Declutter Shower & Bathtub {15 Minute Mission}

Today's mission is to declutter items from your shower or bathtub.


This mission is designed to be done in conjunction with the Bathroom Organization Challenge, which is one of the 52 Week Organized Home Challenges.

Does your shower or bathtub seem loaded down with bottles of shampoo, conditioners, body wash, and all kinds of other beauty and personal care products?

That's what a reader, Ana, felt like recently. She submitted this photo below, and honestly I don't find it extremely overloaded, but it was bothering her the amount of bottles she had and she was looking for a solution. She explained, "suction cups won't work at all so our loofas hang from the shower head and our shampoos are on those teeny shelves as well."



I do understand that the amount of products can get overwhelming quickly, especially if you've got lots of people using one bathroom who all use different products.

There's nothing wrong with having bottles of shampoo or body wash, or whatever else you need in your shower or tub -- that is the point, after all -- but ask yourself, do you really need four bottles of shampoo, two of which you hate and one of which is almost empty, if not completely?

That's just one example, but you get my point.

When decluttering just leave things in there that are actually used.

And if you've got three almost finished bottles of a product you actually use make a concerted effort to finish them all off before buying more. It'll save you money and help get rid of clutter simultaneously.

If you are unsure how long some personal care products last that may be in your shower or bathtub, and have been there for quite a while, check out this free cheat sheet with expiration dates for common cosmetics and personal care products. It might make you feel a bit better about just tossing some of these containers.

Oh, and don't forget, please recycle the bottles, not just put them in the trash when doing this mission!

Just like when disposing of cleaning products, you can put small amounts of things like shampoo or conditioner down your drain if the bottle is almost empty without fear, so you can then recycle the containers.

Below I've shown one extremely decluttered shower just to get you inspired a bit!

Top photo courtesy of Amazon.com

No Clutter In This Shower/Tub At All!

As promised here's an extreme example of a decluttered bathtub and shower shown by a reader, Kiersten.

To do it she eliminated not just excess bottles, but ALL of them, and replaced them with a soap shower dispenser.

She explained, "this is all that is in my kids' shower (they are a little older, so no need for toys). It holds their shampoo, conditioner, and body soap and helps to control how much they use. We have a tiny shower in our master bath, so I have one in there too!"

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Now, I don't think you've got to go this extreme, if you don't want to. And I understand this won't work if each person using the tub has to use, or even just prefers to use different products, but it is definitely something you might want to consider if bottles are just over-crowding your bathtub or shower.

Want To Do More Decluttering Missions? Get Started With Declutter 365 Today!

Once you declutter one type of item in your home I bet you'll want to declutter some more. After all, decluttering gives you a great reward for even a small investment of time and energy.

The Declutter 365 system is designed to help you declutter, over the course of a year, your entire house, with just 15 minutes of decluttering each day!

Hundreds of thousands of people use this proven system to get rid of their clutter, and bring peace and calm back to their homes.

Declutter 365 works to guide you to clear the clutter without overwhelm, focusing on just one small area at a time, and without making a huge mess in the process, so you see consistent forward progress without all that "messy middle" that makes it even harder to function in your home than before you started.

In addition to building a daily decluttering habit, the Declutter 365 program, along with the accompanying 52 Week Organized Home Challenge, teaches you the skills, habits, routines, and mindsets necessary to maintain the clutter free and organized state of your home from now on, so it'll never be as messy and cluttered as it is right now, ever again.

If you haven't already, make sure to get your copy of this year's Declutter 365 annual calendar here (it's FREE!), find today's date, and do 15 minutes of decluttering on the day's mission. Then, repeat again tomorrow, and again and again. Over the course of the next year, if you do this 15 minutes per day, you'll declutter your whole house!

Get This Bathroom Decluttering Checklist + 32 Other Decluttering Checklists For Your Home

Right now you're decluttering your bathroom, and there's a lot of stuff to declutter in this space.

Get your 1 page bathroom decluttering checklist, plus 32 other decluttering checklists, to help you declutter your entire home here.

I've done the hard work of breaking down these tasks into smaller more manageable steps for you, so you don't get overwhelmed or worry you're forgetting a task, and you can go at the pace you want, whether that's fast or slow.

In addition, you can tackle these decluttering tasks in whatever order you want when you use these checklists!

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