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Entryway drop zone for a family of four
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items School starts here in a week and a half, and my entryway is where the whole morning falls apart every single year. A lot of you reading this are in Toledo, Springfield, Sterling Heights, Green Bay, and Concord, so you already know what the January ve...
I mounted this at adult height first and it changed absolutely nothing, because my kids could not reach it. I moved it down to about four feet and coats have landed on hooks ever since, which tells you the problem was never the kids. The shelf on top...
29 Inch Coat Rack Wall Mount with Shelf, Coat Hanger Wall Mounted with 5 Hooks, Wall Mounted Coat Racks, Wall Shelf with Hooks, Hat Rack for Entryway, Bedroom, Living Room
The bench is the piece that made the whole thing actually work, because my kids sit down to put shoes on instead of hopping around the hallway on one foot. Ten cubbies means everyone gets their own two and nobody argues about whose sneakers are whose...
Mvvte Shoe Bench with Removable Fabric Pad, Storage Bench with Padded Seat, Entryway Bench with 10 Cubbies, for Bedroom, Mudroom, Hallway & Closet (White, 41"D x 11.2"W x 16.75"H)
These slide into the bench cubbies and hide what is in them, which matters more than I expected, because an open cubby just reads as a pile. One per kid for hats, gloves, and the random stuff that has no real home. They collapse flat for storage, whi...
Mainstays Collapsible Fabric Cube Storage Bin, Rich Black
This is the piece I replace, not the piece I baby. It goes straight in the washing machine when the salt and mud build up in February, and the rubber backing has not curled at the corners yet, which is exactly where cheap runners usually fail on me. ...
Findosom 20"x59" Hallway Runner Rug Non Slip Entryway Mat with Rubber Backing Machine Washable Laundry Runner Rug Long Indoor Doormat Entrance Floor Mat Runner for Garage Kitchen Laundry Gray
Every phone and tablet in this house charges here by the door now instead of in bedrooms, which was honestly a parenting decision more than an organizing one. Six ports means nobody is quietly unplugging anybody else at midnight. The cables are not i...
OWNTECH USB Charging Station for Multiple Devices 6 Port Multi Charger Station Compatible with iPhone iPad Cell Phone Tablets
Fourteen dollars to stop wet boots from making a puddle on the runner, which is the specific thing that used to make me lose my mind every February. It has a real raised lip, so the slush stays in the tray instead of running onto the floor. It only h...
Ottomanson 15x30 Waterproof Boot & Pet Tray
The little mail tray is the actual fix here, not the key hooks. Permission slips and the water bill used to sit on the kitchen counter for three weeks and now they sit here where I walk past them twice a day. It mounts with adhesive, which is why I p...
MKO Wall Mount Key Holder with Mail Tray
Ten dollars, and it ended the who has practice today argument completely. I write the week out on Sunday night and my older one checks it on her way out the door, which is more than I can say for anything I have ever put in a phone calendar. It holds...
Weekly Dry Erase Whiteboard Calendar 15.7x11.8
Wet umbrellas used to get propped in a corner and then forgotten until they smelled like a basement. This one has a removable drip tray, so the water goes somewhere I can actually dump it out. It is light metal and it tips over if there is only one u...
Hacaroa Metal Round Umbrella Stand Rack
Eleven dollars, plugs into the outlet by the door, and it means nobody is feeling around for a light switch with an armful of grocery bags. It only comes on when it is dark and something moves, so it is not burning all night for nothing. It is dim on...
L LOHAS LED Motion Sensor Night Light 2Pack
This lives under the bench and it is how my younger one reaches the hooks without asking me to do it for her. It folds flat and holds an adult, so I stand on it to get to the top shelf too. The plastic squeaks on tile in a way that drove me mildly in...
Handy 9 Inch Black Foldable Step Stool
The last look before anyone walks out used to happen in a bathroom upstairs, which quietly added five minutes to every morning. This hangs over the door and folds flat against it when nobody is using it. It is acrylic panels rather than glass, so the...
Novabright 3-Panel Over Door Full Length Mirror
Eight dollars of labels is what turned a row of matching bins into something anyone else in the house could actually use without asking me where things go. The liquid chalk wipes off with a damp cloth, so the same bin is gloves in January and swim st...
ONUPGO Chalkboard Labels 180pcs w/ Marker
We rent, so half of this drop zone had to go up without a single hole in the wall. These hold a loaded backpack if you follow the directions and actually wait the full hour before hanging anything on them, which I did not do the first time and learne...
Command Large Utility Hooks Value Pack
This lives on the shelf by the door and it is easily the most used cheap thing in the entire setup. Black leggings and a shedding dog do not mix, and I am not walking back upstairs to deal with it once my shoes are on. The sheets tear in a curl if yo...
Scotch-Brite Lint Roller Value Pack - 140 Sheets