How To Organize Your Entryway

Acting as the gateway between outside and your family's home, your entryway is used by each member of the household and is likely the first room seen by guests welcomed into your home. Knowing how to organize your entryway, and strike a balance between functionality and visual appeal is the key to making life easier for your family while maintaining a beautiful first impression of your home. You wouldn’t want guests to be met with a room full of clutter or muddy floors when first coming into your home.

We have a few entryway organization ideas that will keep your home clean, organized, and make a lasting impression on your guests.

How to Organize Shoes in Entryway

Keeping your floors neat is a major challenge as shoes track in mud, water, and dust from the outside. While tracking dirt is inevitable, you can minimize floor damage and keep your family's shoes neatly organized. A large welcome mat will absorb most of the dirt and water from shoes as you enter. This mat can also serve as a spot where guests and family members remove their shoes to prevent spreading debris.

You don’t want a pile of shoes cluttering your entryway, so how will you organize them? A wooden shoe storage bench offers both functionality and visual appeal. Its under-seat cubbies keep outdoor shoes out of sight while remaining conveniently accessible to family members.

Hide the Clutter

Canvas cube storage bins offer versatile solutions to keep your home and entryway neat and elegant. One of their best uses is hiding clutter by storing “junk” in a tucked-away spot. Try using bins in your entryway bench to discreetly store shoes.

In the winter, these bins are perfect for organizing your family's hats, gloves, and scarves, saving valuable space. With various designs and sizes, storage bins offer a customizable approach to turning your entryway into an organized haven.

Think Vertically

Entryways are often small, making it challenging to organize and store all your family's daily essentials. Utilizing wall space can help create more storage when floor space runs out. Installing wooden shelf kits near your entryway door adds both functionality and visual appeal.

Everyone leaves home with a mental checklist of essentials—keys, wallet, phone. Shelves near the door offer a convenient place to store these items. This ensures you never leave the house without them.

Organizing your entryway not only reduces stress but also impresses visitors. A space you use daily is worth the investment.