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Okay, fellow femme kiwis: Give me your best suggestions for cute storage. I don't want any of the masculine stock bullshit. Specifically, I am in the market for an over the toilet storage compartment, and something that I can put on my walls for books. I have two bookshelves and don't want to buy another.


ETA: And share your own storage sets that you enjoy. It's kind of a thread to keep your organizational autism collected.
 
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What are you planning to store on it? An SSD would be better for the OS and programs, but a HDD should be fine for media storage.
 
These are good for misc crap and have a nice rustic look. Flip em on their side and stack them, or mount them on the wall. Pretty cheap at Lowes or Home Depot
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I like going to Homegoods and other discount stores if you live in the USA and have them around you. Shop around and they usually have neat things there.

I think the milk crate storage idea is cute, but not sure if it's the best on walls in the long run.
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This is a way to mount baskets on walls if you want to try wired baskets. This is a nice collection of storage shelf ideas. This is a cool design for corners. I generally scour pinterest to get an idea of what I want out of something, as well as keep the objects I want to store in mind: round objects, oblong objects, rectangular thin objects, a combination... all benefit from a different type of space. It also depends on if you need them oriented a certain way: books have their spine facing out unless you have a sparse bookshelf and want to display the covers from the front for decoration. Spices are best when you can read what the hell they are, be it top or side. Moiserizer, witch hazel, and toothbrushes benefit from being upright. You already know what you're storing so that will help greatly.

My current fun shopping time is heading to thrift stores and seeing what they put on the shelfs. Buying things on the cheap for 4$ & cleaning them is a nice cheap solution for junk storage, and you can always repaint and refurbish objects. It's how I found some great places to stick my office supplies without spending anything for overpriced crap at office depot or staples. Looking up "upcycled shelves/storage" also provides cute ideas.

Make sure to measure the amount of space you have or want to give up for your project too: it sucks buying something, then it's too big to fit. Make sure to measure lenght, width, AND height since it's a 3D object!

And the best way to make something cute and fashionable is to personalize it. Even just spraypainting something a pretty color is nice!
 
Specifically, I am in the market for an over the toilet storage compartment,
If rustic is your vibe, you can get something like this with the built-in cabinet:
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I personally like the ones that go to the ceiling more, though:
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and something that I can put on my walls for books.
"Invisible" floating shelves are an option that I see on pinterest and stuff all the time, but don't let the photos fool you, if you mount them even at a normal height, they can look weird. They also don't "work" for storing normal books. It's really just for "aesthetic" hardcovers.
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Maybe a diagonal bookshelf or tree bookshelf to replace an existing one? Or the same idea but mounted on a wall?
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Do you have many books left to house? How about a piece of multipurpose furniture? Like a coffee table or a bench with inbuilt storage?
Too many, honestly. I have wall shelves in my living room, but I wanted to do something cuter for my bedroom. I have 2 bins full to put up here.
If rustic is your vibe, you can get something like this with the built-in cabinet:
That is pretty much it right there. I'll have to look for one that isn't that white though.

The shelf ideas you posted are neat in other set-ups, but it doesn't really mesh well with what I'm wanting.
Those invisible shelves are weird af, lol.
 
I made a plan for my current place while I was waiting to move in, I did so to plan the decor and feng shui but it also really helped me to maximize my space by experimenting with different layouts. You could make a scale model of your home or a room on here and size and place your furniture pieces and try out different things.
Too many, honestly. I have wall shelves in my living room, but I wanted to do something cuter for my bedroom. I have 2 bins full to put up here.
Is there any way you could use your 2 current bookcases and turn it into a feature wall? I looked up home library feature wall and I got things like this:

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