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.

Lots of shoes and bags all over the floor and a pile of junk on the windowsill.

We have a small square hall/lobby you first come into, leading to the hallway. In here there is a metal shoe rack, a metal upright coat stand and DD's wooden apple tree coat stand(from Vertbaudet) Generally quite tidy, although the walls desperately need a new coat of paint.

a bike, buggy the litter tray, coats hung on the bike and buggy, shoes a pair on every step and a cupboard full of shoes that doesn't fit the kids (why do we keep them, dp golf clubs with coats on, and i think there's a phone table with the answering machine on!

In the vestibule there is a console table with three wise monkeys on it, a couple of items of mail and underneath a shoe rack with one pair of shoes on it, also a door handle and some screws for some bizarre reason. Then in the actual hallway there is a piano and a bit wicker basket a la Anthea for the everyday School bags and handbags, DS1's homework is lying there for some reason and a couple of pairs of stray shoes that didn't make it to the cupboard. Then at the very back of the hallway there is a cupboard that it stacked with coats (there are four coat rails, with four hooks each on them), shoes, hats, scarves, gloves, handbags and shoe polishing stuff.

fully loaded shoe racker (as DTs call it) and my briefcase as I couldn't manage to take it upstairs to study 2 days ago

Pushchair with coats hung over it.
Shoes piled on top of a wicker chest which has more shoes inside.
Sideboard.

shoes under stairs with a curtain accross, coats, a cupboard full of junk, a mirror, a little table with my phone on it and mud on the floor ;o

me on computer and shoe rack and too many coats and cluttered but no space so needs must

absolutely nothing except doormat of course!

A chest of drawers, DS's old car seat and base, DS current buggy, box of washing up powder and cartons of juice (un opened obv!!)....am a housewife slut.....

how boring are you lady!?!

hallway is too blinkin' small for anything else!

We have a large sideboard and dd's buggy. Coats go on hooks next to understair cupboard so out of sight, though I must say is looking very empty at the moment. I have one of those shoe bag things hanging on the back of the understairs cupboard door so tidy and out of sight. Best thing I ever bought.

not one thing

We've got:-

bench to sit on by front door (filled up with shoes)

coat hooks full of coats

table that used to have hamster cage on (under it, more shoes & slippers!)

Huge chest of drawers full of things that don't have a home anywhere else (like batteries and light bulbs..!)

a blue Ikea childrens table + chairs (now houses the answerphone & my phone charger)

we have a big hall

At this moment in time....DP on his hands and knees laying a floor !

As well as DP there is also a huge pile of floorboards to go down, a wooden trunk full of cr@p, coat hooks, shoe rack , DS's tricycle, DD's scooter, and a couple of rugs . Not as cluttered as it sounds honest as its quite a big hall in two parts.

An oak console table with a huge table lamp and big silver bowl for keys etc

Tub chair and footstool

(We have a porch which houses all the shoes, coats, brollies etc)

dont have a hall as house is open plan have a porch type thing where we leave muddy shoes umbrellas ect but no room for anything else door from that opens straight into living room, have a massive understairs cupboard where everything lives.

We have a shoe cupboard with 4 pull down doors - fits lots in , from Ikea.

A coat hook (up high) for adult coats and 2 lower down children coat hooks. One boy one girl design!

Sometimes a buggy.

Its still messy though. Always got things on floor and stuff that needs to be taken out so put by door etc.

muddy wellies.

Doormat
Pram with cat net

On the coat hooks
Three wooden coat hangers with coats
One tie rack with ties

On the shelf below hooks
Wicker basket with clothes brush and house keys in it.

It is the tidiest it has ever been

A cupboard with all the shoes and coats in.
3 badminton rackets, shuttlecocks, a scooter. Football boots caked in mud, drying out so I can bang them against the wall outside(I enjoy doing that )

A tall vase with old sweet papers at the bottom.

...half my kitchen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! been then nearly two years! and not much sign of getting it shifted either! xx

I have one high coat rack for adult coats and one low for the kids. " semicircle tables, one with telephone letter rack and wicker basketcontaining keys, sunglasses, mobile phones etc. The other has framed photos and fresh flowers. Shoes are removed and put in the basket on the stairs to be return to the appropriaate bedrooms. A few pictures on the wall and that is it. Pushchairs are kept in the outdoor cupboard under the stairs. I hate a cluttered hall. (COV is an annally retentive clean freak ).

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