Where to place glasses in bathroom?

August 13, 2010 7:22 AM

Where do you place your glasses when taking a shower?

I am almost blind without my eyeglasses, but I don't wear them to the shower. In my previous apartment I used to place them on top of the washing mahine, but now I've moved and don't have one in the bathroom. Currently the only dry horizontal space I've got is on top of the toilet where I press a button to flush. I'd like a more stylish solution.

Where do you put yours in your bathroom?

posted by keijo to Home & Garden (39 answers total)

Why do you need a stylish solution? Are you expecting visitors to mill around in the bathroom silently judging your decorating choices while you shower?

I just put mine on the counter, or on the desk in my room. I can't see well without my glasses, but I can walk from the bathroom to my bedroom without them.
posted by DMan at 7:25 AM on August 13, 2010 [11 favorites]

I just put mine on the sink - but if that won't work, could you hang them off the shower curtain?
posted by DingoMutt at 7:26 AM on August 13, 2010

I have to put mine on the shelf in the medicine cabinet because my cat thinks they are a toy.
If a klepto cat is not a concern for you, maybe try a little basket or caddy that might slip over a towel bar or shower curtain rod. (IKEA sells lots of stuff like that in the kitchen organizers section. In fact many of my bathroom organizer things come from various stores' kitchen departments). Another idea is to get a caddy that suction cups onto the wall of the shower.
posted by pointystick at 7:27 AM on August 13, 2010

I've an etagere over the toilet, and it makes a good place to rest anything I need quickly after getting out of the shower.
posted by batmonkey at 7:28 AM on August 13, 2010

On the sink next to the shower.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 7:28 AM on August 13, 2010 [2 favorites]

I put them in the sink. So if I have to feel around for them nothing can get knocked over.
posted by moochoo at 7:28 AM on August 13, 2010 [6 favorites]

Where you put your shampoo.
posted by amethysts at 7:29 AM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

Why do you need a stylish solution? Are you expecting visitors to mill around in the bathroom silently judging your decorating choices while you shower?

Help by answering the question, not questioning the premises.

Where do you hang your towel while you shower? You could cut/hem little embroidered holes in your towels and hang your glasses on them while you shower. Hanging in general is what occurs to me first, on a nail in the wall or the towels or wherever. Only concern would be them falling and breaking.
posted by carsonb at 7:30 AM on August 13, 2010

On the bathroom windowsill.
posted by ghharr at 7:31 AM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

I have a small bathroom adjacent to my bedroom, and my nightstand is right next to the bathroom door. I put my glasses on the nightstand when I'm showering. In fact, almost anytime I have my glasses off in the houses, I put them on the nightstand -- if they're anywhere else, I'm worried I'll forget they're there and knock them over.

I'm sure your vision is worse than mine without your glasses, but still ... even if you're almost blind without them ... I would think the walk from your bathroom to your bedroom would be not just short but so routine that you could do it with your eyes closed if you had to.

carsonb: Actually, since it's not clear what the OP means by "stylish solution," questioning this premise could help us give better advice. I'm still interested to know why a "stylish solution" is needed, or what this even means.
posted by Jaltcoh at 7:31 AM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

Seconding an etagere over the toilet. They're lifesavers when your bathroom has no flat surfaces to put anything.
posted by Metroid Baby at 7:32 AM on August 13, 2010

Get some of those 3M Command Adhesive hooks and stick it on the wall near to the shower (when you move you can cleanly remove the hook because of the way this adhesive works). Get or make a little pouch of some sort to hang on the hook. Slip your glasses into the pouch when you get in the shower.
posted by nanojath at 7:32 AM on August 13, 2010

Something a bit simpler than an etagere would be just a simple ledge shelf above the toilet.
posted by smackfu at 7:37 AM on August 13, 2010

I either leave them next to my bed (I'm also blind without 'em, but I don't need vision to navigate around my house) or in the caddy I take to the shower. And by caddy, I mean "in my wheelchair basket", so that's maybe a unique solution :-P
posted by spaceman_spiff at 7:38 AM on August 13, 2010

Agreeing on the 3M Command strips nanojath mentions, which work very well, but I'd rather use the soap dish for my glasses than a hook. Or the small shower caddy, so the glasses can't get knocked off of it. Not totally stylish in itself, but the lack of bathroom clutter is nice; you can place it inside the shower stall to reduce cluttter.
posted by Ery at 7:40 AM on August 13, 2010

On the counter. No matter how blind you are I'd assume you could step out of the shower and take the step or two it takes to get to the counter. If you have trouble finding the glasses on the counter than the sink would work because then they'd be at the bottom and you just reach in and there they are.
posted by theichibun at 7:42 AM on August 13, 2010

My glasses always need a cleaning. I take the chance to put them in the sink with some water and pure liquid soap. Give the glasses a rinse and dry and along with a clean me I have clean glasses.
posted by notned at 7:42 AM on August 13, 2010 [9 favorites]

I keep an extra case in the bathroom. I have two kitties so I tend to put anything of value in containers.
posted by dorkydancer at 7:43 AM on August 13, 2010

Response by poster: Thank you for your replies! When I meant stylish I was already jumping ahead into decorating with additional shelves and hooks and puches or what not, since there just isn't a confortable space in the bathroom at the moment.

I do not fancy leaving them in the sink since it is usually wet, ditto for where I leave my shampoo. And yes, I can find my way from the rest of the apartment to my bathroom, but I often do various other grooming tasks in the bathroom before showering and for these I really need those glasses.
posted by keijo at 7:44 AM on August 13, 2010

Response by poster: I really do like notned's answer, incorporating simultaneous cleaning of body and glasses.
posted by keijo at 7:48 AM on August 13, 2010

On top of my towels, usually. Which i normally place on top of the sink just before stepping into the shower.
posted by royalsong at 7:51 AM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

But like you, I'm so blind that if the glasses are wet I'm going have trouble navigating. So I put them on the tap to stay dry - its one of those dual taps with a broadish flat surface. I wonder if there could be a waterproof solution with style out there in the market that could just be hung on the shower taps or something?
posted by infini at 7:53 AM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

Unless I'm washing my hair (which is weekly, since it's super-dry), my glasses go on my head. Otherwise, on the shampoo rack. You could get another soap dish and nominate it the glasses dish, either on the sink or inside the shower.
posted by cobaltnine at 7:54 AM on August 13, 2010

I hang mine on the shower curtain, so that when I turn off the water, I just grab them. Sure, they have water droplets on them, but I just clean that off.
posted by SNWidget at 7:55 AM on August 13, 2010

Yeah, every time I take a shower I wash my glasses under warm running water afterwards. And I use soap. This serves the dual purposes of cleaning as well as de-fogging (using warm water minimizes re-fogging while you're still in there). This makes me less concerned about putting them on the toilet during a shower in places where there is no counter space. The medicine cabinet is another possibility.
posted by wondermouse at 8:02 AM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

on top of the toilet where I press a button to flush.

Yep, that's where. Or on the window sill if the top of the toilet is looking dusty at all.
posted by wackybrit at 9:00 AM on August 13, 2010

I have a sponge caddy for kitchen sinks that attaches to the inside of my shower with suction cups. I put it high enough to be out of the direct splash zone, but low enough to be within easy fumbling distance if I need to flail about and put them on in a hurry.

I have a second one outside the shower, between the ceramic toothbrush holder and soap shelf attached to the wall above the sink and below the medicine chest, which is where my glasses live when my contacts are in.
posted by elizardbits at 9:35 AM on August 13, 2010

I leave mine open and hook them on the edge of the sink, similar to this sink caddy.
posted by rhizome at 9:52 AM on August 13, 2010

Put mine on the toilet tank, but love moochoo's idea!
posted by ethnomethodologist at 10:30 AM on August 13, 2010

I put mine on the toilet tank. The glasses are dark, the toilet is white, I don't have to grope around like Mr Magoo to find them.
posted by essexjan at 10:47 AM on August 13, 2010

I know someone wore his into the shower and washed them in the process. They have never rusted or show other signs of wear from it. Plus side, you won't be blind while you get your business done.
posted by vilandra at 10:48 AM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

I take mine in the shower with me and wash them. Then I hang them on the bar of the little built-in soap dish thing. After I shower, I dry myself, then dry my glasses.
posted by jennyb at 11:42 AM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

My father-in-law says he showers with his glasses on, as his way of cleaning them daily.
posted by Eshkol at 12:01 PM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

I put them in the pocket of my bathrobe (which hangs on the back of the door). I used to leave them on the counter, but they don't get all steamed up in the bathrobe pocket.
posted by dogmom at 12:59 PM on August 13, 2010

I've always placed them on top of my toilet seat (but I'm one of those people that always has the toilet seat completely closed due to cats).
posted by majikstreet at 1:52 PM on August 13, 2010

Now that I live in a house with hard water and a far away countertop I've chosen to wear them in with me. Don't know why I never thought of it before, I like it cause now I can see while in the shower. Give it a shot.
posted by Meagan at 4:28 PM on August 13, 2010

My friend's small daughter likes to make inventions. If you have glasses and she visits you, you will get her "Keeper" for a present.

She gets a piece of yarn that matches your shower curtain, and ties a loop in each end. Hang it from the rod along the outside of the curtain, and you have a stylish, yarny, unobtrusive thing you can stick the arm of your glasses through.
posted by Sallyfur at 9:20 PM on August 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

I am fascinated by all of the people who wear their glasses in the shower!

I put mine on the sink, or sometimes in a dish I keep just for that purpose in the kitchen.
posted by sdn at 11:12 PM on August 13, 2010

Yeah, I wear mine into the shower, take them off and hang them from the shampoo rack. At some point in the shower I wash them with soap, rinse, and hang them over the top of the shower door so I don't forget them when I leave the shower. When I get out and am dry again, I grab my glasses, use a corner of the towel or dressing gown/pjs/t-shirt to dry them (don't tell my optician I dry them with anything scratchier than baby unicorn fur) and put them back on. Hey presto, clean glasses every day.

Added bonus: if your glasses have metal frames, washing them in the shower makes them warm! This is nice on cold days.
posted by badmoonrising at 5:10 PM on August 14, 2010