The 5 Best Hallway Closet Organizers

Keeping your hall closet organized can be a challenge. This useful storage space can become a catch-all for shoes, umbrellas, coats, and even the vacuum cleaner. To keep it tidy, you’ll need to define what belongs there and what doesn’t before you load it.

1. Pull Everything Out

Drage everything out of the closet, including any shelving or hanging bars. Once you’re down to an empty storage box, carefully consider what you need to be able to store there. Is this the spot where everyone stops when they come in from outside? Then you need a spot for

• jackets, coats, and boots
• hats, gloves, and scarves
• dog leashes

And anything else that constantly comes through your front door but doesn’t need to come further into the house.

2. Give Everyone A Space

If your household has many people, consider individual drawers or baskets you can use so everyone has their own slice of storage. Kid’s mittens and hats can go here for easy prep in the morning.

If the closet is big enough, put hooks on the wall for backpacks. Try to get your family in the habit of reviewing backpack contents every evening before hanging them back up before going to bed. It can save you stress during the morning rush hour.

3. Group Hanging Garments

If you and your spouse need a long dress coat for work, put them to one side. If you can hang kid’s coats at the other end of the closet, you’ve got space for shelving or drawers under the hanging bar.

Another form of storage for hallway closet organizers is a set of hanging bins. These can be extremely useful for storing cold-weather gear and may even give you room for snow boots and umbrellas.

To get your kids excited about putting away their own things, try putting hooks on the wall beside the hanging bins. If you can hang a double hook, with a short hook under a longer hook, they’ll have a spot for their coat and for their backpack.

4. Don’t Use It For Storage

For hallway closet organizers to work, you need to limit what goes in this cabinet. Everyone gets space for one coat. Adults will need to swap out their garments seasonally. Again, if you need a long dress coat for winter, keep casual jackets and raincoats in your clothes closet.

Kids can do the same. The winter coat, boots, gloves, and hat go in the coat closet. Hoodies and their rain slicker will need to go in their personal clothes closet. Of course, if you have the room, you can set up a raincoat spot in the closet. Consider adding a rubber tray under the jackets for any dripping and for wet shoes.

5. Shoes

Keep a basket or bin for slippers in your hall closet. Put a rubber tray on the closet floor, or invest in a shoe rack, where you can put your shoes as soon as you take off your coat. Try to get everyone, even the adults, in the habit of leaving their shoes in the closet and putting on their slippers. This will provide your household with several bonuses, such as

• reduce the amount of dirt you bring in from outside
• get everyone comfy and cozy as soon as they get in the house
• reduce the scramble and worry about finding shoes in the morning.

Of course, if adults need to change out their shoes on a daily basis for reasons of style and fashion, they can put on their slippers and carry their shoes to their bedrooms.

The amount of housework that can be saved by leaving your shoes at the front door should not be discounted. Not only do shoes carry dirt throughout your home, but they can also carry bacteria and viruses from any building you’ve visited through the course of the day.

The highest shelving in your hall closet is an easy spot for private objects. You might consider using it to store a small safe or for paperwork, you must save, such as tax documentation. A lockbox on the highest shelf can make finding important papers easy.

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