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Storing toilet cleaning bottles next to the loo?

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penguinsarecool · 30/12/2015 18:42

Am i the only one who dislikes seeing an array of toilet cleaning and bleach bottles next to the loo or on top of the cistern when i go to someone else's house?

OP posts:
BoGrainger · 30/12/2015 20:59

Why would I want to hide my Waitrose bleach? Obviously if it was from Asda that would be a different matter and I would probably have a cupboard built but there's nothing wrong with flaunting your cleaning products.

roundaboutthetown · 30/12/2015 20:59

Ah well, better Flash wipes than flannels. Xmas Grin

ArmchairTraveller · 30/12/2015 21:00

I see a glass bottle next to the sink and instantly imagine broken glass all over the place.

AppleSetsSail · 30/12/2015 21:03

Ahem. Aspirational?

Certainly no one offers to do my washing up. Does this happen to you? Shock

GinandJag · 30/12/2015 21:06

I'd love to live in a dream world where skid marks and lime scale ( and boys) didn't exist.

Alas, I have three tiny bathrooms so have to deal with reality.

We keep loo cleaner and bathroom spray on the floor, and have nice baskets for cosmetic stuff. We don't keep anything on the cistern, and have naice products on the window ledge.

I can't lose any sleep over out suboptimal situation as there is nothing we can do about it.

Katarzyna79 · 30/12/2015 21:11

OP i was thinking I'm nuts so i never mention it to anyone but my husband i can't tolerate the sight. growing up 26 years of my life at mums i took over. i removed all bottles made room under the sink no small kids so np. She shouted thought i was mad.

in my mind it looks dirty, especially the under rim toilet cleaner the thought it was used in toilet touched toilet and sitting on window sill. ive never seen products on a toilet cistern the thought makes me cringe.

i think its ocd. i used to wash my hands for many years like so many times they were raw bleeding. i guess that's what it is. maybe you have OCD tendencies OP?

i don't like the sight of clutter either. if choosing between clutter or a few crumbs of the floor the clutter would have to go or else i feel stressed barmy i know lool

mine are in tiny cupboard near sink, its too small for anything else so stuff it in there. in some houses ive lived in theres been a lack of storage so ive got a huge lockable container and used that, never will you see them in my bathroom on display lol

roundaboutthetown · 30/12/2015 21:11

Yes, when I go to friends' houses, I offer to do the washing up for them after a meal and vice versa.
It is a very nice looking sink by the way. I guess a bottle of Fairy Liquid next to the taps would lower the tone a bit! Grin

Sallystyle · 30/12/2015 21:13

Mine are on the windowsill, right with all my make up and creams which I can never be bothered to put away.

It's homely, at least that's what I tell myself

PurpleTreeFrog · 30/12/2015 21:21

I agree with Apple, have got my washing up liquid in one of these soap dispensers. It looks nicer than having the bottle out which adds visual clutter. If you look at show homes or gorgeously dressed houses in magazines, you don't tend to see products left out on the surfaces. It's little details like this make my house feel nicer.

Obviously I don't expect everyone else to do the same.

roundaboutthetown When a kind visitor does offer to wash up, they simply ask "where's your washing up liquid?". Simples. Most people don't keep teaspoons, mugs, sugar etc. out on the counter so that visitors can make a cup of tea without asking where something is... To me, this is no different from that.

Storing toilet cleaning bottles next to the loo?
Dipankrispaneven · 30/12/2015 21:24

Purple, isn't that incredibly inconvenient for getting the washing up liquid into the bowl? And don't your visitors use it as hand washing liquid?

mineofuselessinformation · 30/12/2015 21:25

I read this thread much earlier, then RL got in the way....
Am I going to get flamed if I say I have a caddy (in a naice white wood effect, with a lid) that holds bleach, cleaning products and a couple of toilet rolls in my bathrooms?

Dipankrispaneven · 30/12/2015 21:26

Out of interest - how many people who hate having loo cleaner next to the loo also wash their towels every day?

PurpleTreeFrog · 30/12/2015 21:26

Anyway, I don't exactly get the OP... Okay, if there are 7 almost-empty bottles of various loo products scattered around your loo, I might think "that's a bit messy", but in general I'd rather see cleaning products than skidmarks!

I do judge people's loos and sinks a bit though. Blush Some of my friends have loads of hairs and soap gunk in the sink, horrible dried up cracked bits of soap, toothpaste and 100 toiletries cluttering up the place so much that you know it probably never gets cleaned...

This makes me not want to use their hand towel, because if the rest of it is dirty, the towel is probably rarely washed and festooned with germs too. And once you start thinking about that, you start thinking about how dirty their hands must be and wondering if you'll get food poisoning when you eat the dinner...

Samcro · 30/12/2015 21:28

Ya u
Its a toilet that people shit in
Its never going to be pretty

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 30/12/2015 21:30

Am I going to get flamed if I say I have a caddy (in a naice white wood effect, with a lid) that holds bleach, cleaning products and a couple of toilet rolls in my bathrooms?

That would be the sensible compromise between the sensitive hiders and the shameless flaunters ; or alternatively it is the Liberal Democrat equivalent of cleansing product storage and appeals to almost no-one.

PurpleTreeFrog · 30/12/2015 21:31

People tend to wash their hands in the loo sink rather than the kitchen sink so I generally don't get that problem, Dipankrispaneven. It's not that hard to squirt it into the sink or sponge either, actually it means you can do it with one hand.

It also "rations" it really well because only a small amount comes out at a time, instead of a big blob, so it means a bottle of Fairy lasts ages.

As you can tell, I am very proud of my washing up liquid dispenser Grin

intothewoods · 30/12/2015 21:32

roundabout I leave the loo brush out just in case of guest emergencies Grin

AppleSetsSail · 30/12/2015 21:39

Out of interest - how many people who hate having loo cleaner next to the loo also wash their towels every day?

Not me, I wash my towel when it smells not so fresh. I try to run a fairly green operation (I fail, mostly, but try).

intothewoods · 30/12/2015 21:40

Dipankrispaneven I'm a hide the bottles as they are ugly type person but I don't wash my towels every single day, 2 or 3 times a week usually.

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 30/12/2015 21:41

Not me, I wash my towel when it smells not so fresh. I try to run a fairly green operation (I fail, mostly, but try)

Nor me , but my excuse is simply I have a very high level capability for ignoring stuff like this.

Nospringflower · 30/12/2015 21:41

I wash my shower towels after every use but not the hand towel - that stays until it looks a bit minging :)

LittleBeautyBelle · 30/12/2015 21:42

Needs to be put away but nearby.

Dipankrispaneven · 30/12/2015 21:42

My feeling is that people with time to keep putting cleaning bottles away into designated cupboards and worrying whether their loos and kitchens look pretty really don't have enough to fill their lives.

roundaboutthetown · 30/12/2015 21:45

So where do you keep your kitchen soap, then, PurpleTreeFrog*? Or do you go to the loo sink after handling raw meat, raw eggs, etc?

WhoKn0wsWhereTheMistletoes · 30/12/2015 21:46

Why would guests need bleach? Quick scrub with the loo brush and skids are gone. However I have no objection to seeing cleaning products visible in bathrooms. I feel more relaxed in non-showhome style houses.