Martha Stewart Hand Towel Caddy : Hair Brush Caddy

Our bathroom is short on storage and I apparently have a ton of hairbrushes with no place to put them. I remembered that Martha Stewart had an idea for an organizer made with a hand towel so I set to.

Here is what I did:

I bought and pre-washed a hand towel that matched my other ones.

I bought a 1/2" dowel rod and made a channel on the end for it to slide through.  We left about 1 1/2" on each side and used a saw to cut off the dowel and sand the ends.

I took a look at my hair-grooming collection and wondered why I have so many brushes when I basically wear my hair in a ponytail every day.

I found a home for each hairbrush along the towel and placed pins to mark the dividers. As the pockets would need a little room to get around the brushes, I made allowances (perhaps 2") extra.

I sewed on a little flat pocket for a comb holder.  I just measured the comb, added extra allowance so I could turn the ends under for seaming.

To make the pockets, I folded up the end of the towel in a double fold and slipped the hairbrushes in to make sure the pockets were deep enough.

Channels were sewn where I marked them.

Hairbrushes were slipped into place. Dowel rod found its home.  Grosgrain ribbon made an appearance on the ends and Jeff put a hook on the bathroom door.

Yay!

Comments

[Yanoff]

I had the same thing in my kitchen for kitchen knives. Unfortunately, they kept falling through. ;-)

[nyjlm]

that's very clever!