I urge you to ditch your trinket trays for something far more useful – why I swear by a ‘purse bowl’ to cure my chronically cluttered entryway instead

Room with picture frame moulding, a black credenza holding a red lacquered ceramic bowl, and modern art hanging on the walls.

I don’t know who decided four-by-four porcelain dishes were enough for real life, but they’ve clearly never met my entryway. Between the sunglasses in rotation, keys, and my beauty products that migrate with me wherever I go, the trinket tray never stood a chance.

Hence the 'purse bowl' – a term coined for a glorified vessel with the footprint of a small sculpture and the storage of a glove compartment to make my chronically cluttered entryway look more intentional.