My wife wanted a drop zone in the walk-through laundry room, between the garage and the kitchen. We removed an old closet and built this, inspired by ideas from Ana's website. The left side has room for our coats and the right side has cubbies for mail, keys, etc. The bottom is used to store extra soft drinks and wine bottles that we don't need to keep in the kitchen. It was constructed from cabinet-grade plywood using pocket-hole screws, then painted. The seat is solid oak, which was made by joining two re-purposed stair treads. -Mark A. Horrell