Ditch Entryway Clutter: IKEA's Stylish Solution Keeps Items Visible & Organized

A cluttered entryway should be avoided for a number of reasons. Along with being entirely unwelcome to those entering the home, it also makes getting out the door unnecessarily difficult. What you need is a storage solution that keeps things highly visible and organized while staying out of your way. Ditching entryway clutter with IKEA's stylish solution – the GREJIG — is a good place to start.

Retailing for $35, the GREJIG is a set of five individual wire racks that are shaped like magazine holders. The elongated bodies and deep U-shape make the racks suitable for holding a variety of items that you need to place somewhere in your entryway. Since they're designed to be mounted to the wall, they take advantage of vertical space, keeping your floors clear for walking, as well as dropping larger items like backpacks or grocery bags.

At the time of writing, GREJIG holds a 4.6-star average from 17 user reviews. Buyers are generally pleased with all the features of the racks, with "Works as expected" getting a 5.0 out of a possible 5.0. According to one five-star review, "We have struggled to find a solution for the piles of shoes that accumulate at the very spot where we enter. It [the GREJIG] was an instant success."

Each GREJIG rack (available in gray or blue) measures 11 inches wide, 7 inches high, and 23 inches long, to give you an idea of what items you could fit inside each one. IKEA doesn't include mounting hardware with its wall-mounted products, so you will have to acquire your own drywall anchors or screw the GREJIG racks into studs for an extra secure grip.

While this product can easily help store entryway shoes as is, smaller items like keys and sunglasses (which are common entryway clutter offenders) may be difficult to stash neatly in the GREJIG without some tweaks. In order to make it suitable for storing keys or smaller accessories, consider pairing the GREJIG with S-hooks for hanging select items. For items that are a little bigger, the MAVINN Storage basket ($4.99 at IKEA) could be paired with an S-hook, making it perfect for storing wallets or other pocket contents that need to be dumped somewhere, but risk being lost without a thoughtful drop zone.

Meanwhile, if your entryway experiences a lot of daily traffic and activity, it might be worthwhile to assign a single GREJIG rack to each person in your family. You can designate which rack belongs to who by tying gift tags with names on each one. For children or shorter individuals, hang the racks lower on the wall for a functional and intentional design. In households with fewer members, another approach to sorting the contents of the GREJIG involves reserving one GREJIG rack for shoes, another for accessories, a single one for purses, etc. Luckily, IKEA has several entryway hacks for transforming your storage.