Linen Closet Organization

This is a bit of an odd post, but my linen closet was driving me nuts!  We have almost no storage in our bathroom due to a pedestal sink and a tiny medicine cabinet which holds only the most frequently used basic necessities such as toothpaste and contact solution.  So everything else ended up out in the hallway closet. And this is what happens when you unpack in less than a week:

Messy messy.

I didn't know where anything was, or even what I had in there.  I needed a way to be able to see everything in that deep, narrow closet, and also create more space so I could buy those money saving value packs of tissues and toilet paper.  

The solution was to add storage to inside of the door of the closet.  There are a lot of hanging over-the-door storage solutions out there such as these, most of them being for shoes.  But I thought the pockets would be perfect for extra bottles of shampoo and such.  However, all of these types of organizers were way too long! The closet door is only 40 inches long due to the drawers below, and only about 20 inches wide.  After days of searching the stores and online, I found this!  At 36" long and 18" wide, it is the perfect size.  And it rang up at half price in the store!

Side 1: large things.

Side 2: small stuff.

Everything that didn't fit into my new storage solution, I separated into containers...

Nail polish.

Hair accessories.

Yes, that's a lot of sunscreen.

Travel size bottles.

And here's the after...

Much better.

Now I know where everything is because it's organized and easily visible.  And I have more room to stock up on necessities.