How do you store your shoes

roz · 15th March 2008, 13:31

Reading through this thread, I see I'm not alone in having well over 100 pairs of shoes. Nearly half of mine are platform shoes along the same lines as the ones in my avatar so they're quite sizable and difficult to store. I was wondering how people store their shoes, particularly if you have as many shoes as me.

I am currently completely gutting a spare room in my house which is (without exageration) 11ft by 12ft in size. I am going to put every single pair of shoes I have in there on three 6ft tall, 7ft long shelves which I hope will allow me to keep up to 200 shoes as I am buying more all the time.

I don't have many boots (I have about 10 knee highs, 5 Ugg boots and 2 knee high platforms) and they're staying in my original wardrobe.

How does this compare with you? As you can see I take shoes very seriously!!

roz · 16th March 2008, 22:30

Wow, 110 views and nobody wants to say where/how they keep their shoes? :(

I saw this on another thread: Celebrities in High Heels

Mariah Carey's shoe room. Nothing like mine will be but mine will be a room with shelves of shoes, so similar at least in that respect.

So, do you keep your shoes in your wardrobe, in a seperate room, do you have any interesting shelves or storage solutions? I'm really interested to hear :)

Adeana · 21st March 2008, 04:30

If I have the boxes I try to store them back in them. I got some from places like TJ Max and stores like that and they don't have the boxes so I just kind of line them up in my closet. I have a huge walk in closet and I use the whole back of it for my shoes.

Amanda Snake · 21st March 2008, 07:06

Hi Roz,
Almost all mine are in the same boxes they came in when I purchased them.
The ones I often wear are on shelves in the spare room.
The ones I currently wear are on the floor in my bedroom.
The ones I never wear are in a charity store in town.

Amanda Snake · 21st March 2008, 11:30

I store my shoes in my spare room, in the boxes they came in when they were purchased.
My favorites are on shelves in the same room.
The ones I wear daily are often dotted around the house.

Amanda Snake · 21st March 2008, 12:12

Most of mine are in the boxes they came in stacked in my dressing room.
All my favorites are on shelves in the same room.
The ones I wear daily could be anywhere in the house.

Amanda Snake · 21st March 2008, 21:59

Hello Roz,
I keep most of mine in my dressing room still in the boxes they came in.
My favorites are in full view on a couple of shelves.
The ones I wear daily are often sort of scattered if I'm busy

roz · 21st March 2008, 22:56

Hello Amanda, and thanks for replying. Nice to see another girl from the UK posting :D

I sometimes wish I kept the boxes mine came in, but I am looking forward to being able to put mine on shelves. I do wonder how dusty they'll get though but I'm sure it'll be OK.

At the moment it is a complete mess, they're wherever I can fit them. They're in my wardrobe, on top of my wardrobe, under my bed, my boots are in my boyfriend's wardrobe and the ones I don't wear are in my parent's house!

I posted here because I wondered whether everyone was in such a mess as me or whether they went to extraordinary lengths to store their pride and joys.

Amanda Snake · 22nd March 2008, 09:06

What I like most about having them in their boxes, well it's like theyre new. Everytime you open the box. Especially if you forgot you had them.
I wrap them in tissue paper and squirt a bit of perfume in the box when I replace them.
I have some open fires in my house so the ones on shelves it do get dusty after a while. Boxes are best, you can stack them with the label or picture facing out, that gives you a rough idea what's in them.

I wish you luck in sorting yours out finally, it sounds like a nightmare to me.

Ninanoora · 24th March 2008, 20:10

I wish that i had spare room just for my shoes, aww im so envy. sounds like celebrity way of living :) reminds me cribs episode of Mariah Carey.

I keep my boots and shoes what i wear often in closet in hallway.
I have small storage room in bedroom, where i keep most of my clothes and shoes/boots in their boxes piled in corner.

Summer shoes, sandals, mules are stored in addic in plastic bags. or their own boxes they came in.