Housekeeping and Home Organization

Shoe Rack

By Admin on December 17th, 2009

Shoe Rack

Take one last look at your shoe mountain and get ready to organize it in a way that is really maintainable and easy to use. There are so many organizers on the market today that it is easy and inexpensive to install a system, but you can design your own. If you don't want to spend a lot of money, there are still ways that you can get things moving in the right direction and create space.

Shoes are a big problem for most people. We have dress shoes, work-out shoes, winter shoes, summer sandals, hiking shoes, running shoes, and boots. It's no wonder that the closet gets overrun with a mountain of dusty shoes. Keeping your shoes in a pile is not only a dust collecting heap of disorganization, it is damaging to your shoes and you can never find the two that you need. If you do, they're probably smashed out of shape and scuffed from being buried in the mess.

Shoe storage is a must. You don't need much room for shoe shelves or cubbies. A lot of people install a shoe rack on the back of the closet door to save space. Another option is to build small corner shelves up each side of the closet. Those front corners are rarely used and are perfect for creating shoe cubbies.

Another option is to install a low shelf all the way around the floor of the closet. You can double it up for double the space. If you need to, move the hanging bar and top shelf up a foot. You can still reach it, you make more room near the floor, and you take up some of that wasted space near the ceiling.

Shoe hanging systems are great too. You can put them on the back of your closet door or on an interior wall of the closet. Use padded hooks at the bottom to hang boots and other shoes that are too large or too tall to fit on the hangers.

Stuff boots and other leather shoes with newspaper or tissue paper to help them keep their shape through the seasons. Using cedar clothes hangers in your closet will keep it from smelling like feet. This clothes hanger absorbs moisture in the closet and deodorizes the air. You can put cedar accessories down in shoes that you know get sweaty, like hiking boots and running shoes. When shoes smell, it is because they are teaming with bacteria. Put them into a plastic bag and freeze them overnight. Just put them outside when it is below freezing outside, or straight into your kitchen freezer. The bacteria will be killed and the smell will be gone. Washing often just feeds the bacteria with the warmth and moisture that they need to survive.

When your shoes are nice and orderly, finish out the rest of the closet by updating your clothes hangers. Like I said, a cedar clothes hanger does double duty in your closet. Specialty hangers like shirt hangers, skirt hangers, and dress hangers keep your closet looking super organized and neat. It all starts with taking care of those shoes!

About the Author: Charlie Hafter is on the staff of Closet Hanger Factory, a leading online resource for clothes hangers. Get all of the closet and clothes hanger accessories you could need at Closet Hanger Factory, which is recognized worldwide for their excellent quality hangers.

Anybody know of a good shoe rack i can use to put all of my boots and shoes and sandles on it?

Anybody know of a good shoe rack i can use to put all of my boots and shoes and sandles on it?

Check Lowes or Home Depot or here is a site on line

http://www.homedecorators.com/newThumbPage.php?classification=2&typeDefId=1304&definition=1312&aid=overture.generic&src=overture&OVRAW=good%20shoe%20rack&OVKEY=shoes%20rack&OVMTC=advanced&OVADID=2401663021&OVKWID=85699540021&ysmwa=JtH5y4PJ4R65MZx88VwMKYNJhX3jji_skRMkZu9ct8-AIv--bnf5-Ioyn6mD3kAS

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