If your apartment lacks a designated entry, create your own with a bookcase. Remove the top shelves and install hooks on the back wall of the bookcase for hanging coats. Add more hooks to the sides of the bookcase for hanging leaches or umbrellas. Outfit the bottom shelves with baskets and small drawers for storing mittens, sunglasses and other out-the-door essentials. Add a memo bar from an office supply store to the top of the bookcase as a place to organize reminders.
