Where do you keep shoes?

ArcticFox · August 2011

When you come in our front door, there is a big staircase, and we keep the shoes in boot trays in the hallway along the side of the stairs. I think it would look so much better/less cluttered if I could put them somewhere else. We have a mudroom but the closet is pretty small. We only have out the shoes we are wearing that season (like sandals vs boots), but there are still quite a few shoes.

Assuming you take your shoes off when you come indoors, where do you put your shoes?

Labbie · August 2011

At the new house we haven't figured it out yet, so shoes all over. I hate it too.

At our old house we didn't have a mudroom so we got a nice cedar bench with two 'shelves' underneath. The cubby things wouldn't work for boots, but the shelves were good because you could 'fold' the tops over. I think we got it at solutions or improvements catalog.

kevinandmonica2011 · August 2011

We have a coat closet right by the font door. I found a 3-tiered shoe rack that I have in there. The bottom rack is tall, so boots fit perfectly. I think I actually found it in an LTD catalog.

If you have enough room, I saw a girl who took a cheapie book shelf (the 5ft or 6ft kind) and turned it into a huge shoe rack in her closet. You could maybe make the bottom 2 or 3 for shoes and top for bags, purses. If you aren't into the super tall one, I think they have some that are only 2 or 3 shelves total. Don't know if your hallway is roomey enough, but if it is, you could store a ton of shoes on one.

jenafish31 · August 2011

I either put them back up in my bedroom closet in the box I got them in - yes I keep all my shoes in the box they originally came in..

or if they are like sneakers/boots, flip flops I put them back out on the shelf in the garage - I hate shoes all in the foyer as well.

Honeydew1894 · August 2011

We have the bench w/ shoes under it too. We also have shoes everywhere in the house--closets, under my desk, you name it! We want to stop wearing shoes inside, but it is sooo hard!

Mitzzi23 · August 2011

We always come in through our garage. We put up three rows of that rubbermaid shelving that we keep them on. Those are the shoes we wear most. I keep all my other shoes in my closet in crates or rubbermaid bins.

DondadaTimes2 · August 2011

We have shoes everywhere! DH actually owns more pairs than I do, scary, but the shoes we wear most often are on a 3 tiered shoe rack right by the door. We have a small house with next to no closet space, so I dont have many options.

Mrs.AngelaA · August 2011

In the winter we have a little spot behind our front door for dirty boots. In other months, we just put them back in our bedroom closet.

abba916 · August 2011

next to the door in the foyer (my small a$$ foyer)

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