Too often small bathrooms have little storage space, in spite of the fact that they may be near a garage or a pool where they could easily need more storage than a typical bathroom. A traditional corner linen cabinet won’t quite fit. You may find your master bathroom doesn’t have enough space, or often you are short storage in the children’s bathroom.

One are that’s often overlooked in smaller bathrooms is the space over the commode. Sometimes you will find a small bath has a cabinet in the space over the toilet, but many times this space goes unused.  But it’s easy to use this space for an over toilet shelf.

Using the space for a wall mounted cabinet is one option, but sometimes a permanent installation like a cabinet is not an option. Ordinary shelving installed in this area can help to take advantage of this storage space, but simple shelving may not fit the decor of the room as well as something a little more ornate.

Often a good choice one of these free standing shelves that straddles the commode. While they can cost a little more than standard shelves, they are offered in a variety of styles, for example plain chrome plated using that have wire shelves. There are a number of other styles, for example a French Country style that features a more formal hardwood finish and may have doors to keep the contents out of site. You can come up with something that will match most decor schemes when looking at over the toilet storage options.

Finding enough space to store all your things is a challenge in most dorm rooms. Many dorms may have shared bathrooms, but a very common arrangement these days is to have a suite or an aparmtment setting that may only have four students sharing one bathroom. This is harder than it sounds at times, especially with teens. To take full advantage of this room, a free standing unit like a Spacesaver or a toilet storage rack can be a great addition.This is an area that goes unused fairly often, but with just a little effort can provide a significant amount of storage, up to four shelves of storage at times.

Small bathrooms can be a storage challenge, but by thinking creatively you can find space using over toilet shelves where none was before.