Backpack Storage

We don't have an entry way closet or any place to put our coats/backpacks when we come home. We started by hanging a mirror with hooks, but this quickly became full and they kids were trying to take down their own things and that was dangerous.

Photo by Sweet Son

I had this Deluxe Dress-Up Storage Unit that we had previously used to hold costumes. I bought it at a warehouse sale and the kids have been using it for years. Then the kids stopped cleaning up their costumes and they were taken away. (The costumes are still in the garage a year later because they haven't proved they can keep them cleaned up.) We shifted the coat rack to just under the mirror and it has been the perfect solution. The kids hang up their own coats and backpacks. They get their own things ready and put them away. This opens up more space for the adult jackets on the mirror.