Abstract: A toilet paper holder includes a generally planar wall plate and a pair of side arms mounted to the wall plate in spaced relationship to one another. Each of the side arms includes a core engaging member for insertion into the center tube of a toilet paper roll. One of the side arms is fixedly secured to the wall plate. The opposite side arm is pivotally mounted so as to pivot about a substantially vertical axis. The pivotal side arm is mounted by one or more spring members having first and second ends and an axis extending perpendicular to the wall plate. The first end of the spring is secured to the side arm and the second end of the spring is secured to the wall plate. When the side arm is moved from its normal closed position to an open position, the spring member is elastically deformed. The spring member biases the pivotal side arm to the closed position.