Keep Your Bathroom Counters Clutter-Free With These IKEA Must-Haves

From your favorite skincare bottles to your toothbrushes to your hundred different hair tools, there are a lot of things that need to be organized in your bathroom. The only problem is that most of us don't have a sprawling bathroom that allows for ample storage. If this is the case for you, chances are your creams, facewash, and other necessities are huddled together in a messy pile on your countertop. While this might be handy, it doesn't necessarily look tidy. Luckily, IKEA has tons of clever organizers that can help you keep your counters clutter-free. 

The iconic Swedish store has plenty of different storage options to choose from, allowing you to pick what works best for your particular bathroom. If you have plenty of under-utilized drawer space that you're just not maximizing correctly, you can sweep the items off your counter and neatly organize them inside your vanity. On the other hand, if your vanity is sorely lacking storage room, carve out more space by taking your storage vertical. Add an extra cabinet, floating shelf, or shelving unit to create more room. Here is a closer look at the 16 best bathroom organization items from IKEA to nix those messy countertops. 

Pedestal sinks might be charming, but they really set you back in terms of storage. Since they don't have a cabinet underneath, there is no real place to store your bathroom essentials, which likely means you balance things like toothbrush holders and daily SPF bottles on the sink's edge. Keep your sink edges clutter-free by storing your items on IKEA's RÅGRUND shelves, which cost $39.99 each on IKEA. It's the IKEA item that creates under-sink storage space in a small bathroom. Get two of these corner shelves and place them next to each other.

You have likely heard of IKEA's iconic spice racks, which can do everything from revolutionizing your kitchen cabinet storage to adding clever storage in your bedroom. However, if you don't like the look of a spice rack in your bathroom, IKEA has made a more specialized version. The NEREBY wall shelf, which costs $9.99 on IKEA, is a sleeker birch version of the rack. Its compact design helps you keep your items off the counter but still close at hand. You can even add some NEREBY S-hooks for additional storage, which cost $3 per five-pack

Do you have an excess of makeup or skincare but can't find a tidy way to store it in your under sink cabinet? Put it in a rolling cart instead, like the RÅSKOG, which costs $39.99 at IKEA. There are plenty of genius ways an IKEA rolling cart can add extra storage to your home, but in a bathroom, it can house anything from your hair tools to your guest essentials to your makeup and brush collection. You can store it in the corner of the room.

If you like the idea of adding storage underneath your pedestal cabinet but don't like the look of open shelving, put your bathroom essentials behind closed doors with the help of IKEA's LILLTJÄRN cabinet. This miniature vanity has two doors, allowing you to store your clutter inside and away from prying eyes. However, it also has a top shelf, giving you the option to place your most aesthetic and used items on top, making them more accessible to you. Get it for $16.49 at IKEA.

Sometimes you don't need the addition of a full blown unit to get rid of the clutter on your vanity. Instead, you just need a few drawer organizers to not only add more items into your drawers but corral them in such a way that they're easy and fast to locate. Enter the VISSLAÅN organizers that come in a set of three, which cost $6.49 at IKEA. They hook over the side of the drawer, ensuring they don't slide around when the drawer is opened. They also come in various depths, allowing you to store many essentials.

If you don't have much square footage in your bathroom, you can't really add any extra cabinets to the space to house all of your items. Or can you? Rather than adding them to the floor, install slender cabinets to the wall to create extra shelving in the space. The GODMORGON is an excellent example because it's just slim enough to hold your skin and hair care bottles, ensuring it doesn't protrude too much and make the space feel crowded. Get it at IKEA for $114.

Do you have 10 inches of space between your vanity and wall or your vanity and the tub? Don't let that dead space go to waste! Instead, fill it with a shelving unit so you can get the clutter off your counters and store it inside slide-out baskets. That's exactly what the JONAXEL storage combination provides, which costs $29.99 at IKEA. Clocking in at just under 10 inches wide, it fits into the smallest of open spaces and adds four extra storage baskets to the bathroom. It's very helpful for toiletries and small towels.

If you have a regular towel rack in your bathroom, swap it out for one with attached shelving to increase your storage options. To create one, pair the ENHET shelving unit, which you can get it at IKEA for $66, with the ENHET hooks that cost $1.29 for a pack of two. This will provide you with three shelves to remove items from your counter and store them there instead as well as hooks for towels. To ensure the open shelving doesn't look messy, consider adding some of IKEA's stylish baskets to conceal all your items.

When storing your self care essentials on shelving, it can be hard to remember what is stored way in the back, making you forget what you own. Fix that issue by installing IKEA's ingenious ENHET swivel shelf on your unit, which costs $15 at IKEA. Much like a lazy Susan in a kitchen with condiments and spices, it allows you to see all of your options with a simple spin. It will keep things much tidier and easier to access, taking your organization to a new level.

If you're moving the clutter from your countertop to open shelving, you need to make sure it's housed in attractive jars and bins so it looks tidy rather than messy. IKEA's SAXBORGA tray and jar set can help you do just that. Costing $19.99 at IKEA, the matching unit comes with a cork tray and four jars, allowing you to store essentials like cotton balls, swabs, and pads in an aesthetic container. Put it on your shelving unit under your pedestal sink or your shelves above your towel rack.

In a tight bathroom, you have to focus on sourcing thin but tall storage. However, those kinds of units aren't always easy to find. Luckily, IKEA is something of an expert at catering to smaller bathrooms and has plenty of inventive furniture. Take the MUSKAN shelf for example, which costs $49.99 at IKEA. At just a little over 14 inches deep and wide, it has a small footprint. But thanks to its five shelves, you can store plenty of towels, soaps, shampoos, and skincare bottles on it. 

If you don't want to drill holes into your walls, then consider an over the toilet shelving unit. This unit stands up on four legs just like any other cabinet, but it goes over your commode, with the shelves hovering just above the tank. The FRÖSJÖN over-the-toilet shelf, which you can get for $44.99 at IKEA, is just over 2 feet wide and provides three extra shelves. And since it's placed right next to the vanity, you can easily move the clutter from your countertop to neatly store it there.

Those who have tiled walls in their bathroom can get their daily essentials off their countertop and instead move them an arm's reach away to the wall. You can place everything from your toothbrush holder to your soap dispenser to your daily moisturizer on these ÖBONÄS suction cup shelves, which cost $8.99 at IKEA. This will make the essentials appear more organized, since they will have a designated home. This is especially useful for bathrooms that have very little to no counter space, as it will make them seem less cluttered. 

Do you like to keep all of your daily skincare and beauty products on your large countertop or a stool so they're easily accessible? If so, consider placing your toiletries in a large storage basket like the UPPRÄMEN at IKEA for $19.99. This will keep all your daily items in a convenient location, and the basket's handle makes it easier to transport from one place to the next. Therefore, if you need more space on the counter, you can easily move the basket to another place.

If you want your self care products hidden from view but get annoyed when they tip over on shelving, consider adding basket storage instead. However, if you have a small bathroom, you might not have enough floor space to add a cabinet to house those baskets. Instead, wall storage can be created by investing in woven baskets with handles and then hooking them on a towel rack. You can do this by getting the ENUDDEN hanger, which costs $5.49, and then adding a few TJABBIG baskets onto it, which cost $3.99 each at IKEA.

You might be moving the clutter off of your countertop in an effort to make your bathroom look more aesthetic. If so, you should focus on choosing a stylish storage solution to house the previous mess. The FRÖSJÖN cart, which costs $29.99 at IKEA, is just that. This squat cart has a rounded top, which is designed that way so you can easily carry it. If you don't want to treat it like a basket, its wheels allow you to easily push it around the space as well.