Under-$30 Upgrades Your Bathroom Is Probably Missing

So you brush your teeth regularly; good job. But how hygienic is it really to keep your toothbrush exposed in your bathroom, cohabitating with a toilet? That’s why investing in a toothbrush cover may be worthwhile, especially because it’s such an affordable sanitary fix.

These bestselling clip-on toothbrush protectors fit over the head of most electric and manual brushes, keeping bristles clean, fresh, and shielded from bathroom dirt and grime (and from cross-contamination from others’ brushes). They include four air vents, crucial for helping bristles quickly dry out so they don’t accumulate bacteria by staying damp like they would stuck in a dark medicine cabinet.

Their clip-on design makes it easy to take them on-the-go for travel, sleepovers or the gym, and their pack of four makes it easy to share with the rest of your family or to easily keep spares as backups.

They’re made with BPA-, phthalate-, and PVC-free food grade material.

Few things ruin a restful night of sleep faster than having to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and turning on the blinding overhead light, jolting you awake and making it that much more difficult to fall back asleep once you’re done.

I always assumed nightlights were for children who struggled with being afraid of the dark. But when a previous roommate wordlessly put a nightlight in our bathroom, I quickly realized how subtly revolutionary these practical little gadgets are. I absolutely love never having to turn on that overhead light once it’s late at night — so much so that once I moved into a different place, I, too, wordlessly bought and plugged in my own nightlights in order to convert a new group of roommates.

These GE 40 lumens LED nightlights are light-sensing, meaning that they stay off during the daytime and light up at dusk or when the room is dark, providing just enough soft illumination for you to easily see and get around without hurting your eyes (and making these lights energy-efficient, to boot). Plus, they’re sleek enough that they leave you room to utilize the outlet underneath. I love how they rotate a full 360-degrees so you can direct their light directly to where you want it. I swear by them for my bathroom as well as for staircases and the kitchen; once you realize how useful these are, one won’t be enough.

There’s little worse than having to touch the lid or seat of your toilet, whether you're lowering the lid after use or, worse, having to put the seat down after someone else uncouthly left it up.

These toilet seat handles are designed specifically to replace this shudder-worthy experience with a cleaner and more convenient place to raise the lid, allowing you to move the toilet seat via a handle rather than having to touch the toilet. (It may even serve as a visual reminder to those you live with to — please — lower the seat after they’re done using it.)

The handles attach with 3M adhesives and include thin adhesives for toilets with flat bottoms and thicker ones for toilets with curved bottoms. The adhesives are designed not to leave residue once they are removed.

Reviewers swear by the award-winning TubShroom hair catcher tool, which is carefully designed to snuggly fit inside your drain to neatly and effortlessly catch both human and pet hair. It’ll help prevent your drains from clogging, so you don’t have to stand in a pool of dirty water every time you attempt to shower yourself clean, and possibly also saving you from expensive visits from the plumber.

Best of all? It’s super easy to keep clean — just wipe the TubShroom off and re-insert it into your drain when it's time for a refresh, no chemical cleaners required. It fits standard 1.5-inch to 1.75-inch bath tub drains and also comes in a version for bathroom sinks. It’s available in multiple colors and in packs of two.