The Perfect Entryway Table Storage Solution Is Already Hiding In Your Kitchen

Entryway tables are the perfect spot for your keys, wallet, and sunglasses. However, they are often too cluttered with things you'll never pick up again, like junk mail, hiding what you're looking for in a frustrating game of I-Spy, especially when you're already late. Thankfully, one of TikTok's favorite sustainable stylists, Sarah Teresinski (@redeux_style), has found the perfect solution: a modest countertop wine rack. 

These devices are intended to lay down or sit upright on a table, and while they're typically used to hold 750ml bottles, their hooks, bends, and loops can be repurposed for keyrings, lanyards, and wristlets while offering a designated spot for mail and other papers. Likely, you already have a rack for wine in your kitchen, but if it's busy holding your pairing for tonight's dinner, you can find one to use at your local thrift store, home goods store, or Amazon, which sells a 12-bottle bamboo wine rack for just under $20. Here's how you can utilize almost any kind of wine bottle holder with minimalistic qualities or bold embellishments as a catch-all stand to organize and decorate your entryway.

The majority of countertop wine bottle organizers are made of metal or wood, but you can still find them in acrylic plastic, terracotta, and even stone — just expect a hefty price tag on the latter. If you enjoy antiquing or thrifting, you may already have one on hand collecting dust, so check your basement, garage, or storage unit for any freestanding racks you could give new life. Bonus points if you find more than one to try out even more creative ways to use wine racks that don't include alcohol.

For this sustainable repurposing trick, metal wine racks bedizened with swirly arms offer the most accommodation for hanging items, like keys. However, wooden or plastic lattice varieties can store larger out-the-door essentials like compact umbrellas, water bottles, mail, and more. Whether you decide to hold the essential items you don't want to forget when leaving the house on a simple stand or a welded frame with intricate details and a unique oil-rubbed finish, ensure that the wine rack sits securely on the table in your front room — so it won't topple over if someone slams the door for example. Consider attaching it to the table with museum putty or to the wall behind it with an anti-tip furniture anchor; both are available on Amazon for approximately $13 and $9, respectively. When your storage solution is in place, pop open that bottle of bubbly and congratulate yourself on saving another item from the landfill!