Revamping bathroom - where to put shampoo?!

poddle911

Hello, we're just about to add a new shower and screen to our existing bath and retile the area and I'm looking for the best shelving option inside the screen or at the other end of the bath.

At the moment we have a chrome rack screwed into the tiles but it's useless and rusty and makes the bottoms of all my shampoos all gross. Is it worth investing in a tiled recess behind the shower? Or are there any other options?

What does everyone else have? Any advice?

Thanks
Pod

TiTheRev

We've got a suction corner unit that you can fix wherever you need. Not too intrusive, holds a few bottles etc, does the job and doesnt fall off unless properly whacked...plus only around £5/6 from our local 'Trading4u' store

mrcol1000

I stayed at a hotel which had three containters attached to each other by strong plastic and at the top had hooks to hook on to the top of the shower screen.

ginvzt

We had our en-suite redone by the landlord a couple of months back, and I wanted some storage in the shower.

I don't like suction cups anymore (we had an accident, when while we were away for a few days, it fell down, knocked shower open and basically flooded the bathroom - wouldn't trust them anymore!!!). I didn't one anything screwed into the tiles - we are renting in the end. And it was attached properly, didn't move for good few months. Unless there was a ghost in the house that 'whacked it'!

So, we went for this:


It looks great, takes barely any space, and even though my husband was very much against it, it doesn't bother him at all.

Sammy-Jo_2

I have recently purchased some dispensers for shower gel and shampoo from Amazon - they are wall mounted and have been one of our best buys - no bottles hanging around. Sorry - dont know how to do link.

poddle911

Thanks for all your input, guys! All the magazines I've looked at for ideas have those little shelves built into the tiles, but I think that would be expensive and look a bit like a hotel...

googler

Take the shampoo or gel into the shower with you, and when you're done, grab the bottles, rinse them under the shower, tap or in the washbasin, and dry them off with the bath towel.

Then put them somewhere other than in the bath or shower. Shelf? Bathroom cabinet?

They won't get 'gross' this way.

poddle911

googler wrote: »

Take the shampoo or gel into the shower with you, and when you're done, grab the bottles, rinse them under the shower, tap or in the washbasin, and dry them off with the bath towel.

Then put them somewhere other than in the bath or shower. Shelf? Bathroom cabinet?

They won't get 'gross' this way.

Seriously? You do this?! I don't think I've got the time or discipline to mess around with shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, razor, flannel etc every time I want a shower, but thanks for the suggestion.

The 'grossness' refers to the rust from the existing unit, but I suppose this wouldn't happen with stainless steel, rather than chrome fittings.

socks_uk

poddle911 wrote: »

Hello, we're just about to add a new shower and screen to our existing bath and retile the area and I'm looking for the best shelving option inside the screen or at the other end of the bath.

At the moment we have a chrome rack screwed into the tiles but it's useless and rusty and makes the bottoms of all my shampoos all gross. Is it worth investing in a tiled recess behind the shower? Or are there any other options?

What does everyone else have? Any advice?

Thanks
Pod

You don't give a budget but I would recommend the Roman brand. I bought a double corner basket and a rectangular basket for our shower when we had our bathroom re-done a year ago from Boundary Bathrooms.
Yes, much more expensive than the old rusty ones we had before but with a 10 year guarantee they are still looking good one year on.

http://www.boundarybathrooms.co.uk/field-search-new.asp?searchCatTypeID=114&searchSubTypeID=1981&searchBrandID=2439&searchRangeID=&searchPriceBand=&search=new

Barneysmom

HI, have a look on this page, scroll down halfway.
http://www.advanceglass.com/products/showers/showers.html

We have these in chrome, they have little labels for you to put on that says shampoo/conditioner/shower gel.
We've also got a single one for liquid hand soap above the sink.
The pictures are rubbish, they really do look very smart.
I got ours from EBay, they're not cheap but you only have to buy once.......

Eenymeeny

Cheap and cheerful solution? I know that it isn't everyones' cup of tea but being fed up with rusty chrome, I opted for a plastic across-the- bath thingy (!) Obviously we have an over bath shower and find that everything drains back into the bath without making a mess and I just clean it at the same time as the bath. Simple!