How do you house your shave den?

[friendo977]

As someone who is getting deeper and deeper into wet shaving, I am having a problem, and I am hoping that someone who has faced this problem can give me a suggestion for a product to help solve the nuisance. I like my bathroom to be neat an orderly, but the more I enjoy wet shaving, the more products I am buying. I am blessed to be able to afford anything I want (single, no kids lol) and so I don't want to sell any of my brushes or creams or razors to clear up space. Actually, I want to buy more, I can't get enough shaving gear...I can't be the only one who wants to try everything.

I bought a fairly large vanity tray that would handle all my shaving stuff as well as my other toiletries and it did for a while. However, now that I have several tubs of different creams, razors, brushes, etc I find that I can only have 1 or 2 tubs and one brush and razor and bowl with my other toiletries, without the sink being overloaded and looking junky. I don't have a medicine cabinet, so I am storing the rest of the stuff in a couple plastic containers below the sink. Now even those are starting to overfolw.

I have been looking for a bathroom storage solution, maybe a counter-top medicine cabinet, but my searching the internet has proven mostly futile. Like many of you, since the tubs of shaving cream, and razors and other stuff look so good, I was hoping to find something that wasn't cheap plastic, but yet had a lot of storage. I realize this is basically the definition of a first world problem, and I apologize if I sound like a spoiled brat, but I swear wet shaving has become my one hobby I pour money into (sports is my other, but that is free) and I do work 60 hour weeks, so I allow myself to enjoy this hobby as a reminder of why I put in so many hours.

So does anyone who has faced the problem of an overgrown shave den have a link, or a product they can suggest?

 

[Relentless]

I'm slowly taking over a shelf in a linen closet right outside the bathroom. The next step is hanging my strops and cordoning off an area. Little by little and my wife doesn't even notice the take-over. I realize you don't have the same dilemmas, but there must be somewhere, maybe near by the bathroom, you can store and sort your shaving necessities. I too have a bathroom I like to keep clean and modern looking, but it is very small and doesn't take much to clutter it up.

 

[friendo977]

I have a linen closet where I can clear a shelf to store the everything. Again, this sounds spoiled, but I was hoping to have something in the bathroom , that would provide both storage and where it would be able to be displayed (for my enjoyment, I am the only one in there) and also accessible. That way, I can just choose what combo of razor, cream, and aftershave I will use on the spot. Again, if I have to go into a closet or underneath the sink, it is not the end of the world. I just see these guys that have medicine closets full of stuff or tons of product on their sink, and I get a little jealous. Maybe the answer is to be happy with what I got, and stop looking at people's shave dens on youtube.

I have thought about taking the straight razor plunge, but two things hinder me. First I want to get much more proficient using a DE and second, I can't imagine where I would put all the straight razors, strops, and other accessories that I would convince myself I would suddenly need. You straight razor guys have my respect though, scary just looking at it!

 

[Gingerbread]

My collection takes the better part of my desk's ample hutch. The rest is stored under the bathroom sink and on a shelf I made for my shaving kit back when I had a reasonable amount.

 

[Relentless]

Those pictures where guys have stuff out in the bathroom... yeah, that's just what happens to be out. You can rest assured there's a closet, a drawer, or a desk somewhere with the rest of the stash.

Edit: No matter how much space you make in the bathroom it will get full and cluttered again. Or at least we can hope!

 

[GarrettReid]

The top of my dresser is devoted to shaving gear and cologne. As well as my medicine cabinet... Along with a shelf in my bathroom...

 

[sterno]

Only rational solution is to move to a bigger place!

 

[OkieStubble]

I just kinda throw it in...

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[OkieStubble]

And it just sits there, waiting for me...

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[ackvil]

I installed sliding drawers under my vanity and it opened up a lot more space for my goodies.

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[LoveThatBurn]

I installed sliding drawers under my vanity and it opened up a lot more space for my goodies.

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Wish I could do that for my tiny college apartment.

 

[alpster]

I have a tiny bathroom so I took the only unused corner.....

Ronnie

 

[Mick]

The wife found a floor standing English oak Victorian cabinet for the shave den that holds a lot of my stuff. I have razors in that and in some boxes on top and on the shelves of it.

I have a shelf for after shaves. Blades, soaps and creams are in the 6 drawers of the vanity.

I pretty much have my own bathroom so no worries about taking all of the available space I need.

It helped a lot when I sold off about 40 +/- razors and brushes a few months ago

 

[LoveThatBurn]

That is one amazing bathroom. Not just talking about the gear, everything there looks really awesome

 

[blzrfn]

That is one amazing bathroom. Not just talking about the gear, everything there looks really awesome

+1, some built in speakers and some classical music would make for a euphoric shaving experience, especially with the warm sunrise peaking through that window.

 

[santamariasteve]

Just remember that blades and loaded razors should NOT be stored in a bathroom or any place where there is potential moisture. And that includes being next to a moist brush. Unless, of course, you WANT to degrade the sharpness of your blades.

Keep 'em dry!

 

[drawonme]

Marty ur master bath here in San Miguel de Allende has a fireplace and is as large as many bedrooms. I was very lucky to get some furniture with the house including a very deep, 6 foot tall antique mesquite cabinet with shelves, drawers and enough room for 6 lifetime's supply of shaving gear and supplies. The other 2 lifetime's worth, I keep in boxes in the casita.

M

 

[gash]

I don't house my shaving gear. It houses me.

 

[Ixtab]

I find the "over the toilet" cabinet things work quite well for holding creams, brushes & aftershaves.

like this----> http://www.kaboodle.com

 

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