what's in your entrance hall?

[hatwoman]

is it tidy or a jumble of shoes and coats? if the former what's your trick? what furniture do you have? where do you keep your shoes? and kids' school bags? I'm on a mission to tidy our hall.

we did have a coatstand but it broke and fell on top of our nanny, clarting her quite badly on the head. She thought someone had followed her into the house and was attacking her . the coatstand is going in the bin. it looked shite anyway.

me.

(at the moment, as computer is there)
Bookcases, computer and all computer-type stuff, printer, scanner etc. coats, umbrella stand, yellow pages and a christmas tree that dp brought home from work last week (don't ask)

"entrance hall"?? what are you? a farking estate agent??!!
next, you'll be telling us about your vestibule
my hall has bugger all in it as it is also a corridor because my house used to be 4 bedsits
we converted ourselves
by hand

A rather nice but bloody expensive table that DP "just had to have" on that are 3 matching photo frames with my childrens school photos in.
In the drawers are all out hats, gloves etc and under it is a wicker basket with toys in.

where did your table come from? any pics on line?

also have nothing except mirror on one wall! long skinny hallway , is victorian terrace

not much ours is very very thin
inf act a mirror and a coat peg

would kie to get nice peg or hook just for a couple of jackets - understairs is a bathroom or as you say a toilet. is fab to have with kdis

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no one picking me up on the "entrance hall" thing?
hat woman, i hope your nanny didn't break your coat stand when it fell on her.
did you have the butler clear it up?

2 hooks with 10 coats on them,
an airer,
the dyson,
a bag full of bottles for the bottle bank and overflow,
20 odd pairs of shgoes
a chair
a chess set with a piece missing,
a plant,
5 pairs of boots,
an air matress,
bag of mail for previus tenants,
changing bag,
dd's school bag,
a box,
a tricycle,
2 laundry baskets
and some spiders

it's a 2m by 2m space

Ok you win!

small flat with no storage!

Big chest of drawers, wrought iron screen, fireplace, mirror, pictures of family, lamp and dogs blanket

We have a shoe cupboard and a fitted cupboard which is quite narrow so just has the kids coats, umberellas and my handbag in.

don't worry pinktulips my shame is we have a small flat with storage and we still have loads of crap in our hallway.

Oooh I'd love an entrance hall.

an Ikea shoe cupboard thing that only I use, coat hooks on wall with too many coats so they keep falling onto floor, school bags (3), odd shoes not in said shoe cupboard (the matching ones in the dog's bed in sitting room), 2 bags of clothes kindly given to me by a friend but not yet sorted btwn children, a tape recorder/cassette thingy at bottom of stairs (why?) and a horse riding hat and crop which should be upstairs. Our hall is tiny so I really should tidy the crap!

butlers don;t clear up! they just make sure the maid does it.

well our entrance hall resembles the rest of the house - tiny, no space , jam packed with stuff

in fact entrance square described it better

Pram, an old toy chest with shoes in - my idea as they used to just get kicked off, its also the right height for DS to sit on. a wicker basket with hats and gloves in and DS bike jacket and helmet. none of us are fat but my mom does have a squeeze getting past.
Coats are under the stairs - very messy!
I want to replace the baskets with ONE storage thing but the hallway is only 4ftx 15ft so none of those fancy ideas in magazines for hallways that can take a table and chairs plus built in wardrobes work!

we have long hall, and all clothes goes understairs cupboard, in the hall, you will se two pair of shoes, mine and dh`s

Hat woman, were you asking where my table came from?
I will have to check with DP I know it was on the internet and we had to wait 6 weeks for it, but from where it came I know not, .
But it is solid wood and very nice.
He got some cube tables, a coffee table and a chest of drawers as well.
Me I would have gone to argos !!!!
He's a bt posh, don't know what he see's in me

a push-along walker thing with bricks [ds]
a cute mini-bench (bought on impulse for ds to sit on in garden in summer, now lives in hall) [ds]
swimming gear [me and ds]
finished library books [mine]
pair of my shoes [mine]
reusable shopping bags [everyones!]
bag of ball-pool balls that were being given away and need a good clean [ds]

must be something of dh's out there but can't see as light's off...

kt

A cupboard full of shoes,coats,Christmas decorations & an air rifle.

A large wooden chest of drawers,containing nappies,wipes,gloves,hats ect.

An old deed box full of more shoes,slippers,wellies.