POLL: Where do you keep your toothbrush?

Emily H

9 years ago

Are you a cup on the counter person? Inside the medicine cabinet? In a drawer? Where is your toothbrush hiding and why?

VOTE and tell us about it in the comments!

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Cup by the sink

In a drawer

In the medicine cabinet

Other - Tell us!

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M W

9 years ago

on the toilet seat

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Another Thyme
9 years ago
I don't like to keep my toothbrush in a bathroom so it is in the kitchen.
Helen
9 years ago
Before I got my electric I had it in a holder with fake flowers. No one could see it. Now modernity has taken over.
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ithad2bu
9 years ago
In a toothbrush plastic holder (like for travel) and in the cabinet.
reno2009
9 years ago
I don't like to see it cluttering the counter so only out of the cupboard when charging
whynotdecorate
9 years ago
next to the sink in a holder
sarnago
9 years ago
Upside down in a glass half peroxide half water. Keeps toothbrush clean
livesmall
9 years ago
Inside the medicine cabinet. Hate the thought of all those germs in the bathroom. Have kept it in my beedroom, but kept forgetting to take it in wheen needed.
Sheryl Wood-Weiser
9 years ago
On the sink, in a cup filled with mouthwash
vcavellucci
9 years ago
I have a toothbrush holder stuck (suction pad) in the mirror
vcavellucci
9 years ago
I have a toothbrush holder stuck (suction pad) in the mirror
bcraftygirl
9 years ago
We don't have a medicine cabinet, so mine is in the drawer. As in my kitchen, I don't like a lot of clutter on the counter top in the bathroom. Plus, I have always thought it seems a little unsanitary to keep the toothbrush out in the open in the same room where the toilet gets flushed. Then about a year ago I saw a segment on TV about how it really isn't good to keep your toothbrush exposed in the vacinity of the toilet.
laurie0714
9 years ago
Our toothbrushes are rechargeable battery ones, too. So, they normally sit on the counter on the charging unit. When they are charged, the plug gets pulled out of the outlet. As another poster said, it's not good for them to be on the charger all of the time. I try to keep most everything else put away except the soap dispenser, but sometimes the hairdryer gets left out. I would like an outlet inside the cabinet drawer so the hairdryer could be plugged in there and more apt to be put away after using it. Better to see the nice granite countertop without the clutter!
Jennifer Jefferies
9 years ago
Our electric toothbrushes stay on their chargers under the sink. I've drilled holes for the cords to go to an adjoining cabinet that has a plug for the jetted tub. Our manual toothbrushes are kept in the tip out "drawers" in front of the sink.
meora
9 years ago
toothbrush is in the toothbrush holder on the counter.
Chandler Lund
9 years ago
On the counter. Or in the bathtub. Or in a basket of toys. Wherever my 2 year old manages to whisk it away to after stealing it from the counter. For all I know, she uses it to clean the toilet and then brushes our dog's teeth with it and then sticks it back in the toothbrush holder. Gasp! And I have yet to get sick from all those nasty germs!
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Affy
9 years ago
in a travel kit outside bathroom
Martha Patricia Pérez Pacheco
9 years ago
hanging on the mirror, like this but with a bear
dansby
9 years ago
In my bedroom. Everyone in the house does.
Momof5x
9 years ago
It/they ( have two) in a toothbrush holder on the wall in a wire shelf hanger at side of sink but up. I prefer them far from sink for several reason , also when cleaning bathroom, be sure to move it away from area when using window spray for mirrors. Some toothbrushes have caps that cover them, so that is even better.
dondkawa
9 years ago
Owa ow
korosis
9 years ago
In a pretty box, inside the drawer
Gloria H.
9 years ago
Electric - vanity
foreverfarm11
9 years ago
I have a covered toothbrush holder/stainless that sits out on the sink - it is covered- I am not happy that it is stainless - but it was the only one I have found that has the flip down lid and helps keeps germs out while letting the toothbrushes breathe
shamasbay
9 years ago
Out of sight, please.
wasred
9 years ago
in a toothbrush holder that also holds a glass and soap dish. With a silver handle. My toilet is in its own closet.
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Crosswater UK
8 years ago
In a tumbler near the basin! http://www.crosswater.co.uk/category/crosswater-accessories-tumblers/
hatetoshop
8 years ago
According to Mythbusters, no toothbrush is safe: Mythbusters -- Toothbrush Fecal Matter
sunshinegirl3
8 years ago
I have a closed in toilet area with a sliding door. The toilet is about 9 1/2 feet from the shower. The shower has a small space that is used for things like towels etc and there is a small window above it with a small shelf. The tooth brushes are on that shelf. Every toothbrush is dosed with rubbing alcohol and well rinsed once a week and replaced every 3 months. Tooth brushes are gross.
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dragontal
8 years ago
On the counter
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DaVill Blinds
8 years ago
Like things clean and put away
Adriana Minck
8 years ago
totally gross for a lot of people but ever since I met my husband, we have shared a toothbrush and neither of us will brush our teeth unless it's kept in the shower. don't worry we change toothbrush tops quite often haha also, for the people who want to inform me about how transferring toothbrushes can cause cavities from the bacteria and ppl with cavities, my husband has somewhere around 8 cavities and I have never had a single cavity :)
Elsa
8 years ago
Electric, on counter next to sink, but plenty of room, so doesn't get splashed of dirty. Toilet is not close by, it's in a room with a door on it, inside the bathroom.
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Studio NOO Design
8 years ago
Nothing to the view...hidden in the vanity drawer.
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User
8 years ago
shower-tooth-brusher over here, so it's in the shower in a niche.
User
8 years ago
A bathroom has to function and toothbrushing is one of its more important functions. We each have our own holder and matching cup at our respective sinks. Keep them looking good, no old nasty things. The toilet is in its own room, so no germs from that. But, I have to laugh at the comments about germs. I wonder how many have towel bars anywhere near the toilet? Or tissue boxes on top of the toilet. UGH.
rachaelhendrix
8 years ago
In a drawer.
Elsa
8 years ago
My husband and I each use electric so they are each on the counter, one by his sink and one by my mine. We have the larger charger (with cleaning part) (mine came with 2 chargers, one small & one large) inside the upper cabinet next to our sinks. We had our builder install outlets in there. Just use it for cleaning our brush heads, in between replacing them. Our counters are very spacious so I don't mind leaving them out. Also, toilet is in its own room (with a door on it) in our bathroom, so that works for us. I really like our electric TB's.
JJ Jones
8 years ago
My husband and I cover them and they hang on the wall.
kamella
8 years ago
My toothbrush is in a toothbrush holder inside the bathroom closet. Why is it in hiding? Because its a necessary acessory thats not very attractive
M B
8 years ago
All toothbrushes in my house are kept in personalized trays in drawers. Why? Because when flushed, toilets create a water spray or mist that can travel up twenty feet away from the toilet. Toilet water on a toothbrush is just yucky!
Aine
8 years ago
In its case, in a travel pouch in the refrigerator.
teamaltese
8 years ago
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger...
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Just found this fun wall-hanging piece at a craft store in Hood River, OR:
ekguild
7 years ago
As a kid, we had a wall-mounted toothbrush and water cup holder. So all 4 in the family hung theirs there. Later when my parents remodeled, they were kept in the vanity drawer.

As an adult, I started brushing my teeth in the shower. Less mess in the sink to clean and multi-tasking.

I did have an electric that needed to charge and that had to be kept on the bathroom counter. But that was in our 'big house', so my vanity and shower were on the opposite end of the room from the 'water closet'.

Now in a smaller bathroom, I keep it in the medicine cabinet (not a charging electric, just battery), because the shower is next to the throne, even if the curtain and liner are closed...not taking chances :P
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Mark Bischak, Architect
7 years ago
In the toothbrush holder.
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Cameron's Design
7 years ago
I have a round pink toothbrush holder of shiny ceramic that matches my bathroom decor. And, yep, the toothbrush is pink too. Somebody stop me!!!:)
Lynn Eve K
7 years ago
I didn't want a medicine cabinet, so we built in a special toothbrush niche for our electric brushes, with the power outlet hidden on the inside of the niche.
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NIKKI DALE
4 years ago
In xrawer on a cloth changechanged
Kendrah
last year
Inside a drawer with a traveling toothbrush cover on the head and I clean the cover with rubbing alcohol every so often. Keep those germs off my brush!

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