Shoe Storage Part II – Shoe Boxes, Shoe Cubbies, Shoe Racks or Shoe Shelves? - April 21, 2006

Shoe Stör transactions are securely processed via InternetSecure & Paypal. Shoe Stör's Privacy Policy	Well, truth be told you actually need a combination of all of them, well except for shoe cubbies.  We will explain why the anti-shoe cubbies position at the end of the article. Shoe Racks A small 2 level shoe rack is perfect for the front door or back door area (in a closet preferably)  for your yucky shoes – you know the running shoes, the take the dog out in the middle of the night shoes or the run out and grab some milk shoes. Now to deal with your good shoes and boots. So we have already divided up your footwear by season and then subdivided it by the footwear that you wear frequently and the stuff you wear not so frequently. Let’s tackle the out of season stuff first.  Find a spot that is not damp and not in direct sunlight.  Yes, even under the bed will work.  Next, you need to find something to store your shoes in when you put them away for the season.
This is one of the places that clear shoe boxes and clear boot boxes come in handy as it makes organization much faster when the time comes to put these shoes and boots in the easily accessible storage areas.  Also depending on how you have arranged your accessible shoe storage area, you may not even have to remove the shoes and boots from the clear boxes. Setting up the accessible shoe storage area. The first task is to determine how many pairs of shoes and boots this area must accommodate.  Do this by counting the number of frequently worn pairs of shoes that you have for each season.  Now if you are going to build some permanent shoe shelves, they need to be big enough to accommodate your frequently worn shoes and boots.  These shelves can be either slightly slanted or completely flat.  Shoelover’s preference is for completely flat shelves because they can store more shoes if the space is utilized properly and they can be used to store things other than shoes if needed Now here is where the clear shoe boxes and clear boot boxes are used.  Try this little experiment yourself if you don’t believe Shoelover.  Try stacking 3 or 4 pairs of shoes, without boxes, on top of one another.  Doesn’t work very well does it?  So, if you go to all of the trouble to build shoe shelves or even if you keep your shoes on the floor and then don’t store them properly, you are not making every efficient use of your space.  Now try stacking 3 or 4 pairs of shoes, in their shoe boxes, one on top of another.  What is the result?  Well yes, you have made better use of your space, but now you can’t see your shoes, plus you have to move all of the boxes to remove the box lids.  The alternative is to use a clear shoe boxes or clear boot boxes that has a front opening. By using stackable clear shoe boxes with front openings, you have now cut down the amount of storage space you need for your shoes and make better use of the space that you have.  For example if your shelves are 12 to 14 inches tall and 3 feet long, you can now store 12 pairs of shoes (4 pairs across, stacked 3 high) in the same space within which you could only store 4 pairs before Now what to do with those shoes that you don’t wear that often.  A good place for these is possibly behind your long hanging clothing.  Again, using the clear shoe storage box or the clear boot storage box makes it much easier to find these special occasion shoes when you need them Why built-in shoe cubbies are a no go. Nothing personal against shoe cubbies.  Just that once a shoe cubby, always a shoe cubby.  In other words, they lack the versatility to change as your storage needs change.