How to Organize Entryways
If you don’t have a dedicated entryway in your home, improvise by making use of space-saving storage: A bench can double as a hallway organizer and a bookcase can divide a room.
Turn a minimal bookcase on its side, fit it with casters for easy transport, and top with a custom cushion that plays nicely with the surroundings—above, a patterned floor and graphic wallpaper in the same shade of green. Tuck baskets, shoes, and other items in the open compartments, and hang hooks on the wall above for holding coats, bags, and umbrellas. Add a pillow and it becomes a decorative, utilitarian, and mobile piece with a bevy of uses.
A prefab storage unit divides the room visually, creating the illusion of a hallway (a runner also helps). Store shoes in the lower cubbies for easy access, collectibles and other decorative objects up top and out of reach of kids, and anything you’d rather hide in matching bins and drawers, making them your own with leather-tab pulls (simply drill a hole in each drawer and attach a piece of folded leather with a nut and screw). Mount hooks on the side for your most-used garments and accessories.