jazzin' up the back door

I'm {finally} back to share some fun updates we've done! As you heard last week, we switched the blah back door area into a pretty storage space. Here's what it looked like before...

You walk straight in from the back door into the living/dining room. There was no place to set anything {purse, keys, Cooper's leash, shoes, etc} down. We knew some things we wanted --

-Pictures to be hang

-Hooks

-Storage bin of some type for storing hats, gloves, and anything else we want hidden but accessible 

Shortly after we moved in, we started using some of the pictures we already had to spruce up the space. Here's what it looked like for a couple weeks...

We really liked the design we came up with, but wanted to add two more black frames to finish it off. We finally found some nice and cheap ones at Pier 1. Adding the other two frames really made it look great!

We also found a leather ottoman from Target. This sits by the door {underneath the pictures} and is where we'll be storing away our things. We bought two plastic bins to sit inside the ottoman to keep things semi-organized. Oh it's nice to set my school bag by the door so I don't forget it in the morning!

The original plan was to put hooks in between the pictures and the ottoman {right around the light switch}. But, the awesome hooks I found at Anthropologie were way too big for that space. We weren't willing to compromise the hooks, so we decided to hang them on the other side of the door....just as you walk in!

If you didn't get the significance of the K C K before, here ya go! Kurt's hook is the tallest...clearly he has nothing to hang up yet! :) Cooper's hook is in the middle....ready to go for a walk! And, my hook {Katie} is the shortest....with my hat {from Anthro} that Kurt bought for me!

So, here it is! We hope you like our new back door! We love it and we're ready for winter to be here so we can break out all the scarves, hats, and gloves. Oh, and the best part?!? It didn't cost us much at all to do this project...even better!!