Front Entry Way Bench With Storage

Our hall closet was being overrun with kid’s shoes and our foyer was in need of a lift. We need a solution. I checked out Ana's site (ana-white.com) for some inspiration. This is what we came up with. My husband has a great eye for design and I have the patient to implement the design.

My good friend Jena was so excite to hear that I was in to woodworking and offer to help build the bench.  We had to build a platform with 2x4's because we could not remove trim. 

Then we build the box with plywood and the Kreg jig (best tool ever)

 Note: Next time I'm double check which side to make the holes for the pocket screws.

I might had a self so we don't have to stack the shoes on top of each other.

Hubby came up with the design to cover our ugly door bell and alarm boxes.

It's almost complete. I need to make the cushion and finish painting the trim.