We have our plunger next to the toilet right against the wall next to the tank. I think the reason your husband wants it right there is because a plunge in time can save it from overflowing if you're quick and lucky. First thing I would do is put it on the side of the toilet away from the door. That will make the "business end" of it less noticeable. The second thing you can do is paint the stick. Paint it color that coordinates with your bathroom and it will tend to blend in. Or paint it a light color, then paint on a twirly vine going around the handle and a few little flowers here and there on the vine. It will look decorative and it's easy. A vine is just a green line after all, paint on little green ovals for leaves and your basic little kid style flower so you don't even have to be an artist at all for it to look good. An all over design like this will hide the fingerprints well too.
As for the shelves, either go with a way to hide them, or pull them together. Maybe a small curtain (like a cafe sly curtain) that goes with your bathroom colors. A curtain rod would be a pain to put up, but a strip of velcro would be easy. I've seen that done around pedestal sinks - like a vanity skirt. Another way to go would be to get several long baskets that fit the shelf's width. Group stuff by type or person in each basket. It will give it a more unified appearance - your eye will tend to see it as a few pretty baskets not fifty assorted bottles. Good luck! Airual Pam Dunn wrote: > My husband *insists* that we need to keep the toilet > plunger next to the toilet at all times. > Does anyone have any suggestions on how > I can disguise this ugly thing, and still keep it accessible for those > Monthly Emergency Toilet Back-Ups? > > . In our old house, I > was able to keep all our regularly used toiletries, our backup supplies, and > infrequently used items in the vanity, but now I don't have room for much > more than the basics, and even then, they're aren't easily accessible. So I > bought a set of those shelves that fit over the toilet, and they are just > fine. But all that stuff just piled on shelves doesn't look very neat. > Does anyone have any thoughts on what I can do to make things more > presentable and organized? > > > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Journey from clutter List Website > http://journeyfromclutter.com > Members Only Page > http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm > > Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in >the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. > > To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
