I know some of our friends thought we were crazy when we told them we were downsizing from a 2000 sq ft home to one that was 1008 sq ft. To make it even crazier, there was only one bathroom.

I don’t know about you, but I’m always interested just how people can downsize from 2 bathrooms with a total of 16 drawers and 3 big cabinets between them to this.

 

With a little creative storage and a lot of purging, we have managed to make it work.

We are fortunate that there are 3 cabinets behind the door.

The top one holds our first aid kit and medicines, toilet paper and beach towels.

The shoebox holds the extra that doesn’t fit in the storage tote. I’m sure I could use a fancier box, but the whole point of downsizing was to save money and spending on something that hides in a closet really doesn’t make sense to me.

The middle cabinet holds our day to day items. My son and husband have the top shelf and my daughter and I use the bottom. The lazy Susan helps me find products quicker. I had it in our last bathroom so it isn’t a new purchase.

I still feel like there are too many products, so we are using up what we have and will only be replacing what we really  love.

The bottom one is where we keep our laundry basket and extra bath mat.

 

We still had more items that I needed to find a place for. I had used this idea at our home in Baton Rouge and it seemed like a no brainer to use here.

Clear shoe bags make it so easy to see what you are looking for. After we’re here for about two months, I’ll go through it and if we haven’t used a product I’ll toss it.

In our sink area we have a mirrored medicine cabinet. It houses our deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes and the kids face treatments.

I’m still trying to come up with a better solution for our toothbrushes, but for now this is it.

I found this countertop cloth holder 2 years ago at Tuesday Morning. I added the towel hook on the cabinet.

 

The under sink cabinet holds our towels and cleaning products.

I still needed a place to store hair equipment, extra toilet paper and items you’d normally have on a countertop.

I just used some sturdy baskets I already owned and just nailed them to the wall.

Our bathtub has built in shelves, a huge plus and I bought the suction hooks at dollar tree.

So there you have it. It is possible to only have one bathroom and not lose your mind. Strangely enough, it hasn’t been all that difficult. Everything has a place and the space is easy to keep clean.

If you ever decide that downsizing is  for you, don’t overlook a property just because of it only having one bathroom. We almost did and we would have missed out on a very special place. ❤