00:00Hey, I'm Bee, video producer at Refinery29 with a side hustle as a professional organizer.
00:05I'm here today because Courtney told me that she's dealing with too many roommates at a
00:10small bathroom.
00:11Hi Bee, it's Courtney.
00:13I'm here with my roommate, Mariu.
00:14She's doing her makeup.
00:15I have to go to the bathroom.
00:17Della just got out of the shower.
00:19We all have somewhere to be.
00:20We need help.
00:21Please help us, Bee.
00:23Growing up with three sisters, I can totally relate and I know the pain of everyone getting
00:28ready in a small space.
00:29So let's see what we can do.
00:34Hi.
00:36Welcome to my home.
00:38My name is Courtney.
00:39I live in Brooklyn in Bushwick and I live with my two roommates.
00:42I really want Bee to fix our bathroom with three women.
00:45It can just be too much sometimes, especially when we're all trying to go out.
00:48So this is the entire bathroom.
00:51Yes.
00:51As you can see, there's a ton of product everywhere.
00:55This is only what you can see on the surface.
00:57The most intense thing for me is the shower space.
01:01If you can see, like the ledge is totally just like dominated by product.
01:07Sometimes if I close the shower curtain, like product will just like go flying.
01:12If you go behind here.
01:13Okay.
01:14So it's two hooks.
01:15I see two towels and a baby towel.
01:18Three girls.
01:20Another problem area is definitely under here.
01:23As you can see, it's kind of like a no man's land.
01:26It's just stuff.
01:27Yeah.
01:28It's just like pipes, no shelves.
01:30Okay.
01:31So I always have to ask, are you working with any sort of budget?
01:35Probably around 200 is how much we would want to spend on a project like this.
01:39Okay.
01:39It's important to us, definitely.
01:41Yeah.
01:42So yeah.
01:43Great.
01:43Well, I will take that and see what I can do.
01:47Can't wait to see.
01:49Cool.
01:49Cool.
01:50Let's go.
01:55Okay.
01:56So the three issues that Courtney is dealing with are a place for product inside the shower,
02:01storage for things outside of the shower, and the general disorder underneath the sink.
02:05As you can see, it's a pretty small space.
02:07So it's incredibly important that we're efficient with the space that they do have.
02:10For the shower, I'm putting together the ultimate shower caddy.
02:13Three bins in a row that will tuck away nicely along the wall.
02:16I'm using matching plastic shower caddies and a tension rod, like this one.
02:20This should help Courtney and her roommates keep all the products off the edge of the tub
02:24and easily accessible.
02:25A classic hack that I love is repurposing the traditional over-the-door shoe rack.
02:30In this case, it's a great storage system for beauty products and anything else they
02:34want to neatly tuck behind the door.
02:36Everything is always easy to find.
02:38Courtney also talked about not having enough mirror space.
02:41I thought of a quick fix that doesn't involve putting mirrors all over the bathroom.
02:44I'm making a piece of art that's reversible.
02:47With a cheap picture frame, some artwork, adhesive, and a mirror, it's a customizable solution.
02:54Okay, now that we have our fixes figured out, I'm excited to go move them back into Courtney's bathroom.
02:59Let's go.
03:00Let's go.
03:00Let's go.
03:02Let's go.
03:04Let's go.
03:05Let's go.
03:06Let's go.
03:07Let's go.
03:09Let's go.
03:21Let's go.
03:26All right.
03:28I'm officially done in Courtney's bathroom.
03:30So I'm going to go get her and bring her in.
03:32Good luck in there.
03:35Oh my God.
03:36It's so cute.
03:37I love this.
03:39Beautiful.
03:40Clean.
03:41There must almost...
03:42There's almost nothing left.
03:43Yeah.
03:43All my shit must be somewhere else.
03:45Oh my God.
03:46Damn.
03:48Every girl has a bin.
03:49Yes.
03:50This is the communal tampon bin.
03:53Yes.
03:54Crucial.
03:55This is so smart.
03:56Oh my God.
03:56And then wait.
03:57We got...
03:58Let's shut us...
03:59Let's lock us in here.
04:00Oh my God.
04:01Damn.
04:02So this is like all access.
04:04Yes.
04:05Grab and go.
04:06Like while you're doing your hair.
04:08And three beautiful hangers for all of us.
04:10Everyone can hang a towel.
04:12Last thing.
04:13Okay.
04:13Maybe look in the shower.
04:16Oh my God.
04:18It's so cute.
04:18It's so cute.
04:19I love it.
04:20Yeah.
04:21There's nothing here.
04:22It's beautiful.
04:23Look at all this space around the rim.
04:26There's no...
04:27Damn.
04:27Nothing falling on you.
04:29Yes.
04:29While you're taking a shower.
04:30This is beautiful.
04:31And like you know where your stuff is.
04:32Right.
04:32This is mine.
04:33Love the decoration.
04:34So fun fact about this little thing.
04:37We talked about how you guys are always kind of fighting over the mirror.
04:41Yeah.
04:41So what I did with this thing was I made it a piece of reversible artwork.
04:46Oh really?
04:47So you can see here.
04:50Just like that.
04:51Ah!
04:52Another mirror.
04:53Some more mirror space.
04:54Damn.
04:54Just in case someone's doing their makeup there.
04:58This is perfect.
04:59And you can do your hair here.
05:00This is perfect.
05:01This is so perfect.
05:02I'm so psyched about this.
05:03Good.
05:04Hell yeah.
05:04And then like, you know, no one wants to be vain.
05:07So move it back and you got yourself some artwork.
05:10Fuck yeah.
05:10That's so cool.
05:11So you gave me the budget of $200.
05:14I did.
05:15Can we get a little drum roll?
05:17It came in at $1.19.
05:20Oh my God.
05:21Saving $80?
05:22Right?
05:23Oh yeah.
05:23Put that in your pocket.
05:24Yes.
05:25Ah, it's perfect.
05:26Good.
05:26I'm glad.
05:28Well, it's pretty clear that Courtney liked the bathroom.
05:31We were able to hit all of her goals for the small space and stay under budget.
05:35So we're both happy.
05:36All she has to do now is show her roommates and I'm on to the next one.
05:42Hi, B. We're here in our apartment in our brand new bathroom.
05:46And we just want to tell you thank you.
05:49We love it so much.
05:50You're the best.
05:51Bye.
05:52Yay.
05:52Thanks.
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