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9 Ideas to Make a Small Bathroom (and Bedroom) Easier to Clean

Get things off the floor, give cleaning tools a drying spot and keep a compact cleaning kit where you need it.

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Small rooms get dirty fast and cleaning them is fiddly, because everything sits on the floor or the counter. The fewer things you have to move, the faster it goes.

These ideas lift things off the floor, give wet tools somewhere to dry and keep a small kit in the room that uses it.

Annotated small bathroom with a wall-mounted bin, floating cleaning tools, hanging bath mat, and washable vanity tray.Save

1. Lift the bin and brush off the floor

Wall-mount the bin and brush, give the bath mat a drying rail and contain counter products on one washable tray.

Annotated Educational Photo of bathroom cleaning access floor plan in Tiny bathroom showing consolidate supplies upward.Save

2. Plan for floor access

Move supplies up, keep plumbing visible and keep the floor clear so it can be wiped in one pass.

Small warm bathroom with a ventilated shower-screen dock holding a squeegee, drying cloth, and drip cup.Save

3. A drying spot for the squeegee

An upright slot, an open cloth rail and a removable drip cup on the outside of the shower screen.

Small bathroom with a slim wall-mounted dock holding a toilet brush and squeegee beside the vanity.Save

4. A ventilated dock for brush and squeegee

A dock on the dry side of the vanity keeps cleaning tools together and off the floor.

Annotated vanity cleaning bay with a handled caddy, drip cup, separate cloth rack, and ventilation space.Save

5. A cleaning bay in the vanity

A handled caddy, a cup for refill drips and a short cloth rack in one narrow vanity bay.

Close-up of a compact bathroom cleaning caddy being pulled from a ventilated vanity compartment with a waterproof tray.Save

6. A quick-clean kit

Keep only the tools for quick maintenance in a small caddy on a waterproof tray, in a ventilated compartment.

Tiny bathroom with an elevated closed cabinet beside the toilet, separated paper storage, removable cleaning caddy, and open floor.Save

7. Refills and tools in a wall cabinet

A narrow wall-hung cabinet separates clean refills from cleaning tools and leaves the floor open below.

Small bathroom vanity with a tension-mounted towel bar holding spray bottles showing towel bar cleaning caddy in a warm realistic compact home.Save

8. A towel bar inside the vanity for bottles

Hang cleaning sprays from a bar inside the vanity door so the sink area stays clear.

Compact warm bedroom with a wall-mounted bedside ledge, raised lamp, closed under-bed drawer, and washable runner annotated as easy-clean solutions.Save

9. An easier-to-clean small bedroom

A wall ledge instead of a nightstand, a raised light, closed bed drawers and a washable runner leave nothing to move when you vacuum.

Before you buy anything

  • The less that sits on the floor, the faster a small room is to clean.
  • Let wet tools dry in the open before storing them closed.

Questions people ask

How do I make a small bathroom easier to clean?

Wall-mount the bin and toilet brush, keep counter items on one tray and store a small cleaning kit in the room.

Where do you store a shower squeegee?

On a hook or slot on the outside of the shower screen, with a drip cup underneath.