It’s boring but - shoe storage?

[chipsticksmammy]

Our hall is a mess. We have some wicker baskets but I would love some shoe storage. Ideally a cupboard with shelves? Not the fold out shoe boxes I have seen in Ikea.

Does anyone mind sharing what they have?

I bought a shoe tree from middle of Lidl that hold loads, best purchase, found a pic on Amazon

I’ve got a plain pine shoe shelf from Argos that’s about 30 years old and has moved house several times, currently lives on the bottom stair (a big square step). It holds 4 pairs of adult shoes per shelf, bottom shelf is stacked with flip flops, sliders etc. Ds keeps his trainers in a stackable display in his bedroom!

I have the same issue. Two adults and teenage and tweenage girls. Absolutely shoenami happening here. They both have 8 or 9 pairs of shoes in the hall.

I just think shoe storage solutions dont allow for the number of shoes a household actually has

I'd love a decent storage solution too. I have around 100 shoes and boots being a shoeaholic and have all kinds of storage, zip up boxes, over door hangers and so on, anything from Amazon is cheap and nasty.
I'd love to display them properly.

I was thinking maybe tshoenami ...

I have a narrow shelf unit in the hall. It has room for 5 pairs of most worn shoes and I store other shoes in boxes in my bedroom.

We replaced our hall console table with a sideboard and have a side each for our shoes (although I sometimes overspill into DH’s half 😉) everything looks so much tidier

Similar to this…

https://www.oakworld.co.uk/shop/sideboards/bywell-waxed-oak-small-sideboard-fully-assembled/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22804012490&gclid=CjwKCAiA3-3KBhBiEiwA2x7FdKUhoPFVhjZ9X4py88boYdK76EuR9o_qVOcgRpJZ-kVUS21sPTsrphoCHDEQAvD_BwE

I have this: https://www.wayfair.co.uk/storage-organisation/pdp/ebern-designs-24-pair-shoe-storage-cabinet-u001342229.html

Absolutely brilliant. We are 2 adults and 2 teens as well, so lots of shoes (admittedly mostly mine). This doesn't hold all of them, but it does hold the ones we use weekly. Most used are on the open shelves, and then others inside. It might be too big for your space, but it's perfect for us.

We have no hallway, no under the stairs cupboard and although we did have a narrow IKEA shoe cupboard, people just left their shoes near on rather than in it.

We now have a large shoe bucket 🙄.
I hate it, but it actually seems to work.

Do the splinters come with it?

This is ours - it’s actually a kitchen cupboard from Ikea but looks fine in the hallway & holds lots of shoes. The shelves are adjustable so we can fit wellies & boots at the bottom.

I'm not sure whether you genuinely have a question about whether splinters are an issue, or if you were just being unnecessarily rude.

Assuming positive intent - no, we've never got any splinters from them at all. Ours are actually quite nicely finished.

I had a small-ish wooden sideboard, which was the best storage we’ve had.
You can get quite a lot in, and could use the two top drawers for gloves etc.

I've got these. They sit empty in the wardrobe taking up valuable space, while the shoe rack in the porch overflows. I need to curb my Imela Marcos tendencies.

www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/skubb-shoe-box-white-90186391/

I just have a bog standard shoe rack from any where - dunelm, home bargains etc. My problem is that we enter the house via the back door so they are in the kitchen and the lobby has mothers mobility scooter

I keep on top of them all by only allowing one pair of working boots ( not wellies - they are kept in the garage ) one pair of walking shoes/trainers and slippers per person ( 3 of us )

Better shoes , sandals, clogs ,dress shoes, going out shoes etc - kept in bedrooms. I have a billy bookcase and store them in their boxes there. Older shoes and slippers - bottom of the wardrobe

Shoes in the kitchen isnt ideal - ( open plan kitchen diner where the cat and dog sleep and the hens are trying to get in the cat flap ) but we are rural, its often the roads are filthy and not a mission would you wear outside to get to the garage or go for a walk anywhere else , so that's where they stay.

Every now and then I cull them - esp when DH has 3 pairs that are "ok for the garden " sat there

I'm about to buy these, so can't comment on quality but they look ok. Come in different colours and heights.
https://www.vidaxl.co.uk/e/vidaxl-shoe-rack-sonoma-oak-54x34x100.5-cm-engineered-wood/8719883730806.html

I suggest a serious shoe culling exercise a la Marie Kondo, storing away some for summer (seasonal items) and less everyday ones in wardrobes. We did this (2 adults 2 kids) and that's what helped most longer term.

what a timely thread, as we just purchased this today. will style it with a rug and cushions along the top. it can hold 12 pairs. the less used pairs will be kept in wardrobes.

https://www.thefurnituremarket.co.uk/classic-whitewash-oak-large-hallway-shoe-storage-bench

I have a simple shoe rack with three shelves for shoes. It works. Next to this I also have the pile of shoes. Saying "can everyone put their shoes away please" has become part of my identity.

I know it doesn't help that my husband has size 12/13 feet so the few shoes and boots he does have takes up half the rack. We are moving house this year and I'm hoping that a larger hallway solves the problem.

Would you have space to put deep drawers under the bottom of your stairs? That’s what we have and they hold tons of shoes. The drawers are as deep as the stairs are wide.

Wooden shoe shelves in the kitchen diner here. Not pretty but it allows air to circulate around them.

I don't like the idea of storing wet shoes in drawers or cubby holes as they need to breathe and dry out.

I got some units intended as kitchen wine racks.

They are I think 300mm deep and each "box" about 100mm square so you put one shoe in each. You can squash a pair of flats in together. About 900mm high without legs. Various widths available.

Kitchen units are often overpriced considering they are just factory-made laminated chipboard. I forget what I paid, but I am very frugal so probably a discontinued line or something. I could have made them if I could be bothered.

You could also use ordinary kitchen wall units which are usually 300mm deep, with loose-fit shelves. Very widely available at various prices and finishes.