After dropping two full rolls of toilet paper in the toilet, I realize toilet paper holder is actually quite necessary...
The main bathroom in our new home was not finished when we moved in, the first few weeks we have to share the semi-finished powder room with the contractors and borrow the shower in Phoebe's sister's house (thanks gods it's only 5 min. drive from our home). We were so happy when the main bathroom is finally done but there were no mirror, no toilet paper holder, no towel bar...the only accessory we had back then is probably a small trash can.
It took way longer than we thought to find a toilet paper holder that we both like, for some reason most of the ones you can purchase from big-box store are chrome finish which we really don't like. We originally thought it's not a big deal, we can simply put the toilet paper on the toilet sink, it's just a bit awkward when you have to access it while sitting on the toilet. I quickly learned that a toilet paper holder is actually quite necessary after I dropped the second full roll of toilet paper in the toilet....
SO, it's time to build one myself! The goal is to make a simple toilet paper holder out of wood and some bolt & nuts, and since our phone is pretty much a necessity now, I want to add some sort of shelf on the final design.
Learning from the mistakes that lead to waste of time & material while building the closet storage, I realized I need to take more time to finalize and complete my design, I even made a "IKEA style" instruction and a isometric exploded view for myself. Of course I still made some wrong turn but this practice really helped the build process and greatly reduced how much time I just sit in my garage trying to figure out what's the next step.
As for how am I planning on fixing it on the wall, at the time I didn't know the name of the hanger I have in mind (now I know...it's called "keyhole hanger"....) so I decided to make one from scratch. To my surprise it actually works quite well which really make me slightly proud of myself lol.
The original plan is just prime and paint the MDF & Metal part black, but since the build went quite well and it's been a long time since I build any model, I also decided to dry-brush those parts to add some weathering. It's very subtle and probably no one will every notice it, but hell, it make me happy so why not!?
After using it for couple months, it served its purpose flawlessly and Phoebe likes the look so I'm going to call it a success. I did prepared an extra set of material so we can use the same one in the basement washroom. See video below if you are interested in building one for yourself and feel free to let me know if you have any suggestion to improve the design.
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