very clever idea for toilet paper storage

kimba at is talking about the backs of toilets this morning & shows some ideas for toilet paper storage.

what a coincidence - i was planning to blog about toilet paper storage myself today.

first of all - this is a true story. i could never have come up with this on my own.
i'm not near that creative.

in the guest bathroom, which is also called "henry's bathroom", i had this toilet paper tower beside the toilet. the purpose of the tower was to hold the extra toilet paper.


a few weeks ago, i mentioned that henry had "whizzed" on my toilet paper tower. well, he's only 4 1/2, & i had never told him not to do that, so i guess it's understandable that he did it?

so, to prevent it from happening again, i moved it to behind the door.

since he uses the bathroom with the door open, the problem was solved. in retrospect, i should have been honest with him & told him that i moved it. i think he assumed i got rid of it.

(he's a very helpful boy. always helping us clean, always nosing around.)

well, imagine my surprise when one day i happened past his bathroom & saw this -
there it was, waiting to be filled with toilet paper. pretty clever, don't you think?

this is where i store the toilet paper in the powder room

i bot an wooden umbrella stand at old time pottery & put a charger & pineapple vase on top.

this is what's on the back of that room's toilet. shelly put an electrical outlet down beside the toilet where it isn't seen. he's very clever, like that.


different subject -
started out to the great stein mart sale saturday morning & noticed a garage sale on the way. they had a small dresser/chest that looked interesting. but they wanted $40 for it. it was the 2nd day of their sale & it was still there but they wouldn't take less than 30 for it. i paid it. even tho it's covered in stickers, i think it was a good deal.



it's definitely what i was looking for for the space at the top of the stairs leading to the basement. can't decide what color to paint it now - black or white? my dining room buffet drawers are jampacked full, so this extra storage space will be great.

i've been cleaning the basement the last few days. wow! i'm really getting somewhere. we now have 14 storage bins of children's clothing from newborn to 3T.
shelly said it's enough to clothe an entire village. as the grandchildren outgrow their clothes they are placed in these bins where their mommies can then "shop" for the current size. it sure helps our 4 kids to come here to select clothes instead of buying new. they outgrow them so fast!


(they also store the outgrown toys here, too. but i don't have them organized in bins yet. henry starts playing with them as soon as they arrive even though they are too young for him. sometimes he gets very nostalgic & talks about when he was little. ha! & sometimes when he hears the music on the mobile above the crib in the nursery, he cries because it makes him think of his mommy singing to him. isn't that sweet?)