One Common Office Staple Is The Ultimate Solution For Your Bathroom Towel Dilemma

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If you've ever lived in a tiny, overpriced apartment, you know how important it is to maximize the limited available space on a budget. Decluttering things around your living quarters can improve your focus, reduce your anxiety, and exercise your body, and there are plenty of ways to eke out more storage by thinking vertically. Try stacking cutting boards and pot lids in your kitchen, installing hanging racks and over-the-door storage in your laundry room, or rolling up your washcloths to keep them from getting lost amid the jumble of towels in your closet. In fact, you can have your smaller hand towels on open-air display by repurposing a classic tool of office supply organization: An upright file sorter, such as one from Gute.

This organization solution doesn't work with just any home office magazine filer. Rolled-up towels take enough horizontal space that the classic, slim design of ascending grated rungs doesn't hold without bending. You ideally want to buy an evenly spaced filer online or from your local office supply store, one where each upright divider is the same height to ensure you can leave bathroom towels in every slot. A metallic design could fit your bathroom's aesthetic, but may not be waterproof; consider getting a clear acrylic piece instead, which lets you see how many towels are available from any angle. This solution is perfect for anyone without the space to beautifully hang your bathroom's hand towels, or renters who can't install new towel racks.

An acrylic office file sorter can be adapted in a few different ways for game-changing hand towel solutions you can apply to your guest bathroom. You don't have to keep the filer grounded, sitting on a countertop or the shelf above your toilet, with rolled-up towels stacked vertically. You can also try hanging your office supply piece up on the wall to save more space. Setting the file dividers horizontally would leave room to stack your rolled-up towels in the gaps, or sticking the file dividers vertically presents a makeshift set of pegs for you to lay a set of towels out unwrapped. The extra weight means this solution may not work as well in a situation where you can't nail your sorter to the wall, but renters could still try using velcro straps or museum putty to seal it in place.

Multi-functional furniture and décor is a godsend for small spaces, and there's nothing to say you have to dedicate every divider in your upright file sorter to storing bathroom towels. Theoretically, any toiletries could be lined up and organized in this unique storage solution, namely items you would already be reaching for alongside a shower towel: Bottles of shampoo with uncommon uses around the house, for example, or a loofah hanging over one corner of a dividing wall. Singular, stackable items such as face masks could also be stored similar to the office files these dividers are intended to hold, or you can store a replenishable supply of feminine hygiene products.