source: rejohnson71
Having a neat and organized entryway not only makes your home feel more welcoming for guests, but can also help you to feel better when you get home after work, a play date or running errands.
One of the biggest obstacles to keeping a foyer or entryway neat is shoes. Whether your family consists of 2, 3, 4 (or more!) people and whether you each have 1, 2, 3 (or more!) pairs of shoes each, having shoes strewn around the front door contributes to a feeling of chaos and disorder.
Finding a system that keeps the shoes accessible but orderly can have a huge impact on the first impression when walking through your front door.
We keep our shoes inside the front closet in a hanging shoe organizer. Rather than hanging the organizer over the door, though, we simply tacked it to the wall itself so that the shoes are out of the way but easy to get to. Everyone knows where their shoes are, and we can get them out – and put them away – quickly!
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If you’re keeping your shoes inside a coat closet anyway, there are tons of inexpensive racks and shelves that help you maximize and organize the space
If our entryway was wider, I’d love to have a bench with built in shoe storage because it combines my favorite two features – form and function. The girls currently sit on the floor to put their shoes on, but sitting requires trekking halfway across the house for my husband and I, so having a bench appeals to me!
For added style, you could also go with a shoe cabinet. With the convenient dividers on the inside, they help keep shoes organized and out of sight, and some come with additional drawers for organizing the other miscellaneous keys, mail, et cetera that you keep by the front door.
How do you organize the shoes in your front entryway? Is it a struggle to keep them need and orderly?
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Bless you! You’ve helped me come to a tremendous realization: the reason no one puts their shoes in the organizer is that it’s nowhere near where they take off their shoes. I’m getting either the bench or the cabinet.
We have a big basket for shoes at the door. What I don’t like about it is that it’s messy. It keeps the shoes out of the way, but hard to find a matching pair. I like the bench too!
We have the two shelf holder. It works great. Only when we got our puppy (who loves to chew)we had to move it to the hall closet. We have a little farther to go but everyone puts their shoes away.
i used a 40% off coupon and bought an unfinished bench with cubbies at A.C. Moore… painted it black and added baskets.
Ooh, that sounds like a great and inexpensive way to do it!
I got a huge sturdy basket with a handle at Goodwill for $2.50. It tucks right in the corner by the backdoor, which I love. Periodically I get the kids to go through and we take any extra pairs upstairs, so it remains easy to see the most used pairs in the basket.
We have 5 children, so the “shoe pile” in the entry closet was getting monstrous until I asked my dear husband to install some shelves. He used 1×3 lumber to support white melamine shelving bought at the Home Depot. We have 3 shelves, with a bin on the top for the toddler shoes. We also use a shoe holder that hangs on the clothes rail in the closet (I got it for a dollar at Target). This has made such a difference when you walk into our home!
I have a shoe closet just inside our entry way that has 5 shelves. With it’s location, it is quick and easy to put shoes away. The shoes are all lined up so it is great for quick viewing of which shoes to put on. I also love how it keeps you in check on your shoe shopping. There is only room for so many on the shelves. To buy a pair you have to be willing to let a pair go……
We keep our shoes in the garage! The kids keep theirs in the hanging shoe organizer that is on the wall and my husband and I each have a shelf for our shoes.