My hall closet for the family is right off the garage and had only a single rod, and one shelf above. The area had 4 doors (garage, 2-closet, laundry) in a very tiny space and it was always a bottleneck. I removed the doors, put lighting on the inside doorframe, and added prefab closet organizers to make it a mudroom instead. I tried to hide the less attractive stuff like the coats since it is viewable from the kitchen. It has helped tremendously! We dump everything off right when we come in the house, and we aren't constantly banging into doors. I added before, during and after photos.