Bathroom Drawer Organizers

[gee-dub]

A bit thin for a journal but it does show how it is done so . . .

I had other things to do and so had someone else remodel a couple of bathrooms. They were quicker than I would have been and probably did a better job overall. Knowing the natural behavior of the people who dwell in this region I see this commercial drawer just waiting to become the bathroom equivalent of the kitchen catch-all drawer.

My inner-organizing demon breaks free. I ripped some 1/4" HDF into 3" strips, set up a 45 degree v-groove bit in the router table, and went to it.

I used the bit to cut the outer corner miters, the v-grooves for the dividers, and the mating points on those dividers.


I used part of the profile on this molding bit to apply a slight round over to the tops of the parts. The fence sets the depth limit.

The parts are sanded, sealed, and left to dry. The parts friction-fit in the drawer like a puzzle and get me something like so.

Other drawers will have other patterns depending on their use.

[BillyJack]

Turned out nice,.l

[wtnhighlander]

Great idea, and nicely executed!

[Coop]

And if you want to venture even further, add rails above the compartments to the drawer sides, for a tray to slide on, front to back. 

[gee-dub]

On 1/6/2023 at 6:18 PM, Coop said:

And if you want to venture even further, add rails above the compartments to the drawer sides, for a tray to slide on, front to back. 

SWMBO had asked for just such a thing in the form of a sliding tray. We took a tour of the common use of drawers in her domain. I demonstrated how a height limit had to be understood and followed if the tray were to move forward and back as designed. After a brief discussion this feature was removed from the work order.

Here's a drawer from a different bathroom.