New Bathroom Storage // Ikea Kallax & Billy

Exactly 6 days before Christmas my mama, brother and I moved house. This was not the most ideal time to more, nor was it the easiest but alas, it is done!

I didn't realise quite how much absolute rubbish I had collected/hoarded/hidden for the last 17 years in our old house, but moving prompted a big clear out with the help of my best pal and a v. cute boy who is good as assembling and de-sembling things.

We have moved into a beautiful new build and I've finally got my own en-suite! I'm used to sharing a bathroom with my younger brother, but now we've got our own bathrooms there's no more banging on the door or desperate dashes down the hall when I've forgotten a towel. 

Due to the move I've managed to sort out a lot of my old, hoarded, out-of-date products and finally I've kept all the ones I really do need (that includes three of the same fragrances from Victoria's Secret and two of the same, half used bottles of body lotion...). This then led to the quick realisation that I didn't have anywhere to put this stuff and that had to be sorted, pronto.

Cue a trip or three to Ikea and an Uncle who is very handy with a hammer. This resulted, finally, in the perfect set of bathroom storage units. 

This is from the Kallax range (click here to view). With four drawers and two big spaces at the bottom I'm managing to keep everything relatively tidy for the time being. The drawers currently contain a whole range of things but I'm trying to keep it as sensibly organised as possible.

The two bottom spaces could both have baskets in, but I'm keeping the bottom left for cleaning products to encourage me to actually clean my own bathroom. It's working, for now.
The bottom right with the basket has all my salon size shampoo bottles that I use to refill my smaller ones that are kept in my shower.

On top I just keep my every day products - my Clarisonic Aria is there currently along with a Dermalogica exfoliator and my cotton wool jar. The other side has my favourite Bath and Body Works body mist in Cashmere Glow and on the far right, an air freshener from Method!

The last cabinet is actually a bookshelf from the Billy range (click here to view). There are another two shelves above but they wouldn't fit in the picture. I've got a whole range of things on here but the two at the top of the picture contain all my nail products and any bath or shower products that I like to mix and match.

On the left there's a small glass shelf from John Lewis and that's got my Laura Mercier Creme Brûlée goodies on - I'm saving them for a time when I really, really need to pamper myself!

So, that concludes a post on my new bathroom. Once my bedroom is in order I hope I can do a little bedroom decor post, but currently it looks like a bomb's gone off so I won't subject you to that.

Let me know what you think - I'm always looking to find ways to make the storage look nicer or be more space efficient.

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Bedroom additions....

These cute picture frames are from the kids' section in Next and they were only £6! I was absolutely sucked in by them and plan to get some instagram prints in them after my holidays.

This is a little Secret Garden-esque pencil pot from Paperchase but it is now a make-up brush holder for me. It makes them super easy to grab and move from room to room if I'm doing my make-up in the bathroom or using a different mirror. It's metal and really sturdy - click here to view online.

This is just a quick post to pop some more interior decor photos up on here - let me know what you think! 

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BHS - Heart Shaped Trinket Box

How unbearably cute is this little trinket box?? I was browsing BHS yesterday and after dragging myself away from Sass & Belle and all the gorgeous home decor I found this and had to grab it.

It's the perfect size for my earrings and matches with the rest of my bedroom design (full post here, click!) AND it was only a fiver!

I can't find it online but there's a similar trinket dish here (click!) and it's got a gorgeous lace pattern across the top! Want!

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Out with the old.....and then back in again with some of it.

After moving back home from university in May my bedroom has pretty much been a dumping ground for everything I have ever owned. I'm a self-confessed hoarder and that has always been my biggest issue when it comes to having a neat and organised bedroom. It doesn't help that our house is on the market so it seems silly to re-vamp my room when we'll be moving to a new house (hopefully soon!!). After having a mini-meltdown on Boxing Day ("I JUST HAVE SO MUCH STUFF MUM I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT ANYMORE I DON'T WANT TO DROWN IN DIOR LIPGLOSS OR EMPTY GLOSSYBOXES ANYMORE!") with my mum we decided it was time to throw caution to the wind and finally buy some furniture for my bedroom.

Here's a little snoop into my room and how I have finally sorted through all my shit and made it look acceptable! I've added clickable links to individual pieces in the babble below if you'd rather just do some click-throughs to see where things were bought from, I don't mind ;)

On Friday my new Marks and Spencer Hastings bedroom furniture arrived! It took two days to do a bedroom clear out but 48 hours and 6 bin bags later it was finally finished. I am absolutely in love with this 10 drawer unit. It's ivory and measures about 159 x 94 x 44 (click here to view on the M&S website). My next project is to buy some mismatched vintage looking handles for the drawers so it matches with the rest of my room a bit more. Click here to see my post about the cute Disney print on the top.

I really like that there's a gap between the bottom of the chest and my floor - it means I can store my weights, shoes, gel nail kit and spare Glossyboxes without having to find somewhere else for them to go!

Similar to Carrie Bradshaw I like to have my money where I can see it, not quite in my closet but in skincare, haircare and beauty products. I have finally managed to get them organised into categories and displayed along the top of the cabinet. To avoid staining the surface I've used the lids to my Glossyboxes to keep things together and off the crisp, ivory top.

The drawers are filled with skincare and beauty products...and there might be two entire drawers dedicated to my colour coordinated nail polish collection!

The biggest piece of furniture in my room is my bed - I always like to have my bed made and organised, even if I'll be getting back in pretty soon after! I love everything about my little nest - the bedding and big cushion found their way into my bag in BHS one afternoon (click here for bedding & here for a similar cushion). The bow pillow and bunny pyjama case are both from Next...and possibly from the kids' section (click here for the bunny). Finally my hot water bottle which is the snuggliest, fluffiest thing in the world! It was a present from Santa but I think it's from John Lewis but it's not online anymore.

 Finally is the little bunny retreat I've set up near my bed. I love love love these bunny rabbit lights - not only are they adorable but they are a nice addition to add some light in my room in the evenings. The tall rabbit and the bunny with pink ears both can be found on dotcomgiftshop here (click!) and here (click!) and the two white baby bunnies are from Next here (click!). The little grey rabbit in the back is a iPhone case by Moschino which can be found here (click!). It's quite bulky but it's so soft! I don't use it all the time purely because I don't want to damage it but it is a nice little addition, don't you think?

So, there's a little nosey into my newly immaculate bedroom! It's probably too cluttered for most people's taste but I've always liked to have things out on display....it's just nice for them to not be all over the floor anymore!
Let me know what you think - I'm always open to suggestions about how to keep things neat and tidy as well as adding some personal things to my bedroom :)

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