In our house our front door is the entrance from the garage which comes directly into my kitchen.  I ordered this compact shoe bench so it wouldn't take too much space, and still be functional. It took a few times of reminding my family to take their shoes off at the bench. Consistency seemed to be the key outside of me giving them my nonsense look...lol. This has helped to keep the outdoor dirt centralized to this small area of the kitchen instead of all over my home.  I love the shoe rack, its made of metal rack for the shoes and a bench for sitting. The company provided corners guards which is great if you have little ones at home.  I highly recommend this bench.