Exposed toothbrushes - the horror!!!

We just moved to our new apartment. We have kitties. They are not supposed to be on the bathroom counters for any reason. Occassionally I have caught them up there and I started to worry about our exposed toothbrushes. Ew.

So I decided we needed a covered toothbrush holder - ASAP!

At first I really like this one:

available at stacksandstacks.com

It would hold everything and keep it nice and tidy. It was a little over $15 and with shipping it would have been around $22. Not too bad, but I realized that everything really did need to fit in there. As in we could never have an odd shaped toothpaste and I've never even seen a floss container that looked like that.

So my second choice was this:

from bedbathandbeyond.com

It is available in 3 different finishes (oil rubbed bronze, chrome, and brushed aluminum). It's 19.99 and given the choice, my husband like this one better.

I guess it depends on how important aesthetics vs organization is to you (they're about equal for me so the hubby is usually the tie breaker). This one holds three toothbrushes and has a big open section for toothpaste. it could hold a lot more if you took out the metal divider. I'm happy with it and it has been a great addition to our bathroom organization.

Oh yeah - in case you were worried ~ we bought new toothbrushes to go in it (just in case).