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How to build an organized mud room/front entry for $25.00…

January 30, 2012 By Jennifer

Our front entry always looked like this…. In fact sometimes, it looked worse.
 
 I never could figure out how in a house of five people there are 40 pair of shoes and 15 coats. I didn’t even think that we owned that many shoes… and everything kept getting thrown on the same 5 hooks and the kids couldn’t reach the coat rack, so their solution was to just chuck everything on the floor…so all we did when we came in the door was trip over the mountain of stuff on the floor.
we are in a house that doesn’t really have a dedicated front entry. The door immediately opens into the living room.
 My solution was to pull everything down from the wall and start over, but I needed an inexpensive solution that looked nice and could hold a lot of coats and bags.
 I screwed (2) 1 x 4’s into the studs and  filled the holes with white wood putty. I then painted the whole thing white, and then screwed in some vintage school house coat hooks I had found on Ebay for a few dollars each. The entire project was under $25.
The nice thing is now everyone has their own coat hook and a place to put their backpacks. While 50% of the time it still ends up on the floor, at least now it has  a place. 🙂
Jen
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Comments

  1. Jacqueline says

    January 30, 2012 at 11:26 am

    Love this idea….thanks for sharing!

  2. Mariaelena says

    January 30, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    Looks great Jennifer…I recently did a post on making the most of a small entry foyer…check it out…love yours….and your right about the stuff still on the floor…aaahhh!!..Happy Monday, Mariaelena

  3. Renee says

    January 30, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    Thanks for the inspiration!

  4. traci says

    January 30, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    looks great jen. i love it. i am going to have to look for some of those hooks. they are cool.

  5. Anne says

    January 30, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    I love those hooks too! Can you send me the link to the etsy shop?

    xox

  6. Amy @MaisonDecor says

    January 30, 2012 at 2:19 pm

    Looks much better~your entry is a lot like mine~bam right inside the door is the coat tree area. Nice job!

  7. Melaine Thompson says

    January 30, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    Jen Rizzo~you are my hero! xoxo

  8. dee dee says

    January 30, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    Thanks for sharing this wonderful and thrifty idea! Looks great!
    Dee Dee

  9. WhiteWhispers2u says

    January 30, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Great idea! We have the same issue at our house.

    Our front entry is a dumping ground even though we have a front closet.No one wants to carry their shoes to their rooms or hang their coats up.

    ~Cheers Kim

  10. Sherry @ No Minimalist Here says

    January 30, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    Hi Jennifer, Great solution and it looks wonderful! Hugs, Sherry

  11. Pam@OurAdventuresInHomeImprovement says

    January 30, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    Great solution! I love that you were able to put two rows of hooks, so there’s plenty of room for everything. Well done!

    Pam

  12. Anne says

    January 30, 2012 at 6:47 pm

    Looks great.A perfect solution for clutter.

  13. A Cottage Muse says

    January 30, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    Looks great…thanks for the heads up as to where to get those hooks!

  14. hometown girl says

    January 31, 2012 at 12:55 am

    super sweet! we have hooks but half the time they never see the hook 🙂 hope all is well! susan

  15. summersoul says

    January 31, 2012 at 2:18 am

    cannot believe the difference. It looks great!

  16. pat says

    January 31, 2012 at 6:28 am

    Looks great! A terrific and inexpensive solution for a problem area. Love the hooks too, have some that I have used all over the house.
    Take care sweetie!

  17. Coastal Cottage Dreams says

    January 31, 2012 at 5:56 pm

    Looks great! Like the idea and the expense!

  18. roseseo says

    February 1, 2012 at 7:03 am

    Nice Floors!!!
    I like these floors and Interior decoration too.
    floors direct

  19. Whimsy says

    February 7, 2012 at 3:23 am

    Your entry way looks great! And I love your new after the holidays look too!

  20. coat stand says

    March 23, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    I love those hooks, Looks great!

  21. Rebecca says

    May 2, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    Love the clock – where did you get it?

  22. Di says

    September 8, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    Awesome how you tied it in to the rest of the room, looks great. Di@Cottage-Wishes

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