The entries to my house have always bugged me. The front door opens to a nice little entry room, with a nice little coat closet and since it is the formal entry way into our home I have wanted to keep it more like that, a formal entry. The other two doors into the house open directly into living areas, one being the kitchen and the other the eating area of our house. There really isn’t a seperate area where we can walk in and deposit coats, hats and gloves adn have them out of the way. In the past I kept a large basket under a table in the front enrty way, hoping to catch all the misc items adn the kids coats and keep them looking sort of neat. Well, I have decided that that approache isn’t working (after 10 years, I know I can be a tad stubborn). With our family growing larger, and hopefully it will continue to grow over the next few years, I had to give up my idea of having a “formal” entry and just work with things being functional. Here is what I came up with, and I am really happy with the results, so far the kids have kept everything picked up and neat, and that is always a good thing!
We purchased this little “bench” from IKEA, it is acutally part of an entertainment center, this is the piece that a TV is supose to sit on, then you buy whatever shelcing you would like to go around it. It is a sturdy piece of furnature, and it works well as a bench too, the drawars will be used for hats, scarves and gloves.
(this is why I don’t like to paint, I can never get the tape off…..)
Dadzoo took a 2×6, cut the ends at a 45 degree angle (to look nice) and screwed the board into the wall, into the studs, knowing that the hooks wold be carring a lot of weight. He then attached the hooks to the board. Very simple, looks nice and will serve my purpose.
So far this has worked really well, the coats actually end up where they are supose to be, instead of on the floor, and I don’t think it takes away from the “formality” of my “formal” entry.
(at least too much anyway)
Ooooh I like! But where will you put your birdhouses now?
thanks, some got painted and put in the girl’s room, the others just got redistributed around the house 🙂
Love it! I have the same problem, only I have a window that makes it impossible to hang coats! (the window is what I love and hate about the entry!) Your solution looks great and is functional too!
I have had row of hooks like that for years by my front door, I love it. So easy for the kids to hang their stuff up…of course they still throw their stuff on the floor in front of the hooks sometimes instead of hanging stuff up…irritating!
We must be on the same wavelength! I recently purchased a hall tree for my entry because my kids aren’t tall enough to hang up their coats in the closet. Also guests’ coats were draped over the stairs . . . not too pretty.
I love what you’ve done. Those hooks look elegant and useful.