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Shoes

10 replies

Hyperfish101 · 02/09/2020 07:40

Wtf can I keep the millions of pairs in this house??? Yes some upstairs and stored but the ones we use day to day....trainers, wellies etc just clog up my hall. I have a rack by the coats but it gets full. I’m fed up of them all!

Thought about a shoe cabinet but really don’t have the room. What do others do?

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pregnantncnc · 03/09/2020 10:23

bumping for you OP as I came here to ask the same thing. As a child we had a porch with huge shoe cupboard that housed them all, and I've never found a solution for our smaller house am constantly tripping over shoes

BikeRunSki · 03/09/2020 10:27

Each person has a plastic stacking box by the front door. Muddy shoes get left by the back door, where we have little shelter.

IHateCoronavirus · 03/09/2020 10:30

Hooray it isn’t just us then! Lurking around for an onslaught of useful tips. We are 6 people in our house, and whilst the size of the house is fine, the hallway is quite narrow. We have a shoe rack and cost hooks but it always looks too busy.

BluebellsGreenbells · 03/09/2020 10:31

We have a wooden box for them.

It does work!

BluebellsGreenbells · 03/09/2020 10:32

www.dunelm.com/product/grey-shaker-blanket-box-1000166510?defaultSkuId=30701971

Like this one

Hyperfish101 · 03/09/2020 14:56

Thanks. I like that box but it’s too wide sadly. Our hall is so narrow. We have no porch I have a basic shoe rack under the coat hooks but ig is always a mess. Shoes on stairs, wellies in kitchen, flowing out of bedrooms. Is driving me nuts!

Stackable crated could maybe work bit will need to find a place for them.

Thanks for replies.

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jackstini · 03/09/2020 15:03

Any room under the stairs that could be used?

PamDemic · 03/09/2020 15:05

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Yellow2576 · 03/09/2020 15:11

We have these...except without the rack ....you can fit more in, you just have to scramble through them to find the pair. One drawer for adults and one for kids (2). Wellies and walking boots are by the back foot (get used lots and always muddy). Picture isn’t my house.

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Hyperfish101 · 03/09/2020 15:24

Love those shoe drawers! I have a toilet under the stairs sadly.

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