any pics?

I should have figured someone would ask that! :)

I will snap a photo or two tomorrow and post. Thank you!

We put glass shelves over the pot at the old house...we staggered them so they filled the space better and I could display both taller and shorter things on them.

Perhaps if you consider that it will distract from being off center.

But be sure the guys in the house have their say on this...they spend more time standing at the pot facing the wall than women do.

Try a mockup with some newspaper taped to the wall in the size and length of the shelves. Then stand back. Usually your eye will tell you what looks right. My best guess is that centering on the wall space independent of the commode will be what looks better. After all, it isn't like you are trying to draw attention to the toilet.

I agree with Juliekcmo. Definitely try different mock ups. I think that when people are standing, the shelves will be at eye level and centering them to the space will seem more appealing than centering them over the toilet which is well below eye level.

Thanks juliekcmo and dilly_ny - that is a great idea and I am embarrassed I didn't think of it! I will try that this weekend.

The staggered shelves are an interesting idea, too, Annie. I will mull over that possibility, too.

I am sorry I haven't had time to snap photos, it's grant writing time at work and it is all-consuming.

My idea was staggering in which you are creating composition and not symmetry, and it will be interesting! Keep it styled with interesting object d'art and toiletries, etc.

I noticed these comments were back in 2014 but thank you it is the week before 2020 and I’m hanging a bathroom cabinet over my toilet which if I center over the toilet will not be center on the wall between the mirror and the adjacent wall. I have the same problem you had. I have chosen to center on the wall and not the toilet!