How can i make a coat and boot area when i have no room?

do you have a photo of the area?

Have only the currently worn coats on a separate hook for each family member. Have only one pair of boots in a clearly designated space for each family member. You probably have three doors into your house. So have the coat/boot area in the one you use most .

Lori,

No one wants the entryway to become a shoe closet for the entire family, nor do they want wet shoes to track up the entire house.

Do you have any covered entryway where you can set a small bench and shoe shelf much like a small bookshelf which can serve as a temporary storage area?

Once they are inside and changed to dry shoes, they can retrieve their wet footwear and take it to the laundry room or the bathroom to dry.

I remember a long time ago when I was growing up, we took our shoes off on a protective mat at the front door and hand carried them to our room to be placed in a box with newspapers to catch the moisture and had a sheet of plastic under the box. Then our coats were hung on the of kitchen chairs.

If you have a bathroom with a door that has some room behind it (say 6-8") you can put some use a pallet to hold these. Just place boards at the bottom of the cross planks for shelves.

You can take off a couple of cross planks from the front of the pallet to allow for boots.

This is the front door

Where does the person who wears the coat and boots enter the house? Have a welcome mat or another rug that washes well placed right there. If you can find a cardboard box the size of the mat or close to it, cut the box down to about 1” tall. Place the rug in the box and you have a muddy boot place. Have two socks with no holes in them full of baking soda. Tie the tops of the socks and place one in each boot, far down. Now you have boot dryers so the boots can be worn again soon. Store the socks in a basket or even a shopping bag. If you have several boot wearers, have extra socks and boxes ready and train everybody to drop the boots, drop the socks, and drop the coats. Use your doorframe or the nearest wall to it to mount a board with your estimated number of coat hooks needed. Hang the board on a stud if you can, and hang it vertically. Turn the hooks if you can; if not, sideways hooks will work, too. Place a washable rug (and box) under the coat rack, even if it has to be turned sideways. Train your people to drop their coats on the lowest available hook so others can see what’s left. Need a seat? Store a medium height stool near the door. When you don’t think the boxes will be needed, wash the rugs then store them with the boxes under the furniture nearest to the door. I hope this or another idea shows you that you can have coat and boot space near your entrance. Best wishes, Lori. ☺️

Have you thought of a smallish Armoire? Not the old fashioned type but a newer slimmer one. The doors can open into the entry and the drawers can be used for the shoes. If the drawers are not needed, pull them out and use a basket or two for the shoes. The back of the Armoire facing the room can be used for decorative purposes or put a bookcase there. Be sure to secure the bookcase to the armoire.

One idea that is floor-space-saving is to remove some of the drywall, and to use the newly 'found' space between the wall studs for shoe storage or coat hooks. Here are some examples: