Avoiding Entry Chaos Keeping the house neat and organized with extra guests around starts at the door, especially during the colder season when lots of outerwear is required. How do you accommodate your guests’ coats, shoes, snowy boots, gloves, hats, bags and other items from taking over? Also, if you’re a no-shoes household, how do you enforce that rule? Do you tell your guests ahead of time? Do you provide slippers? A lot of us would like to learn how to do that gracefully.