Keep these things elsewhere to avoid mildew and other storage woes.
While most things are best in moderation, when it comes to storage space, the more the merrier.
If possible, Trosclair advises to keep a lot of storage out of the bathroom.
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Don’t store anything in your bathroom unless you are using it in your bathroom, she recommends.
Here are 12 things not to store in the bathroom according to Trosclair and two moreorganization professionals.
Extra linens should be stored in a separate closet or in dressers near the bed.
This may yield additional, creepier, and crawler results.
You may also be surprised years later to find evidence of rodents in linens.
I’ve seen it a lot.
Those are words rarely used to describe the bathroom.
This is especially important in small bathrooms with little ventilation, says Caffee.
Check your medicine bottles for more specific instructions.
Electronics
The bathroom is no place for storing electronics, unless theyre waterproof.
Otherwise, pricey electronics may gain water damage from humidity or direct water contact, our experts say.
Jewelry
Ideally, Trosclair says, you should store jewelry outside the bathroom.
If worn every day, your jewelry wont actually be spending too long in the humidity.
On a short-term basis though, Trosclair says youre probably in the clear.
However, long-term makeup storage is ill-advised.
I would not store that in the bathroom, says Trosclair.
This applies to food as well as entertaining overflow that needs to be stored away.
Food’s not going to do well with that humidity and you are attracting rodents, Trosclair explains.
I’ve also seen people withentertaining pieceslike extra platters or silver in there.
You dont want those with the heat and humidity, either.
Anything from the kitchen should not be mixed with the bathroom for sanitary purposes, too.
The heat and humidity will affect photos.
They will stick together and wont do well in that environment at all.
So, the bathroom is definitely not the place to keep any home videos for safekeeping.
Like photos, books and magazines may also stick and ruin from the heat and humidity.
Memorabilia
Southerners love ourmomentos and heirloomssometimes to the point where our homes are overflowing with them.
Still, Trosclair recommends keeping any memorabilia out of the bathroom for long periods of time.
It would be a tragedy to lose sentimental artifacts due to misplaced storage.
It’s just sitting in that heat and humidity.
Likewise, Trosclair tells us that particleboard pieces wont hold up against the bathrooms conditions, either.
