Improve your home for the holidays
These four projects will not only improve your guests' experience, but also add to your own quality of life all year round.
Lose the coat pile
Cost: $170 to $580
Sick of throwing your guests' coats and purses into a jumble on your bed? Try a hall tree. A cross between a coat rack and a boot bench, it has hooks for outerwear and bags that won't fit in your hall closet, plus a spot for sitting down to pull off shoes.
Sick of throwing your guests' coats and purses into a jumble on your bed? Try a hall tree. A cross between a coat rack and a boot bench, it has hooks for outerwear and bags that won't fit in your hall closet, plus a spot for sitting down to pull off shoes.
Look for a unit with enclosed storage under the seat to hide your footwear.
NEXT: Automate hall lighting
Last updated November 22 2010: 7:51 AM ET
