A bathroom basket will give a nice personalized touch to your wedding reception, not to mention it is a great way to highlight your color theme and personalize with last name! It’ll be liked too by your visitors.
You should put these kits all over your reception venue bathroom area along with a cute sign that let guests know what’s inside it: first aid kits, toiletries and sanitary items for any eventual emergencies that might come up while they’re visiting.
Choosing the Right Basket
Bathroom baskets are a bit hard to see during a wedding day but they will save your family and guests from a snafu or emergency. Bathroom baskets are a cute accent and you have space to store essentials such as travel deodorant, tums, mints and hand cream (and they are useful in case of emergency!).
Choose a striking, but sturdy basket, tray or box to put supplies in. Try out a little table if you don’t have the counter space in your bathrooms. Don’t rely on visitors finding products (with instructions that point them to them) and having them match the decor (i.e. his-and-hers or general).
Try to stock 1 or 2 baskets per restroom depending on your guest count with men’s and women’s essentials plus anything that may come in handy “just in case”.
Organizing Your Items
If your bathroom closet or cabinet is an untamed mass of shampoo, toilet paper, makeup and more, it’s high time you got your act together! Organise similar things in labelled storage bins.
If you don’t have the funds for more expensive organizers, make a recycling project of something you already have around the house. Ceramic bowls, platters and baskets can be useful but also decorative; tin buckets, glass jars and recycled bubble gum containers are low-cost storage solutions for small objects.
Popcorn balls, bobby pins and eyeshadow quickly pile up on the counter in bathrooms. Put them in baskets instead so that they remain put and will make your space look tidy. Also, leave extra hand towels in a one of these woven baskets so family or guests always have one at home after they have taken a shower or bath.
Adding Personal Touches
You can make bathroom baskets a unique, attended area to visit when guests come by. Be sure to include special soap dispensers or a shower curtain with your wedding design to coordinate the bathroom area. Light-colored towels and rugs are the way to go in this bathroom by M Lavender Interiors, and a happy feeling is achieved by mixing them with dark colors like this one by M Lavender Interiors.
Men’s baskets should have deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, hair brushes, mints, razors/shaving cream/creamy shaving foam and headache medication. You may even bring a little jar of pickles so people can have something to snack on as they get ready!
Remodel the bathroom with bath shelving units. Honeycomb floating shelves are the perfect solution for creating additional surface area to store stuff and they’re very minimal in design. Wicker or wood shelves also make fantastic side tables to coordinate with bath baskets or other accent pieces to get the most impact.
Keeping It Clean
Bathroom baskets are an old wedding tradition and there are a few things you need to keep in mind while making one for yourself. The first thing is figuring out a budget and spending money on something that you can use but is beautiful too – Penneys, Eurosaver stores or your local pharmacy may be the best place to find cheap bath bombs, salts, oils, hairspray or tums.
The weave of wicker baskets, the interplay of its fibers and the dust accumulation can get stuck to them as time goes by so you’ll want to vacuum or wash every single one regularly to keep mold from growing. A 1:1 bleach and water solution that you put directly can even destroy any unwelcome bacteria that grows on its surfaces.
Also put baskets where they are convenient, such as on each bathroom counter or vanity. Provide a volunteer to keep track of what is gone and get more so that there is plenty of it for your event.
