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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Charlotte Olby

I don't have space for a boot room, so I'm creating a mini one under the stairs to give my entry a mix of storage and style – this is how I am DIYing the job

Light blue painted large entryway hall with painted stairs and a jute runner with blue edging.

As a dog owner and someone who has a lot of coats and shoes, I have always envied homes with enough space to include a boot room. But living in a mid-renovation, modestly sized home, the luxury of such a space felt out of reach. Until I came up with the smart idea of putting it under the stairs.

While boot room ideas aren't anything new – in fact, they've been around for hundreds of years – they've certainly seen a resurgence in the last few years. And I, for one, was keen to embrace this particular storage idea. But how and where?

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