Backpacks w/ school books are heavy; I realized that my kids just slung them down on the ground (even if they weren't that heavy). So that's where I put them, in floor-level places w/ an open front.
Hanging them on a hook wouldn't have worked. For one thing, my kids' backpacks would have pulled the hook out of almost any wall. And for another, my kids didn't ant to lift them up and aim for the tiny hook with that little loop (their view of which was blocked by the backpack itself).
I would come up with a chair--not a bench. And put the backpacks on the floor in sort of vertical cubbies (open on the top and front, and maybe dividers between them) and hooks on the wall for the coats.
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Drawers under; cupboards over; room for boots.
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