Starting the summer off right with a little organizing! :) I finally tackled this drawer near my kitchen sink. It sits right next to my dishwasher and had sort of become a catch all. Wish I would have taken a pic of the “before” because it was bad! We’ve always kept a set of toothbrushes by the kitchen sink. I don’t know about your kids, but mine tend to get distracted easily and sending them back upstairs to brush their teeth after breakfast can often add ten minutes to our morning routine. This silverware organizer I picked up at Home Goods was perfect to hold an extra set of toothbrushes and toothpaste for mornings that we are pressed for time. Now when school starts again we’ll be prepared!
I rounded up some containers I’ve had for years to hold other kitchen sink essentials. A basket to hold my magic erasers (favorite thing to use on my quartz counters), a white trey to hold drain stoppers, and a bowl to hold my OXO dish scrubber replacement brushes. (Talked about my OXO dish scrubber in this favorite things post – love it!)
This is how I organized the drawer next to our kitchen sink in our previous house. Baby gear is a thing of the past. {tear}
I’ll have to remember to put toothbrushes in the kitchen. My kids get easily distracted and it is a real time waste. Thanks!
Erin I love the idea of having a set of toothbrushes in the kitchen. And using the silverware tray to keep them separated is genious!
I like the idea of having toothbrushes in the kitchen. Seems different at first but my daughter’s bathroom is upstairs and I basically send her back to brush her teeth every morning before we are out the door.
It makes everything look so nice and neat!
I keep toothbrushes by the kitchen sink, too! Such a time/life saver with children. I also keep a comb, brush, spray bottle of water, and hair ties for doing my girls hair in the same drawer. And sunscreen too; I like to put sunscreen on my kids before they go to school
Love it! We always had an extra set in our downstairs bath just off our kitchen when the girls were younger. Such a time saver!!
Thanks everyone! Definitely a huge time saver keeping extra toothbrushes in the kitchen! Kristin – love your idea of other things to keep close by too!
Sometimes just to feel calm I come over to your blog and look at your organized life.
I use a silverware tray too for our toothbrushes in the bathroom. Where is your toothbrush? I don’t see it. I love magic erasers too!
love that idea! just a note- not sure if your kids use the magic erasers or not but my daughter got an awful chemical burn on her arm from one she found at daycare. the provider had left it on the table while she helped another child and my daughter thought it was like a wash cloth so she used to scrub her arms and hands clean after lunch. if you search it on google you can find some pretty awful stories. they contain formaldehyde and can be very harmful. i loved the way that they cleaned my counter tops too but unless you can guarantee that your kids won’t touch them and that you clean up really well after using them you might want to think about removing them!
jill in MN
Everything looks so neat! I’ve never heard of someone having toothbrushes in their kitchen. –Hanna Lei
Katrina you make me laugh. :)
Amy – I don’t ever brush my teeth in the kitchen. I usually get the kids ready and off to school and then get ready myself. I’m usually in the drop off lane in my pj’s or workout clothes. :)
Jill I’ve never heard about that! So scary! Thanks for letting me know. I’ll be sure to keep them away from my kids.
Such a simple yet ingenious idea to keep toothbrushes in the kitchen. When you have a second story and that is where all the kids rooms and bathrooms are it’s a real time issue sending them back up to brush teeth after you just got them all ready and downstairs. Thank you for sharing.
Erin, I just wanted to let you know that the teacher’s gift (the framed photo that I asked you about a couple days ago) was a hit! She said she loved it and said she would treasure it. Thank you for your advice on that, you are such a sweet person.
LOVE LOVE LOVE! you know how to make our products bloom!
Anonymous – thank you! I’m thrilled she loved the gift! xx
I love how you have things so organized! It feels very ‘feng shui’ good, and looks pretty to boot:)
Looks great- wish I had the room to organize more- too much stuff- too little room… and we have two little girls, same names :)