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Even with the coat closet right there, I'd still put in a hall tree with a bench and shoe stowage there. It's generally rude for a guest to be opening closed doors in your house without your permission, so it's a good idea to provide them with a hall tree or coat rack so they don't have to ask you where to hang their coat. Also, if you have a no-shoes house, do you want your guests (or family members) to be going into the living room with their shoes on just so they can have a place to sit to take their shoes off? That's not intuitive. If you have your hall tree bench and shoe stowage right there at the entrance, it's a very clear signal that you need to take your shoes off, and any polite learned houseguest will do so without bidding. Much more effective than a condescending little sign or you standing around to remind them to take their shoes off.

Make sure bench id high ebough and deep enough that an adult would be comfortable siiting on to change shoes, boots, etc. Hools to the side of the bench so a hanging coat or jacket would not interfere with seated area. Older visitors may also do better with a bench that has arms to assist with transferring to and from a seated position.

It’s a win that he takes off his shoes; see how the keys/wallet situation resolves, then we can work on the shoes situation. Sometimes when you get home from a long day at work, you are at the end of your rope and just need a bit of comfort. Possibly when hubby comes home, he really doesn’t want to deal with a “task” which is why the shoes are left in the foyer.