Vintage medicine cabinets that boost a bathroom's storage and look

And boxes and drawer dividers could eliminate that 7am chaos, flailing overhead for your mascara or tooth floss

Marie, a tall and slim vintage-inspired wall cabinet with an antiqued gold finish and three removeable glass shelves, €250, grahamandgreen.co.uk

Medicine cabinets have taken a familiar form since the 1920s, and with a slim, ergonomic profile and integrated mirror-faced doors they are a crucial inclusion in most bathrooms and ensuites. Hung high enough only for a standing adult to manage, and suspended over the obstacle of a sink, there’s less likelihood that your little Tenzing Norgay will make an ascent for your Korean facemasks, or the candy coloured cough drops. Still, never take anything from granted. If in doubt lock them up.

We have come a long way from the typical Edwardian wood or steel cabinet, some emblazoned with a red cross, and often closed with a key (most were loaded with an Agatha Christie arsenal of lethal goodies). Up into the 1950s, cosmetics were ranged around a dressing table, but we don’t have time for all that polite division of labour today.