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Chargers/Keys/Mail

14 years ago

Main entry into our house for family is from the garage through the mudroom, into the kitchen.

Please show me your clever solutions for all the crud named above!

Thanks!

Comments (8)

  • 14 years ago

    I have a bowl for keys used daily, a hanging key box with door for copies and little used ones. Also a bowl for sunglasses. Change ends up in these too. Special storage found to match decor.

    Chargers are hidden under my couch, retired and the couch is sort of a go to space. Not the best, but works for me. I tried the wood holder for chargers and wasn't organized enough to use it.

    Mail goes directly to the office into an upright wood design with 3 spaces for separating out bills done/file, to do and unique papers for filing. Since I'm on the computer early in the am, they are in my face so I won't forget. Writing this, I guess the chargers could go in the office too, but usually take calls on the couch so my phone is usually on the coffee table.

  • 14 years ago

    We have a charging station/ mail station in our mudroom. Keys in the drawer, charging items on the counter, mail in slots or on the bulletin board. There is also a garbage in the room for junk mail.

  • 14 years ago

    I love Three by Three Seattle magnetic boards. There is no charger solution there but mail and keys are taken care of. The container store and Amazon ship less expensively than their own website.

    I just put their stainless steel (magnetic) magazine holder up for my mail and ordered a mini strip for other things I want to tack up. They are strong enough for keys and stuff. I like something hanging on the wall to stop a junk pile from forming on the counter.

  • 14 years ago

    Hah, when I read "chargers" I thought you meant those fancy gold or silver plates that sit under dinner plates for formal dinners. I pictured one of those being the receptacle for keys and mail. And there was the image of technicolor storing all these fancy plates under his/her couch. :p

  • 14 years ago

    I don't have a picture - but I powered the cabinets (I call them our caves), so we can charge items inside the cabinet.

  • 14 years ago

    I don't have a picture (yet, we aren't quite done!) but I got the idea here for a charging drawer and put it in my kitchen just inside the entry from the mudroom. We also enter primarily from garage through mudroom (new mudroom) into kitchen. They just built me a special drawer that holds a basic surge protector with multiple outlets. The electricians shortened the cord on the surge protector and installed an outlet behind the drawer. The cabinet guys modified the drawer with a special shelf that keeps the cord from falling when the drawer is pulled in and out.

    We just started putting things in there to charge, and next thing I knew DH was putting in his wallet and keys too. :) Seems to be working out great. I was worried that I wouldn't hear it ring if my phone was in there charging, but I can, at least from anywhere on the first floor.

    We do NOT put mail in there, however, can't help with that part.

  • 14 years ago

    I have a charging drawer and a narrow 3in cabinet at the end of the upper run with 2 outlet boxes. The cabinet door opens where the end panel would be (right angle to rest of the uppers). The shelves have a small lip/ edge to prevent phones from falling out. The inside of the door is metal so I can attach papers with a magnet. It is being installed this week, so no photo yet..

  • 14 years ago

    I'm sure there is nothing else under my couch but the unit for chargers. This couch has sandman dust though, too easy for me to hang around it and ending up in nap zone.