17 Bathroom Vanity Storage Ideas That Will Save Your Cabinets and Drawers

Use these clever tricks to maximize your vanity storage and reduce clutter.

An organized bathroom vanity is a must for a peaceful start and end to your day, yet it can often feel impossible to achieve. The vanity seems to constantly attract clutter, whether it be travel-sized products, expired makeup, or extra toothbrushes. The good news is, there are endless organizing solutions, and with the right setup in place, it's much easier to keep your bathroom vanity organized.

We've gathered our best bathroom vanity storage ideas to provide inspiration for your own organization journey. Find ways to manage vanity drawers, open storage, and even tips on building a vanity for optimum storage.

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Organize Your Drawers

When organizing your vanity, start with the high-traffic spaces, like upper drawers and medicine cabinets, along with your most used items. Drawer dividers are a fast, affordable upgrade that will immensely improve the functionality of your vanity. Measure your drawer first, or look for extendable options that fit a range of drawer sizes.

Adaptable Bin Storage

For a quick organizing win, purchase or repurpose some hard plastic bins or boxes. These allow you to quickly see what's inside while protecting your vanity from spills.

Add Cabinet Storage

Keeping everything in sight is an essential tenet of vanity storage and organization. Shallow open drawers that can stack, like these, make perfect vanity storage, as they make use of the height of the cabinet and allow you to categorize and see your items. Labels make quick work for anyone restocking the drawers.

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Acrylic Drawer Dividers

Acrylic dividers are a hardy and readily available vanity storage solution that doesn’t add visual clutter. They’re also a smart way to protect your drawers from materials that may stain or get messy, such as makeup.

Manage Open Storage

Vast open storage creates a nice airy feel, but it can easily look cluttered. Help yourself stay organized with storage accessories that suit your style. This large-capacity basket adds warmth while corralling small washcloths.

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Create Hanging Storage

Create hanging storage with hooks to bring order to items with cords. This setup groups all hair tools together using only stick-on hooks and a wire basket.

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Bathroom Furniture

Add freestanding storage in your bathroom to increase storage and charm. This is a smart option if you have a pedestal sink or otherwise limited vanity space. Here, a secretary desk matches the classic style of the bathroom and stores typical vanity supplies.

Monochromatic Storage Items

If you have an open storage vanity, one way to create a streamlined look is with color. The monochrome baskets and trays shown here complement the wooden vanity, and while they hold many items, it still looks put together.

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Install a Sliding Cabinet Rack

One easy way to maximize storage in an existing vanity is a pull-out rack like this one. With a small amount of committed install time, you can make better use of the height and depth of each cabinet. An inexpensive pull-out rack ensures nothing is ever lost to the back corner of your vanity cabinet.

Pull-Out Vanity Storage

Add a pull-out cabinet to your vanity to utilize the height of the space without having to bend over and reach in. Such systems are most easily added during the construction phase, but you can also purchase materials to retrofit an existing cabinet.

X-Shape Towel Rack

An X-shaped rack is an easy-to-add way to add interest and function to an open vanity shelf. It gives you easy access to towels while keeping them better organized than open space.

Toilet Paper Storage

Use your deeper drawers for larger items. Here, different kinds of similarly sized backstock items, including toilet paper and bars of soap, are grouped together. If you added tweezers or nail clippers to this drawer, they would easily get lost, but larger items can be stored here for easy access.

Towel Rack Placement

Installing a towel rack on your vanity may be easier than adding one to the walls, and it can make your bathroom more accessible to kids. This is also a smart option in a small bathroom where wall space is limited.

Utilize Tray Storage

Shallow trays lend a polished look to shelves, whether they’re open or behind a cabinet door. Trays also help you protect bathroom shelves from spilled liquids or makeup.

Related: 5 Steps to Styling Bathroom Shelves That Don't Look Cluttered

Add Heat-Safe Storage

Add heat-safe metal bins to your vanity to store heat tools safely without having to leave them out. This is a common kitchen supply item that you could build into a drawer or use freestanding.

Mixed Bathroom Vanity Storage

This natural wood vanity has a mix of drawer and open storage, allowing you to choose what’s on display. Note that the sinks aren’t centered on the drawers, which creates space for partial but usable drawers on the top row.

Bathroom Counter Organization

Storing things on the vanity counter keeps items handy but can easily look cluttered. Solve this with a simple tray, which makes your things look and feel like they have a place.

Related: How to Organize Bathroom Counters

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