First I had a small bench with 2 storage cubes. Worked nice for putting on shoes but was too small for the space. Then I stumbled upon iheartorganizing.com and saw her front entry redesign. I was inspired! So off to Ikea I went!
I originally bought 3 Besta cupboards just like she did. We weren't sure what would fit. We ended up only putting together 2. Originally I wanted to put up the third but after living with it for a while, I realized 2 was perfect. My grandma gave me some of her original blue Ball jars and I knew I had to display them here! I filled them with fake flowers from Michael's and some butterflies that my father-in-law gave to my daughter. The desk organizer we just had laying around. It the perfect landing spot for Hubby's phones and iPad. (I'm sure you noticed the cluster of cords there. He has 2 phones and an iPad. He's a geek.)
Inside the cupboards. Well, you'll notice there isn't a picture yet. There is a reason. It's a mess. I had it nice and organized when we first set this up last spring. But summer happened. Then my daycare kids started. And school started. Both kids have a shelf for shoes (but you'll notice in the right of the picture that my daughter doesn't use hers). We also all have a small basket inside for sunglasses, etc. I'll get this perfected and put another post up later of the inside. :)
The collage wall is just an inspiration from all I've seen on Pinterest. I thought it was a perfect place to display the personalized wood carving from Hubby's great uncle that was a wedding gift, our house rules, a rosemaled cutting board from Hubby's great aunt, and our Valentine's gift from the kiddos last year.
So far, this set up has been working great for us. It easily becomes a landing spot for junk as we walk in the door, but it's small so easy to clean up.
Have you checked out iheartorganizing.blogspot.com? If not, you are missing out! She has many great organizing tips and ideas!
-Lynsee
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