Tidy up the shoes taken off in the entryway to your home: 12 stylish tips
Taking off shoes at the entryway to the house is a good habit to get into to keep the house cleaner. However, this inevitably leads to a jumbled mess of shoes piling up at the front door. So, how best to solve this problem in a "stylish" manner. Let's check out some examples below:
Open or closed furniture to store shoes in at the entryway
If space is limited and it is not possible to place a proper shoe/coat stand, then a narrow cabinet - like one - can be very handy (with or without doors).
Units like this can be found in every shape and material: wood is the most popular, but they also come in acrylic (like the one shown here with transparent doors)
If you don't want the shoes to be visible, it's best to choose a cabinet that has doors, and will look like a regular cabinet when closed up! Of course, you will need to use odor and humidity absorbers inside these cabinets.
Benches with shelves
One of the most handy, economical and common ways to tidy up shoes at the entryway is to use benches or seats, which have convenient shelves for footwear directly under the seat.
Better still, when the bench is actually comfortable to sit on and comes with nice, thick cushioning (like in this example).
This bench is more square than rectangular, but is a very solid model. There is no fear of hearing creaks when sitting on this bench (and which can hold up to 12 pairs of shoes).
The larger they are, the more compartments a bench can be divided into - in this example, one compartment has a wicker storage basket. Extra slippers for guests could be put into this basket, for example!
And check out this piece of furniture: it has an open shoe rack, a storage cabinet and even a padded seat. There is also space to out ornaments on top of it. And it fits snugly into a corner near the front door.
And, of course, you can personalize these pieces of furniture. If you can't find one in the color you want, you can paint most models on the market.
Wall-mounted shoe racks
A "regular" wall-mounted shoe rack is not the most attractive piece of furnishing. So when going for this option, choose racks that have more refined look. The example shown here is more in line with how a wall-mounted shoe rack should appear.
Wall-mounted shelves serving as shoe racks - like the ones shown here - can be quite cute. And it's easy to make these yourself using recycled pallet wood.
And here is an example of tilted wall-mounted shoe racks, but set within a ultra-modern decor that many will find attractive.
How do you sort out the shoes left in your entryway?
