How to Keep Your Shoes Tidy

Admit it - how many times have you opened your wardrobe and thought: ‘I really need to sort this mess out’? It’s funny how we spend a lot of time organising our clothes and accessories, but rarely our shoe collections. But a messy pile of shoes is often the easiest kind of clutter to fix.

From bedroom shoe storage ideas to how to keep shoes tidy in a hallway; we’ve got you covered if you’re ready for a New Year organisation session.

 

 

Aside from the pairs kept for everyday use, most of us store our shoe collections in our bedrooms; but this can become a messy affair if you end up with pairs strewn around the room or simply stacked in a corner. Outside of wardrobe space, we’ve investigated easy ways to improve your shoe storage in a bedroom.

 

 

One of the best ways to make the most of your bedroom storage is to expand your space by upgrading to a storage bed, such as the padded velvet ottomon storage bed. These bed frames lift up to expose underbed space which you can accessorise with boxes and bags to store clothes, accessories and shoes.

 

 

If you don’t mind your shoes on display but prefer them to be neatly stored, then hanging products such as the 12-Tier shoe rack, offering space for 36 pairs of shoes to be hung neatly off the back of your bedroom door. Requiring minimal installation, products like these make the most of the vertical space in your room, without taking up any precious floor space - perfect for smaller bedrooms.

 

 

If you’re considering investing in a new piece of furniture for your bedroom, you want something that will serve more than one function. Choosing a wooden trunk, box or storage bench like the Reynal storage trunk with a lid, not only gives you a way to neatly store your shoe collection, but also a place to sit. Try setting one up at the end of your bed and fold blankets on top for a cosy look, or install one in a bay window with comfy cushions for a reading nook.

 

 

The obvious place to keep shoes in your bedroom is in your wardrobe. However, we all know that shoes neatly lined up in the bottom of your wardrobe rarely stay that way for long. Here are a few tips for products that’ll help you keep your wardrobe in order if you don’t have a purpose-built modular shoe storage system.

 

If you have the space in the bottom of your wardrobe, choosing a small shoe rack like the Yaka 2-level storage rack can help you keep your favourite pairs neat, organised and accessible. There’s nothing worse than sifting through a sea of shoes looking for that one perfect pair - with a shoe rack, you’ll be able to lay your hands on the exact shoes you want quickly and easily.

 

 

Choosing wardrobe shoe storage that can also double as a travel bag helps you kill two birds with one stone. Products like this shoe bag keep your shoes organised and readily available in a space-saving manner. Plus, when you need to travel, you can take your favourite pairs with you in this ready-to-go case.

 

 

If you’re anything like us, you’ll have your wardrobe divided into ‘summer’ and ‘winter’ - and it’s no different when it comes to shoes. Choosing large open storage boxes, like the Kubler storage basket, gives you a way to put all your seasonal shoes quite literally in one basket. Practical handles mean you can bring it out to search through whenever you need.

 

 

The place most people leave their shoes when they enter a home is right in the hallway; it’s common practice to remove outdoor shoes at the front door but this often results in unsightly collections of dirty shoes at the entrance to your home - which doesn’t always leave the best impressions. Thankfully, there are some excellent hallway shoe storage solutions that can help.

 

 

If you don’t like your shoes on display, choosing a closed cabinet like the Nottingham shoe cabinet lets you neatly store away multiple pairs completely out of sight. Ideal for families (or shoe collectors!) this large-capacity unit has plenty of space, and the top can be used for accessories such as photo frames, lamps or keepsakes.

 

 

Especially if you have younger children, you might find that when it comes time to leave your house, your hallway is full of people sitting on the floor putting their shoes on. Investing in a storage bench like the Lindley hallway bench for your hallway not only gives you storage for shoes, practical items like keys or wallets, and space for a lamp or keepsakes - it also provides a bench just the right height for sitting when you put your shoes on.

 

 

Hallways are often spaces used to store not only shoes but also coats and hats. What better way to reduce clutter in your entryway than to choose a piece of furniture that not only offers shoe storage, a seat for comfort and hooks for hanging coats? The Lazar entry bench is the perfect compact unit for a hallway space.

 

 

Those lucky enough to have a utility room will appreciate that it’s a great space to leave muddy shoes. However, often these rooms will become easily cluttered with multiple pairs which get dumped during the rushed chaos of everyday life. Solve the problem with these practical picks.

 

 

The easiest and most affordable shoe storage solution for a utility room or porch is a shoe rack such as the Bamboo 2-tier shoe shelf. Easy to set up, lightweight enough to move around and very practical, you can use it to store the most commonly worn pairs of shoes in a neat, orderly fashion.

 

 

In other rooms you may not want your shoes on display while you store them, but a utility room or porch can be given a cool, retro feel by choosing an industrial style metal wire basket storage unit. The Aréglo storage bench in metal and wood combines old-fashioned metal cloakroom-style shoe storage baskets with a wooden bench seat for storage and seating in one product.

 

 

Utility rooms are often small spaces, so keeping things neutral and simple is an easy way to make the room feel bigger. Storing your shoes out of sight gives a less cluttered feel, which has a positive effect on your space. The Mayor shoe cabinet, for example, lets you store multiple pairs of shoes behind cabinet doors for a polished finish.

 

Now you have your shoe collection under control, organise the rest of your home ready with our inspriational blog on 7 ways to refresh your home in the New Year.