Can you give me ideas on storing all my shoes?
Shoes usually end up all over the floor in most closets. Why? Because most people don’t know how to store them. Well, we have many ways. Organizing your shoes can often be the first step to an organized closet.
First, count the number of pairs of shoes kept in your closet. Measure the width of a pair of shoes to determine how many shelves it would take to house them. For example, if you have 30 pairs of shoes and each pair is about 7 inches wide, you would need ten shelves, each 21” wide to store them. Each shelf would then hold three pairs of shoes. Be sure to allow for larger feet when considering shelf sizes. Men’s shoes larger than a size 10 ½ require a deeper shelf.
Shoes can be stored on a slanted shelf under the long hanging area of your closet or tiered to allow a complete view of all your shoes at once. Solid adjustable shelves give you the flexibility of changing the spacing between shelves. You can also organize everything in your closet so that everything has a place. A free-standing island in a large walk-in closet can be built specifically to hold all of your shoes. If you have a swing door 26” wide or wider you can attach a 21-pair shoe rack made of white-coated steel to the back of the door. If you have a deep enough closet with sliding wood doors, a shoe rack can be placed on the inside of the door.
Never store shoes above your clothing. You certainly don’t want the dirt from your shoes to fall all over your clothing. It is best to have your shoes closer to the floor so that the dirt falls there.
We hope these organizing tips get your foot in the door of shoe organization.
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Ellyn Elstein The Closet Lady®
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