Best Overall
VASAGLE 2-Drawer Floor Cabinet
- Storage: 1 open shelf, 2 drawers
- Material: Engineered wood (MDF)
- Dimensions: 11.8"D x 11.8"W x 35"H
- Weight Capacity: 40 lb
Pros
- Takes a 12-inch gap nothing else fills
- Open shelf for daily items, drawers for clutter
- Numbered parts make assembly straightforward
- Anti-tip kit included in the box
Cons
- 40-pound capacity limits the top shelf
The strip between a toilet and a wall is usually the only floor a small bathroom has left, and it is usually about a foot wide. This cabinet is 11.8 inches square on the floor and 35 inches tall, which is the whole reason it works: it goes into that strip and the top lands at a height you can reach without bending. Ours took the bottles, the spare toothbrushes and a hairdryer that had been living on the toilet tank.
It is the one we point people to first, and the reasoning is straightforward. You get an open shelf at grab height for the things you use twice a day, two drawers above it for the things you do not want on display, and a footprint narrow enough to fit rooms where a 24-inch cabinet simply will not go. Nothing about it is fancy, and in a small bathroom that restraint is the appeal.
The drawers are shallow enough that small items do not disappear into them, and the open section is the part we used most. Assembly is standard flat-pack: numbered panels, picture instructions, one Phillips screwdriver, and pieces small enough that one person can build it on the floor of the room it is going into. The anti-tip strap in the box is worth fitting even against a wall you think is solid.
Forty pounds is the ceiling, and that is a real ceiling: towels, bottles and a plant are fine, a stack of wet bath towels is not. It is a small-space cabinet rather than a family one, and a week of towels for four people needs something wider.