With the beautiful weather we've been experiencing here in Chicago, you wouldn't know winter is on the way. Still, we're making room in our entryway for scarves, hats, mittens, and heavy coats to prepare for the day when the cold weather does hit. Below, we've rounded up a few organizing ideas for your coat closet or entryway...
My closet problem is that the super tiny entryway is the only tiled area for the litter box to go. So it gets tucked half in half out of the closet (the cats are fussy about being all the way inside), stealing half the floor space & making it a hassle to open and close the sliding doors to access the other half of the closet.
Anyone have any solution ideas?
view daniny's profile
Very cute ideas!!
view MSMILLA914's profile
i have a problem with my hallway closet too (toolbox, shoes, coats, blankets/pillows for overnight guests. and i still have yet to put a vacuum cleaner in there!
i do think those big paperclips are pretty sweet tho!
view Matt. M's profile
daniny, if you have the space, maybe you could place the kitty litter box under your bathroom sink, in the sink cabinet. that's what i did. it used to be in the entryway as well! after cleaning out half the contents of the cabinet, i removed one of the doors, slid the box in, and put up cafe curtains on a tension rod to disguise the effect. the cafe curtains meet right where Roger cat steps into his box.
Or, as some people do, you could just put the box (i hope it's a covered one like the booda loo) in the bath tub and just take it out when you shower. i personally won't go that far but i would if i didn't have the space under the bathroom cabinet.
view *heather leaf*'s profile
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/hanging-shoe-bag-holds-10-pairs/112/11962/
i use hanging shoe organizers to store hats, scarves, gloves, small purses and other miscellaneous items that seem coat closet-ish.
view JenPDX's profile
god, I wish I had a coat closet -- my single closet is kind of a joke.
view mavieenrose's profile
I'm trying to figure out if I should really use the coat closet for coats. Since the entryway is downstairs on the garage level in my townhouse apartment, that's the natural place for a landing strip. But the coat closet is upstairs, and also needs to hold brooms, vacuum and other items. I can't decide if it's better to keep bringing the coats upstairs or to get a coat tree where they'll be visible all the time.
view lurker2209's profile
lurker, sounds like you just answered your own question. you know you want to get that coat tree... :-)
way more practical!
view *heather leaf*'s profile
I recently (finally!) did up my entryway with a space to hang my coats. The space is quite narrow so I couldn't fit in a cupboard of any kind, and I didn't want a coat tree. The final solution was pretty simple (and I was very happy to see it featured here on AT). This is what I did: http://notyourgoddess.blogspot.com/2008/10/entrance-hall-part-ii.html
view Harpa's profile
Daniny -- I saw a "Small Spaces Big Style" show where the owner put her litter box under a small bench, which she had put a fabric 'skirt' around, completely concealing the box (except for a flap that served as the entry). I have no visualization skills so can't picture your entry situation, but maybe there's a chance something like that might work for you? good luck --
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