How Do You Store Everyday Bathroom Tech?

This one might resonate better with the ladies of Unplggd, but here goes: You use your hair dryer, curling iron and flat iron often, right? (Everyday, for some of us) But where do you keep 'em in a small, cool bathroom? Hotels have it down (like the one above), but what can us regular folk do?

The bathroom is the getting-ready room of choice for most, which means the more high-maintenance of us spend a ton of time in there. But the bathroom can also be the smallest room with the least amount of storage.

So what do you do with the tech in there that you use everyday?

If you're blessed with copious counter space, do you leave your hair dryer out? Do you wrap the cord and tuck it on a shelf?

Our college roomate, when faced with the most dire of bathroom storage circumstances—not having any—had a great idea. She bought giant key rings and clamped her curling- and flat-iron's coreds between the rings about a foot down from the business end, then hung the key rings on hooks in the wall of our room. To this day, I wish I had a picture of her creative solution to a pressing problem.

Do you have a brilliant solution worth sharing? Let us know in the comments!

(Image: Flickr user LA Wad under license from Creative Commons.)

Comments (5)

My hair dryer has been tucked into the towel bar for eons. It'll never change.

posted by I Love Upstate on October 2nd 2009 at 4:19pm
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My blowdryer and other hair accessories are in a tall Malm dresser outside my bathroom. My bathroom is very small (I live in a studio) and so there's no room for anything in there but basic necessities. :)

posted by alisaan on October 2nd 2009 at 6:25pm
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Simple - I bought a hair dryer with a retractable cord. And it's not one of those wimpy travel dryers with a retractable cord; this thing can dry my incredibly thick hair in less than ten minutes. Anyway, my hair dryer resides in a bin under my sink.

My apartment has a large vanity, but sadly, no medicine cabinet, so all the storage is down below. So, I have everything in plastic bins down below, one for hair, one for makeup, etc. My hair bin has my hair dryer, brushes, hair products, etc. I pull it out when doing my hair, put it back in the bin when I'm done, and put the bin away, leaving the counter clean.

posted by Trish1980 on October 3rd 2009 at 9:35am
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My hairdryer goes in the hall closet just outside the bathroom. My flatiron hangs on a simple straight hook. I place the 'V' part of the flatiron upside down over the hook. I have a (maybe) irrational fear of my flatiron starting a fire since it stays hot forever.
Most of my daily stuff is under the sink in plastic drawers. I pull out what I need then put it all back when I'm done.

posted by michelleb on October 3rd 2009 at 9:28pm
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My hair dryer has a hanging loop at the bend, and I hang it on a towel hook on the back of the bathroom door.

posted by Joan A. on October 5th 2009 at 9:04am
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