Your foyer closet may be the most often used closet in your house. It usually becomes a storage place for shoes, boots, mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, book bags, and occasionally coats. Because this closet is so frequently used, it is important that it is organized and all space is utilized.
In starting to organize your foyer closet, you must determine exactly what your needs are, as you would in any closet. Using a tape measure, measure the amount of long and short hanging space needed. Always keep notes on all the information you are gathering. Count the number of shoes or boots that must be kept in your foyer. Also, measure the width of the shoes to determine the amount of shelf space needed to store them. If you have a mud closet, keep the shoes, boots, and outerwear garments in there and keep your foyer closet more formal, especially if you often have guests. No longer will you have to be embarrassed if they get their own coat.
In organizing your closet, allow enough double-hanging space for the short-hanging clothes you measured earlier. If you measured four feet of short clothing, two feet each of upper and lower hanging will accommodate your needs. Remember to put those rods forty-two and eighty-four inches from the floor. The lower rod is super for kids because they can reach their clothes easily. The rod for your long hanging space should be seventy-two inches from the floor, which will allow you space for two shelves above your hanging and a shelf below for boots. Wire drawers are wonderful for storing hats, mittens, and scarves. A neat idea is putting one basket or drawer into the foyer or mud closet for each child. It certainly does keep each child organized. Placing hooks on the back of a swing door is great for kids’ book bags and umbrellas.
We hope that these organizing hints on foyer closets will make your life run a little more smoothly.
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