How I did it: This took me several hours spaced out over the course of 3 days, maybe 8 hours total. 

My sister and I share a bathroom; it has two separate counters, each with several drawers and cupboards, but somehow all our stuff was overflowing anyway.

I started by going through all the stuff in the bathroom - EVERYTHING.  Emptying out all the drawers and throwing out anything that I didn't use or anything old or suspicious (dry mascaras, off-smelling lotions, whatever), or bottles that had too little left to save. 

Then, I got organizing materials - drawer organizers meant for pens & other office supplies work really well for makeup.  I have a HUGE makeup collection, and my sister has some of her own makeup as well, so it took 2 drawer organizers to keep all the makeup in, but it's so much better than lumping it all in a drawer loose or in a plastic bin. 

Then I just grouped like with like, and organized the drawers that way; body lotions in one drawer, hair products in another, hairbrushes in another, etc.

After all that, the actual cleaning is the easy part. 

Lessons & tips: Put on a CD or Playlist while you work  

Resources: Drawer organizers

Nov 16, 2009, 03:19PM PST | 1 comment | 1 cheer