Millions of shoes at the bottom of our stairs. How do you store yours?

Aubrey_Thicket

Hi all

This is really simple. We are a large family and between us we have lots of shoes. Our house is carpeted throughout so everybody must take their shoes off at the front door and leave them in the hall. However this then creates a huge mountain of shoes. We can’t be the only ones in this situation. So...Hiw do you control your shoe mountain in the hall?

maman

While I don't operate a 'no shoes' rule, I think your problem may be that people aren't putting their shoes away. OK, so you choose to take your shoes off in the hall but they don't have to stay there. What I'd suggest is that everyone establishes a place where they keep their shoes. For me it's the bottom of my wardrobe, mostly in boxes. IKEA do racks too. Then have a rule that the next time someone goes upstairs they take the shoes with them and drop them off in respective bedrooms.:)

Skiddaw1

Wooden shoe racks! If you have a branch of The Range anywhere nearby they do a splendid (and very cheap) one. You could have a line of them through the hallway.

hazyjo

No shoes for us - but we don't have kids.


Mine (LOTS!) live either next to my wardrobe (usually 2 pairs max which I wear often), some in a small basket which I want to keep handy, lots in an ottoman in clear boxes, some I don't wear often in clear boxes under a lift-up bed, and some in their original boxes under my bed.

need_an_answer

We have a no shoes policy in he house too,but we also say that no more than 2 pairs of shoes can be by the door at any one time foe each person...afterall you can only wear one pair at a time.

Encourage the family to store more than the "set" amount in their rooms

pickledonionspaceraider

We have a very messy walk in cupboard near the front door

Looks reet when the door is shut tho

Blondetotty

Just told my lodger for the final time that if I fall over another pair of shoes at the bottom of the stairs they're going in the bin. I don't care if they're Crocs or Louboutins. They're being binned. That seems to have done the trick and they're nicely lined up on a wooden shoe rack outside her bedroom door.
FYI I have no ACL in my knee and it's v unstable so a slight wobble will be enough to throw me over and her shoes do it. Every. Single. Bloomin. Morning

lessonlearned

If you have space in the hall then one of those shoe unit thingies keep them neat and tidy. Take a look at IKEA or Wayfair.

Set a limit, say two pairs of everyday shoes per person, the rest get put away in their rooms.

Savvy_Sue

the best thing I ever had for shoes was a rack which went over the back of the loo door, and everyone always put their shoes on that.

But then we moved, and there was no handy loo door to put it over, and it didn't 'work' on the back of the front door, and I have had a pile of shoes in the hallway ever since, despite investing in a nice rack with bench to sit on, and the offspring having moved on. I just need to be more disciplined ...

MovingForwards

I have two pairs of boots in the hall, as does my mate, the rest we have a bookshelf each for. Although I do have a few pairs of big boots in the wardrobe as they don't fit nicely in my bookshelf.

meer53

Ikea make shoe cupboards, I use one of those, everyday shoes all out of sight, going out shoes in boxes under my bed.

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/cat/shoe-cabinets-10456/?page=2