This New Year is Organized! January 10 2016

If you're like many of us, one of your New Year resolutions is to get more organized! We can all use a little more time in each day, time that isn't spent looking for the keys! The best and easiest place to start is your entry. Not necessarily your front door entry, but where you come in to the house most often, with the kids, after shopping, the high-traffic entry. That's where you'll usually have the "catch-all" space. You know, where you drop the mail, groceries, jackets, purses and the keys. It might be a little table, a bench, a kitchen counter or a mud room, but chances are it could use a little organizing!

If you're lucky enough to have the space for a piece like our Casey Entry Bench then you've got a place to put everything. Bins and baskets can be used for backpacks, shoes and the shopping bags that need to go back in the car. The hooks are great for the jackets and umbrellas this winter and, come Summer, sun hats and beach bags.

But if space is a little limited, try some of these other solutions.

Hang a couple of our Wire Wall Shelves with hooks over our Harvest Bench. Having a place to sit and remove your shoes as well as hang your coat is a win, win. Style the shelves with baskets or family photos and fun accessories.

These narrow shelving units can fit anywhere and are perfect for baskets! Label the baskets with family names or with tags noting what each basket is for. Elemental Bookcase. Factory Shelving Unit - Small.

Console tables are versatile and clutter free. Add a tray for the keys and a little box for the mail and you're good to go! Higgins Console Table. Tahoe Console Table.