Hi, and welcome! I hope everyone had
a terrific Mother's Day! Today I'm showing you my front entryway organization.
Before I start, I just want to preface with the fact that our home was built in 1925. Therefore, it came with a few quirks.
For the past three years, we've been
dealing with an oddly placed heating vent directly in front of the door. We'd
just been sliding an area rug over the vent in the warmer months and
moving it forward for the winter, when using the heat. There's also the fact
that the front door leads right in to the kitchen, thereby making clutter a
huge problem.
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Goals for this project:
1.
Address the vent problem
2.
Get rid of clutter
3.
Create a "command center"
Step 1: remove the bulky coat/shoe
rack and replace with hooks. This hook rack cost $10 from Ocean State Job Lot (I love
that place).
Step 2: address vent placement with
a custom fit rug. I measured and cut out a hole to fit the vent. The rug was $4,
also from Ocean State Job Lot. The vent cover was $19 at Lowes, a necessary
splurge.
Step 3: relocate all paper organization systems to a central area to create a “command center”. We already had these systems in place, they were just in different spots in the kitchen.
At the last minute, I decided to
paint the door yellow to match the outside. It really adds a nice balance with
the gray walls. Can you tell I love yellow?
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| Before / After |
I am so excited with how this space
was transformed with some simple rearranging. The total cost for this
project was $33. I now realize I need to replace the baseboard on the right, the
weather strip at the base of the door, and the molding we took down to paint
the walls. They’re on my to do list!
Let me know your thoughts on my
front entryway organization project. Also leave a comment if you want more details
about our "command center", which has saved our kitchen table from the imminent paper
pile.
Thanks for stopping by and God
Bless!
Mindy