The room where I keep my clothes & shoes has slowly been taken over by boxes of shop stock. I also have shoes stored in drawers under the bed in our bedroom, shoes stored in drawers under the bed in another bedroom… these don’t include the walking boots and wellies stored under the bench in our porch.
I need one, proper place to store ALL my shoes; a single shoe store like one of these pictured above. I like shoes uniformly out on display – it’s easier to choose which ones to wear. Do you have shoes stored away in boxes, in overhead cupboards or under beds that you forgot you have? I know I do!
I don’t like the metal over-the-door racks you can get, I don’t like the cheap-looking hanging ones with plastic pockets either. I once had the idea of wrapping all my shoe boxes in pretty patterned paper and then snapping a Polaroid of each pair of shoes and taping it to the front of its box for quick identification. A very time-consuming option if you ask me.
The circular, rotating ‘Lazy Shoesan’ option is a great space saver and it stores more than 36 pairs. My favourite though has to be the antique one originally from a shoe factory. I love its industrial look, but the £800 price tag is eye-watering!
- Urbane Designs rotating shoe cabinet: £179.99, Wayfair
- nomess COPENHAGEN clear drawer: £18.50, John Lewis
- Wall mountable shoe rack: £18.99, eBay
- DIY lazy Susan shoe rack organiser pattern: £12.17 (or $299 USD + P&P ready-built), Etsy
- Vintage Shoe Trolley by Manon: £800, Notonthehighstreet