everything in the right-hand column is strictly something that should never be stored in a bathroom cabinet. However, there might still be better places elsewhere in your home to keep some of these items – so, it’s a topic worth thinking about.

How Does All This Mess and Disorganisation Happen?

Life, as we all know, is unpredictable. We might imagine that when we carefully select, purchase, and install a gorgeous-looking bathroom mirror cabinet with lights, we will apply a similar level of care and order to what we store in such a stunning unit.

In the “real world”, though, great numbers of us live in flats or terraced houses where space may already be at a premium. Plus, we’re in an age in which many of us, even this long after the COVID-19 pandemic, are still spending significant proportions of our working week at home.

Then, there’s the fact that the bathroom is a space we tend to regularly go in and out of, over the course of the day. It can hardly be a surprise, then, that when we need somewhere private and convenient to quickly stash something, the bathroom cabinet is often the automatic choice.

What Can You Do to Tame the Chaos of Your Bathroom Cabinet?

Fortunately, there are some simple steps you can take to help bring order out of the jumble.

Those include, but are not limited to:

• Decluttering regularly. This isn’t just about freeing up space – it can be easy for toiletries and medications, for example, to pass their expiry dates due to being forgotten about when left in the cupboard. So, there are likely to be certain items you will no longer be using, regardless.
  
  
• Relocating non-essentials. If, for instance, you have jewellery or other random bits such as batteries in your bathroom cabinet, it would probably be better to find an alternative place for them – such as a small jewellery box or a drawer organiser in your bedroom.
  
  
• Being realistic – and ruthless. Well, this might depend slightly on your definition of “ruthless”, but you certainly don’t need five half-used toothpaste tubes in your bathroom cabinet. Instead, aim to keep one backup of each “essential”, and get rid of the remainder.
  

Your bathroom cabinet is one of the hardest-working storage spots in your home. So, if it’s presently looking untidy or even neglected, it deserves to be treated a little better; you just need to spare a few moments to get started on sorting through the chaos. As for if you are looking to acquire a brand new bathroom mirror cabinet with lights, please don’t hesitate to talk to our team at Illuminated Mirrors about how we could make the perfect unit a reality for you.

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