https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:51:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512803 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:26:59 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1512803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks like a high end clothing store. The kind with one item in each size and a lot of empty space.</p> <p>We don't wear shoes in the house. There are three closets near our mud room. Two of them are filled with boots, shoes and shoe racks. My 15 year old minimalist daughter is the only one not taking up a lot of real estate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512797 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:15:31 +0000 Aida 1512797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a lovely space! I think having pretty storage solutions for our pretty things is pretty wonderful </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512652 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 20:40:36 +0000 catgirl 1512652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet! DROOLING. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512601 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:38:47 +0000 Marlene 1512601@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see NO issue with buying furniture to house your shoes if you do not have an official closet! &nbsp;Basically, your hands are tied. &nbsp;What else is there to do? &nbsp;This set-up is Pinterest-worthy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512599 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:32:09 +0000 Anonymous 1512599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this, grayscale!<br /> It's very inspirational.<br /> I like the minimalism<br /> of a nearly all black wardrobe.</p> <p>ETA: did I just accidentally write a haiku?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512593 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:26:35 +0000 Elizabeth P 1512593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This looks so beautiful! </p> <p>I keep all my shoes in boxes, stacked.&nbsp; In my current house they are on shelves (I have a kind of bookcase thing in my closet) but in the past they've just been on the closet floor.&nbsp; It allows for maximum piling without getting ruined </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512588 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:17:04 +0000 Thistle 1512588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, FAB and BEAUTIFUL storage solution! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512563 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:20:40 +0000 MsMaven 1512563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For a lot of us, having an open storage like yours would be a positive. I forget about clothes in dark drawers and spare closets. Fine for specialized clothing that you only use occasionally. I do like the look of your room.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512554 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:57:19 +0000 Greyscale 1512554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I must admit my room is usually covered in thrown-off clothes. It's not always an oasis of calm! My bureau (not shown) is overflowing with clothes and they end up piled on a chair to be worn again. Plus, you're not seeing the overflow space in the cellar (Burning Man clothes &amp; costumes) or the spare bedroom closet (all my dresses) or my boyfriend's closet (dance costumes, hiking gear). A big closet re-org is due. We'll probably need to downsize apartments soon, so I didn't want to expand into the spare room lest I get too used to the extra space.</p> <p>Janet, your closet is dreamy.</p> <p>Marianna, I don't know the paint color. It's purple in some light and grey in other. (In real life it's more purple than the photos.) It was what attracted me to this apartment - I saw it on Craigslist and fell in love. It's funny what things become priorities. I need tall ceilings, soothing paint, and wood floors. But I hardly notice the cracked ceilings and windows, antique (and disgusting) sink, broken tiles, etc. This place is actually quite shabby, but it has good bones, as they say. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512478 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:13:36 +0000 dakotacheryl 1512478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>V cool storage photos ladies!!</p> <p>My work shoes all fit in my little closet that houses my "in season" hanging clothes.</p> <p>My boot collection lives in their boxes stored under my bed. You can see the boxes peeking out from my WIW photos taken from home.</p> <p>Casual shoes live in bedroom closet, and in a back of the door hanging organizer in my bedroom. I continuously practice one in and one out with shoes as I have no additional storage space.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512476 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:02:56 +0000 Janet 1512476@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Una said! I like how clean and simple your wardrobe area is. The storage cabinet is a great solution. Don't feel bad about buying furniture to accommodate your shoe collection -- I had our closet completely redone so it would hold our wardrobes both more efficiently and more attractively. Walking into our closet now is soooo much more pleasant than it was before, it's made getting dressed for both hubs and me a lot more fun. And yeah, I have a shoe wall. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512463 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:16:38 +0000 marianna 1512463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That looks so cool! I also love the paint color on your wall... do you know the name? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512431 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:02:33 +0000 Suz 1512431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fab storage solution! And glad the shoes are comfortable.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512394 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:41:07 +0000 CocoLion 1512394@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very nice. &nbsp;If you ever need supplemental income there are people like me who will hire you to assemble Ikea furniture! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512391 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:18:01 +0000 Anonymous 1512391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cool! Great storage. And AJ's too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512386 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 06:45:08 +0000 Astrid 1512386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That looks fantastic! Love the card catalogue vibe. I enjoy assembling Ikea furniture too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512378 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 06:08:21 +0000 rachylou 1512378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My gosh, your storage is so artistic! I tried to toss magazines today and completely failed. Let's not talk about MY shoes... Lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512375 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 05:59:57 +0000 catgirl 1512375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your system looks like a boutique I want to shop in! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512372 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 05:55:40 +0000 Brooklyn 1512372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I am with Lisa. This space looks so cool, beautiful and totally unattainable for me Love the new filing cabinet for your shoes. If only there was something similar for boots. I have so many and they are so hard to store! They are scattered throughout the house. Not cool at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512356 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 04:26:30 +0000 Anonymous 1512356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>See , this is what I want. A white room with a rolling rack with carefully selected pieces of clothing reflecting my cool urban life . Shoes carefully lined up beneath. Somehow I'm not there yet. Laugh , or cry? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512352 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 03:47:28 +0000 AJ 1512352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your wardrobe looks so tidy and curated! </p> <p>We also used IKEA for a shoe storage problem. We have a no shoe policy at home, but the shoes never seem to make it to the hall closet. So Bissa to the rescue! My 11 and 14 yr olds assembled it quickly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512345 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 03:21:17 +0000 Beth Ann 1512345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think your minimalist color palette makes for alovely display.&nbsp; No worries! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512332 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:33:51 +0000 Anonymous 1512332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I understand your need to make room for shoes. It is the hardest item for me to get rid of if they are comfortable and not worn out. I also change shoes even during the day for foot health. My storage solution is to "file" them in under-the-bed flat boxes by type for easy access. The boxes reach to nearly the middle of a queen sized bed, so DH has his own under bed space. My few pairs of kitten heels are each in their own box stacked under hanging clothes in my closet.<br /> Your racks and new shoe cabinet are attractive and everything looks organized. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512331 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:32:46 +0000 Jaime 1512331@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My son is the master of Ikea assembly around here. I won't touch the stuff. I love the look of your storage cabinet, although I was mortified by the title of your thread. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512328 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:29:15 +0000 jackiec 1512328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is one cool looking cabinet! Well done. ....you actually&nbsp;<i>like&nbsp;</i>assembling that stuff? oh boy... &nbsp;;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512322 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:02:28 +0000 Greyscale 1512322@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, these drawers would hardly work for shoes bigger than mine (6.5). I was wearing my clunkiest Dr Martens at IKEA and I tested to see if they'd fit. Just barely. I think it's meant as bathroom storage or something, not shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512321 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 01:59:07 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1512321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This looks really lovely.</p> <p>Being a size 10, I've found that often cubbies designed to hold shoes won't actually fit mine...they're too big. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512317 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 01:36:27 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1512317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a beautiful storage system you have. Everything looks so neat and the color scheme so cohesive--the black is very calm and collected looking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512308 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 01:08:54 +0000 Diana 1512308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shoes are the only item I do a seasonal swap for. They do take up a ton of room, and I at least need to have them out in the open to remember they exist. I have two shoe racks, one in a dark corner of my coat closet for out of season shoes and one that we built into one end of the entry hallway where the current season shoes live. (Dress shoes are stored away elsewhere.). I really like your shoe "catalog"! I might have to look into getting one for myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/finite-space-for-shoes#post-1512305 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:49:51 +0000 Greyscale 1512305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I kept the Born flats from last week's question. I wore them with my orthotics and they are, indeed, amazingly comfortable.</p> <p>But the shoes had unintended consequences! My shoe collection outgrew its home. I don't have a closet - I use a corner of our large bedroom for two clothes racks, and my shoes are all lined up along the wall underneath. With this newest addition, I finally realized I'd moved from "spare, minimal design" to just plain cluttered.</p> <p>Enter Ikea, the solution to all storage problems. I found a little metal cabinet that looks like an old card catalog, if your library were furnished by Scandinavian designers. Now nine pairs of shoes live in drawers perfectly sized for them. (Side note - I absolutely love assembling Ikea furniture.)</p> <p>My parents arrive tomorrow for a week's visit and it motivated me to de-clutter the rest of the house. Among other things, I realized my clothes racks were too full as well, so I begrudgingly moved my dresses to the spare bedroom closet. I apparently own 15 dresses. For someone who doesn't wear dresses, that's rather startling! I like them all, though. I hold onto special occasion dresses for quite a while in case a need arises.&nbsp;I do have a few casual dresses I want to make sure I wear often, so I hope they don't get forgotten.</p> <p>I feel like buying furniture for my shoes might be a sign of a problem. I'm not worried, though. I'll just make a point of wearing all my shoes often, to justify it!</p> <p>Here's a photo of the "after". I didn't think to capture the "before". </p>