Simple Tray for Organizing the Bathroom or Other Rooms

by Amanda

3 Materials

1 Hour

Easy

My sister’s main bathroom doesn’t have any storage space, so she asked if I could make her a small tray for on top of the toilet.

simple tray for organizing the bathroom or other rooms

This is the perfect project to use scrap boards and can easily be modified to fit your space and style. I used 1x4 furring strip boards for the sides and a thin plywood piece for the bottom.

Cut your boards to size. Toilet tanks do not come in a standard size, so make sure you measure your intended area. My cuts were 13 1/2” for the long sides, and 5 1/2” for the short sides. The 1x4s were about 5/8” thick, so the plywood was cut to 12 1/4” x 5 1/2”.

I wanted this tray to have a farmhouse look, so I did a quick coat of stain followed by a whitewash (1 part flat white paint, 3 parts water). Left side is before wiping the whitewash off, right is after wiping.

It wasn’t quite light enough, so I did a second whitewash. Once dry, I glued and nailed the pieces together using trim nails.

I also put some fun sayings on both sides, so the tray can easily be flipped around to change things up.

As I said before, I made this using scrap pieces, but a 1x4 furring strip is less than $2. The plywood scrap I used was 3/8”, but any scrap plywood or even a thin board (such as a 1x6) will work.

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Em on Oct 28, 2020

cute!

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Cheryl Heck-Garcia on Oct 28, 2023

This is hilarious! I wish I'd thought of this when all of our boys were home!🤣

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