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If you have a surface near your front door... what's on it?

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PandaChopChop · 31/01/2025 08:18

For no other reason than nosiness and DC is off sick watching pure shite on TV

My hallway table is currently host to:
-car keys
-pocket tissues
-toothbrush and toothpaste (waiting to go upstairs)
-phone charging cable
-a godawful vase waiting to go to a charity shop (I got suckered in at the antique shop in a haze of stress when I bought it)
-a brand new book and jar of enormous paper clips which will be donated to the schools tombola
-three old devices that need recycling

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DilemmaDelilah · 31/01/2025 19:21

I decluttered and redecorated a couple of years ago and am trying to be more disciplined about having stuff everywhere. My hallway is very small. I have 2 tiny windowsills and a shoe storage cabinet. One windowsill has a plaster bust on it. The other has a nice lamp on it (we tend to use that rather than the main light). The shoe cabinet has only an Amazon Alexa spot on it. You have to go through a door to the stairs and doors to the kitchen and living room and we have a tiny cupboard at low level which houses the Wi-Fi router and other electrical gubbins - that usually has a pile of books I have read which are there for any visitors to help themselves to, or to go to the charity shop next time we go there.

itwillnotopen · 31/01/2025 20:01

A little basket with some car keys, a packet of tissues, and a pair of socks.
A bag of stuff that needs to go out to the recycling bin.
DC's school bags.
A dominoes leaflet that was delivered today.

Bigfellabamboo · 31/01/2025 20:03

It's a coat rack with shelf above, small basket with wooly hat, sunglasses and dog poo bags!

justasking111 · 31/01/2025 20:07

Antique ladies desk covered in picture frames. Three drawers.

Left drawer, tools for me, tennis balls for dogs. Middle drawer, keys , car, radiator, windows. Right hand drawer, hats and gloves.

Husband throws mail on it which I stick in the office.

TwigletsAndRadishes · 31/01/2025 20:08

A ceramic lidded bowl with all our keys in it. A plug-in diffuser for essential oils. A lamp. A vase with a dried flower arrangement. A wifi booster.

On the floor beside the hall table there's frequently a pile of Amazon cardboard boxes waiting to go out to the recycling bin and a couple of bags for life waiting to go back to the car.

No shoes or coats. We have a walk-in cupboard for those.

2025willbemytime · 31/01/2025 20:10

Basket on the floor is home to my dog's towels, her dressing gown and the gadget to get my boots off.

Justsaywhatyoumean123 · 31/01/2025 20:12

all of my credit cards and bank cards as i lost my bag

TwigletsAndRadishes · 31/01/2025 20:12

2025willbemytime · 31/01/2025 20:10

Basket on the floor is home to my dog's towels, her dressing gown and the gadget to get my boots off.

Wait. Your dog has a dressing gown?

rightoguvnor · 31/01/2025 20:12

We have a shelf with a radiator underneath.
There is a pot with random keys in it.
A torch (rural house, very dark at night)
My car keys
Lots of beanie hats hanging on the radiator (we have a bald person in the house so cannot go outside without a beanie Sept-June 🤣🤣)

OrsolaRosso · 31/01/2025 21:03

I have a radiator cover with a shelf across the top. It currently has the following:
Sunglasses
Half drunk bottles of water
Unopened post
Some spray cleaner for removing bird poo off the cars
DD's school tie and Explorers scarf
A box of tissues
Things DD has made in paper craft club
A hippo container for car keys.

If you have a surface near your front door... what's on it?
Gloriainextremis · 31/01/2025 21:13

If I listed all the things on surfaces and the floor in our hallway we'd be here all night.

Brief synopsis:

On top of the meter cupboard are 4 houseplants, a letter rack, a reed diffuser and a torch.

Side windowsill has many little animal and bird ornaments on it.

Shelf unit under the window currently has a trug with gardening tools on top, a box of hats & gloves on the middle shelf, and the bottom shelf has a road atlas and some maps of the local area.

The floor - where do I start....?! Ye Gods. Now I know what I need to do this weekend.

PondWarrior · 31/01/2025 21:17

Recycling waiting to go outside. Gloves. Sunglasses 😎 (showing I haven’t tidied it for wayyy too long 😬)

2025willbemytime · 31/01/2025 21:17

TwigletsAndRadishes · 31/01/2025 20:12

Wait. Your dog has a dressing gown?

Edited

Yes. Of course. It helps to dry her fully when rubbing her with the towel isn't enough. 😆

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