We often associate the term ‘storage’ with objects allowing to pile up personal items, rather than thinking of redesigning space. However, storing something for future use is not restricted to shelves and boxes and particularly not recommended if your bathroom is small. So, what is the key to a bathroom containing all your essentials whilst still being reasonably spacious and elegant?

Other ideas will be making sure you have really nice accessories such as robe hooks, towel bars and towel rings. Also, heated towel rails constitute a clever solution: they double up as a heat source as well as storing towels.

Don’t be afraid to recess in a wall: in doing so, you create a readily accessible storage area that is both beautiful and minimal and impacts on space. Interesting designs we’ve seen over the years include slight recesses in the walls in order to display beautiful books or really nice lighting that helped create the sense of tranquillity in the bathroom.

The second type of storage we look at Drummonds is the hidden storage. We never recommend built-in vanity, storage in a bath panel or even cupboards or shelves that eat into the room. So how do you create additional storage?

What we have found is that in a bathroom, you don’t need the storage but you just need a shallow area. For example, you can bring a wall out by 200 mm, create a hidden panel and add the storage you need like flat shelves which will be hidden by the panel. This will then enable the rest of the room to be open-plan spacious and spa-like. Opting for vanity basin legs instead of having hidden panels either side of the basin will create a spacious tranquil environment.

Another clever storage tip is to have the electrical requirements such as your toothbrush charger or your shaving charger socket hidden within the concealed storage: therefore you grab your toothbrush and it’ll be fully charged up whilst still being out the way the rest of the time.