Keeping Your Bathroom Cabinets Squeaky Clean

by todd harmon

Bathroom cabinets are designed to help us better organize our bathrooms, providing sufficient storage space for all of our toiletries, towels, and assorted hygienic paraphernalia. The unfortunate truth is, even when we do invest in a great vanity, sometimes it’s just more gratifying (and so much easier) to just toss things into the cabinets without concern for order and finesse. Over time, these habits catch up with us, and before you know it it’s time to clean out your bathroom cabinets again.

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The first thing you’ll want to do is throw excess items away. Did you find that bottle of moisturizer that’s been sitting in the back of your cabinet for the last two years? Toss it out. Throw away anything you don’t regularly use. If you don’t know what it is, or don’t remember buying it, you don’t need it. Throw it away!

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Next, it’s time for a little chemical warfare, you versus cabinet stains. Get out your best scrubbing brush and any common house cleaner, like 409 or some generic brand. If it’s been a particularly long time since you’ve cleaned out your bathroom vanity cabinets, you may need a stronger specialty cleaner (available at most hardware stores). The most important thing to remember here is: let no mold make it out unharmed! If you leave even a small patch of mold or mildew uncleaned, it will grow into a mold colony very quickly, negating all of your hard work. When it comes to cleaning, the more meticulously you work, the more rewarding the endeavor will be.

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Now that your bathroom cabinets are clean, it’s time to re-organize. Group the things you didn’t throw away into similar units, and then place them in the bathroom cabinets in an orderly fashion. It may be a good idea to buy additional small plastic containers that fit in the cabinets.

Congratulations, your bathroom cabinets are clean! Hopefully this time, they can stay that way.