12 Best Over the Toilet Storage Units Under $100

If the point is to stop looking at your bathroom stuff, you want doors. This cloud white cabinet puts two shelves behind them and leaves one open compartment for the towels you do want on show. At only 7.9 inches deep it stays out of your way when you stand up, and the 33.9 inch gap clears most standard toilets, though measure first if yours is a tall one. Keep it out of reach of the shower spray, because it's MDF and particleboard. The anti-tip kit is in the box. Use it.

Two small fabric drawers are the cheapest way to hide the things nobody needs to see, like spare razors and the good tweezers. For about $35 you also get three shelves, three S-hooks and a roll holder on a coated iron frame. The drawers are fiberboard wrapped in non-woven fabric, so they're fine for light stuff and wrong for a stack of full bottles. I'd take the white over black in a small room, it looks cleaner.

A fourth shelf for about $10 more than the basic racks. Because it's only 9.8 inches deep, it suits a narrow bathroom where you'd knock your head on anything bigger. Two shelves and the bottom support rod all move up or down by 2 inches, which helps if a pipe sits in an awkward place. It comes with four wall straps and four removable hooks. Strap it before you load it. Four tiers on a slim steel frame is a lot of height.

Steel looks like storage. Bamboo looks like furniture, and this is the pick for a bathroom that feels cold and white. It stands 66.9 inches tall and 24.8 wide, with three shelves, four hooks and a roll holder. The space underneath is 37.5 inches high and 23.6 wide, and the bottom bar sets at 3.7 or 6.5 inches off the floor to dodge the water pipe. Want the same warmth for a third of the price? The Galood wall shelf is bamboo too, though much smaller.

Fixed racks assume your toilet sits in the middle of a normal wall. Plenty don't, and this one's width adjusts to whatever gap you've got, so a tight spot between the vanity and the tub stops being a problem. You also get three mesh shelves, a roll holder, three hooks and a wider base for stability. The frame is coated iron, the same simple build as the cheaper racks here, so you're paying the extra for the fit. If your space is ordinary, buy the GloTika at #1 and keep the money.

Solid white shelves hide the mesh look that gives cheap racks away, and the ladder shape keeps it from feeling heavy on a small wall. Raised guards along the sides stop things sliding off the ends, and I like that for anyone reaching for a towel half asleep. It's 25.1 inches wide and 10 deep, but the gap is only 33 inches, the lowest clearance on this list, so a tall toilet won't fit under it. At 61.5 inches tall it's also on the short side for a floor model, and that's a plus under a low window.

Same idea as the VASAGLE for about $9 less: an open shelf above, a cabinet with doors below it. Take the inside shelf out and bulky things like a pack of toilet paper fit behind the doors. The wood is FSC certified and there's an anti-tip device included. It's still flat-pack, though. Clear some floor before you open the box. Pick this over the VASAGLE if you want simple classic lines and the lower price.

The solid shelves look nicer than mesh and the drain basket takes damp things. That mix is what saves it from looking like a dorm rack, and the X-shaped side rods and wall-fixing nails are there to steady it. It clears toilets up to 35 inches and holds up to 30 pounds per tier, with feet that adjust on an uneven floor. The bottom crossbar has three positions, handy if the water valve is in the way. I'd wipe up puddles right away, since the shelves are particleboard.

No drilling, no adhesive, no tools. A tension pole presses between floor and ceiling, and four shelves hang wherever you want them. Every shelf adjusts, and the narrow foot slides in behind the toilet without fighting the pipes. It's the priciest pick here, and you're paying for the rental-friendly part. It fits ceilings from 92 to 116 inches and won't work on a sloped one. Get the tape measure out before you click.

Legs make cleaning around a toilet miserable, and this cabinet doesn't have any. It's a real wall cabinet, 24 inches tall, 21.1 wide and 8.8 deep, with two adjustable shelves behind the doors. It works like a medicine cabinet, except it can sit higher and hold more. You'll have to drill, so ask your landlord if you rent, and hit a stud or use proper anchors. The MDF is painted white with a clean finish that passes for built-in once it's up.

This is what I'd buy with $20 and a bare wall. Three small bamboo shelves on a black frame hang on the wall, with a rod underneath for a hand towel. It's about as wide as a toilet tank, so it looks planned rather than squeezed in, and the shelf heights adjust. This is for light things: a box of tissues, a candle, hair tools. For folded bath towels you'll want one of the floor racks. A short stretch of wall is enough, under a mirror or next to it.