How do you store your shoes?

[Roc A Bee]

I'm doing some late night organizing and need a shoe solution. DH and I have separate closets, but they both have sliding doors. I can't store on the back of the door.

[dexteroni]

I have a bunch of Container Store shoe drawers. They're more expensive than the typical Rubbermaid shoe boxes, but these are perfectly clear, and most importantly you don't have to move a bunch of them to get to the shoes you want. .

[KaraOrNot]

I love those clear boxes, but my closet is too small. :-(

I have this. It was cheap and it works, but it can be hard to see everything:



www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19876454/

[Deleted]

My current storage is not helpful to you, but I used to use shoe racks like this.

[rubytue]

I have a shoe rack from ikea. It's actually a bathroom bench, but it's great for shoes. Right now I have the shoes in shoe boxes on it, with the ones I wear most often just sitting out. It's not working for me, I think I need to invest in clear boxes so I don't have to open everything to see the shoes.

Although most of the shoes I wear most often are in a pile in the living room or in my car (I wear driving shoes to commute)

[Deleted]

The heels I wear at work generally live at work -- the lowest shelf next to my desk (which is almost floor-level) is where I store them. I bring them home over the weekend when I think I'll be wearing them for the weekend. So that's where my 10 or so most worn pairs of heels live.

We have three dressers in our bedroom, and I have flats lined up all along the bottom of them. That's where the flats I wear most live.

Then there are a bunch along the floor of my bedroom closet.

Shoes I don't wear very often are in my upstairs closet in plastic Container Store boxes: www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10001753&N=&Ntt=shoes

In conclusion:
(1) I too need a better way to store my shoes;
(2) I have way too many shoes and need to get rid of some of them.

[sporky]

I have an overflowing shoe rack. Honestly, it's pretty bad right now, very piled up. But I have not other space to put a new one or to put shoes in our closets... Hmmmm. Maybe someone else will come along with a solution.

[Becca]

In a big huge pile in our entry way closet :/

We need a better solution.

I hate spending more than $20 on a pair of shoes though, so it isn't like I am tossing pricey shoes into the boa Khios.

[jinkies]

I have a shoe thing that hangs on the back of my closet door, but realistically the only ones that live there are ones I rarely wear. The rest are thrown in a pile at the bottom of my closet (if they are not worn in the current season), or thrown in a pile in my mudroom (for those currently in heavy rotation).

In other words, I am not helpful at all.

[slug*bug]

I'm just in the process of figuring this out in our new house...right now, I have them in their original boxes on a shelf. I'm contemplating springing for clear containers like the ones suggested by the pp's...I just need so many, though, that it's holding me back from just doing it already.

I used to have a floor rack, but that won't work now that I have toddlers with access to my closet.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

I have this shoe tree from the Container Store, and I love it.

www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10024251&N=&Ntt=shoe+tree

(Which is not to say that half the time they aren't tossed NEXT to the shoe tree, ahem.)

[Roc A Bee]

Thanks for the ideas! The way my closet is set up with double rods, my clothes all brush the ground, so I'm wondering if something on the floor would get lost because clothes would be covering it. Maybe I'll take over dh's closet...

[Deleted]

What about one of those show benches you put by your front door? You could put your most used shoes there and split it up.

[emyinpink]

Sept 16, 2012 2:42:11 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

My current storage is not helpful to you, but I used to use shoe racks like this.

I have a shoe rack like this for my everyday heels and booties. Tall boots are on the top shelf of my closet. Heels/wedges that I don't wear regularly are in the plastic clear container store boxes. And then my flats are in one of these: www.target.com/p/closetmaid-15-unit-organizer-white/-/A-12193814

[hbomdiggity]

I have this from the container store:

[whitepicketfence]

Most of mine are lined up along the floor of the closet in our master bedroom.

All of my casual sandals/flip-flops are stored in a clear bin under our bed.

Boots and shoes that are worn in heavy rotation are kept in the entryway closet. DH essentially built a shoe bench for this closet where we can store shoes two-by-two on the top of and below it.

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Sept 16, 2012 2:42:11 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

My current storage is not helpful to you, but I used to use shoe racks like this.

I have something like this that expands and then one that's taller. I also have 2 of those shoe hanging things that hang in the closet. Then I store some shoes in shoe boxes on the shelf. Usually boots, hiking shoes, or other shoes I don't wear regularly.

[justjen]

I have an over the door container. It has changed my life. I used to shove them all under bed, so every morning I'd be on my hands and knees rifling through a messy jumble while fighting my down comforter. The new system is better