Organized on Arrival: 10 Entryway Storage Ideas

10 entryway storage ideasA place for family members to take off their shoes and store their backpacks and other items makes a home so much more organized. Some homes may not have a space right by the door that is big enough for this. You can still find a place for those items.

Be creative. I took out a closet in my laundry room and added lockers to the inside of that space. A mudroom can be squeezed into almost any space in your home like entryways, hallways, closets, a pantry, an armoire, or even a corner in your hallway.

Here are 10 DIY ideas to help you get organized in your entryway!






Create a flip-up bench
1. Create a flip-up bench
Create a locker area with a bench that flips up to store shoes and hook on the wall.
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Handy shelves on the wall
2. Handy shelves on the wall
Get little stuff in one, easily organized place with this idea. Don't limit organization to storage areas!
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Related: Everyday household items that double as organizers

Build a bench for your entryway out of old pallets
3. Build a bench for your entryway out of old pallets
Pallets can add a rustic charm to many projects and make a great, weathered basis for a bunch of different projects. You can use a pallet to build an entryway bench. Just don't forget to sand it!
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Make a bench with shoe storage
4. Make a bench with shoe storage
It seems like every person in my family leaves shoes all around the house. Contain them in their own shoe corral with this great idea - adding shoe storage to your entryway bench.
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Make a streamlined bench with cubbies on the side
5. Make a streamlined bench with cubbies on the side
Don't like the locker look? No problem: Put your little stuff in handy cubbies with baskets and leave the rest clean with an attractive beadboard backing.

Related: 15 clever ways to organize with chalkboard paint

Place a giant calendar in your entryway
6. Place a giant calendar in your entryway
Add a big calendar above the bench in your entryway and make it a family command station.


Install some hooks by your door
7. Install some hooks by your door
If nothing else, try this. It will get items normally thrown on the floor up and at least semi-organized!


Take off your closet door to make space in your entryway
8. Take off your closet door to make space in your entryway
Only have an entryway closet? Well, you don't have to be limited by that closed storage. Take the closet off and add attractive organization.

Related: 16 space-saving ideas for small bathrooms

Customize shelves to keep boots off the floor
9. Customize shelves to keep boots off the floor
Do you have cold winters where you live? We do, and I want to try this great idea for organizing boots and getting them off the floor.


Create a place to pin important papers
10. Create a place to pin important papers
Use Ikea metal rods to hang backpacks and hold little containers in your entryway space. The cork board behind it is great for pinning important papers.

- By Jennifer Hadfield

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