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We make a shoe rack for the hallway with our own hands. How to make a shoe cabinet yourself: description of the stages of work and photos of various options Do-it-yourself shoe cabinets

A hanger, a bedside table for shoes, a mirror - this is where you begin to get acquainted with the apartment. Homemade interior elements look especially interesting. Today we will tell you how to make a shoe rack.

Types of shoe cabinets - signs of an ideal shoe rack

You can design an original shoe cabinet or use open sources. The second option will allow you to avoid mistakes and gain the necessary experience. A shoe rack in the hallway can be a simple two-row shelf or a carved casket with an advanced ventilation system. Today on thematic websites you can find a drawing of any furniture for shoes in the hallway.

Popular models include:

Open shoe rack;
Closed shelf - bedside table;
A tall, narrow or elongated cabinet - “slim”;
Standard shoe box combined with a mirror and bedside table;
Chest of drawers. There are models with natural ventilation and equipped with ultraviolet lamps;
Open or closed shoe rack (in demand among owners of large shoe collections);
Galoshnitsa.

You can make any shoe rack from this list. But how to do it right? Here are the signs of impeccable shoe furniture:

Ergonomics. The closet should be comfortable;
Versatility. It is desirable that the shoe rack can be used as a stool or bedside table. If desired, you can install a mirror - you will get a homemade dressing table;
Ventilation. Of course, there is no need to extend the air duct system or install supply and exhaust units. Provide air circulation. It would be enough;
Design. Furniture should not “stand out” from the general style of the apartment. However, this nuance is resolved at the design stage.

With due diligence and care, anyone familiar with electrical and electrical equipment can create a shoe rack. hand tools. The main thing is to believe in yourself.

Basic model - open rack for drying shoes

Our task is not to create another masterpiece for the Hermitage. This shoe rack will appeal to people who appreciate practical solutions no frills. This product is based on a classic dish drainer. Don't smile - it's comfortable and functional. You will see this for yourself.

Such furniture fits well into the interior of an apartment decorated in a minimalist style. By the way, it is very popular among apartment owners and professional designers.

In a house where pets live, you need to hang lightweight glass or plastic doors on the counter. They will not prevent the shoes from drying out, but will save them from the fate of becoming a toy for a puppy or a sleeping place for a kitten.

A beautiful, comfortable shoe rack is a source of legitimate pride for a craftsman. However, several nuances need to be taken into account. The characteristics of furniture depend on the materials, fittings and tools. To a greater extent, the durability of the product is influenced by the material.

Shoe dryers are made from furniture panels - they can be bought at construction stores.Along with the materials, do not forget to purchase the accessories:

Furniture metal corner – 8 pcs.;
Self-tapping screws;
Tsargi;
Hinges for doors – 4 pcs.;
Metal mesh shelf (quantity and size depend on your needs);
Handles (choose based on your preferences).

The set of tools for work includes: tape measure, marker, screwdriver ( hand drill), screwdriver, Sander(sandpaper), hacksaw or electric jigsaw, hammer and pliers.

After preparation, the shoe cabinet is assembled in a few hours:

1. Having drilled the sides of the future shoe rack, fix the drawers and ends on it with confirmations, which also need to be drilled. With a depth of 5.5–6 cm, the diameter of the holes should be 5 mm, in the sides 8 mm, but they must match;
2. Screw half of the corners to the lid of the product, the rest fixed on the back wall of the shoe rack will act as wall fasteners;
3. All elements of the product are connected to each other with self-tapping screws. When assembling, check the geometry of the furniture - the diagonals must be the same;
4. On the facade of the drying rack, make markings for furniture hinges and hang the doors.

The distance between the wire shelves should be at least 0.3 meters - boots can be placed on the bottom one. However, for furniture made by yourself, dimensions are not decisive: the dimensions of the product depend on your desire. Shelves for shoes made of metal mesh will be more convenient if they are installed at a slight angle.

Wooden shoe rack - convenient simplicity

Later we will definitely amaze our friends and family with creativity, but for now we are learning. One of the simplest furniture options for storing shoes is wooden shelves. By the way, among aesthetically pleasing ordinary people, such products are called the fashionable word “slim”. But for us, this is an ordinary closet with shelves for shoes, elongated in height.

To work, we will need a standard set of tools described above, a lath, furniture metal corners and several boards 15–20 mm thick. Two of them will be the future sides of the shoe rack, the rest will act as shelves. The height and width of the boards depend on the size of your hallway and the number of shoes. Products with a height of 90 cm and a width of 60–70 cm are considered standard.

Stages of making storage for shoes:

1. Using a tape measure and a marker, mark the cutting lines. We need two side racks and several shelves (the number depends on your desire);
2. After marking, we cut the boards into pieces of the required size. Uneven edges can be corrected using sandpaper or a sander;
3. We screw the corners to the future shelves with self-tapping screws, and then fasten them to the sidewalls;
4. The rail will be needed to refine the front part of the wooden stand.

At the final stage, the product can be coated with a layer of varnish or acrylic paint. In fact, this furniture is the basis of most shoe racks. Let's prove this with an example. The next product is a two-piece shoe cabinet.

Shoe rack upgraded to a shoe rack

The master determines the dimensions and material of the furniture based on his own needs. In production, MDF boards, chipboards, wood, and plywood can be used. The latter option is durable, however, at the last stage it will have to be treated with varnish or paint.

Our future shoe rack will have the following dimensions: width – 1100 mm, height –700 mm, depth –250 mm. You can change them according to your needs. We will use plywood as the main material. To create shoe furniture we will need the following parts:

Lid and bottom. Two identical boards 1100 mm long and 250 mm deep;
Sidewalls – 3 pcs. (two external, one central). Dimensions: height – 668 mm, depth – 250 mm;
Horizontal shelves – 2 pcs. (526x250 mm);
Front facades – 4 pcs. (311x518 mm);
The back wall (696x1096 mm), for its manufacture you can use plywood or plastic several millimeters thick.

Dimensions of parts are indicated with the necessary indents and gaps for cutting and edging.

Components and consumables that cannot be made at home:

Plastic sandwiches (overshoes) for side racks – 4 sets;
Handles – 4 pcs. (according to the number of sections), self-tapping screws, confirmations, corners, minifixes, tape or wood glue.

Add an awl, drills and confirmation bits to the standard tools and you can start assembling.

At the first stage, a box is assembled from the side posts, lid and bottom. Minifixes are used as fastening elements. The next step is to install two internal shelves (fasteners - corners or minifixes).

In principle, there is nothing complicated in assembling such a product. By and large, this is a slightly modernized shoe rack. But you will have to tinker with the installation of overshoes. However, this process is described in the accompanying documentation. But just in case, here are the drawings:

The work is done in the following sequence:

1. Marking;
2. Fixing the shoe shoe on the side posts. Make sure that its movement is not hampered;
3. Installation of plywood parts. Plywood plates are inserted into the grooves of the shoe shoe, after which they are fixed with screws or tenons.
4. Screw the back wall;
5. We hang the front doors and screw the handles to them:
6. The final stage is the treatment of furniture with paints and varnishes.

Important! The dimensions of the parts are indicated with the necessary indents and gaps for cutting and edge cutting.

The greatest difficulty in the latter option is the installation of overshoes. However, the drawings and diagrams included with it will make your work easier. By the way, if you just hang the doors, you get a regular closed shoe rack.

Caring for shoes piled up is problematic. To prevent boots from getting dirty, suffering from dampness and dust, you need to install. The easiest way is to purchase ready-made solution, but this is not always possible.

Here we will look at an alternative route - manufacturing is not simple, but shoe racks with my own hands. We have to select tools and materials, decide on sizes and internal device. At the end you will find diagrams, drawings and photographs.

The amount of material and set of tools will depend on the chosen design. To make a wooden cabinet you will need the following tools:

drills (confirmed, 5 or 8 millimeters);
tape measure (square, ruler) and pencil;
hammer;
screwdriver (can be replaced with a drill);
4mm hex wrench;
awl;
Forstner drill;
template (its task is to mark for drilling).

Of course, if you are going to make a cardboard shoe rack, the set will be different. But more on that later.

Do you want a more durable and cheaper shoe rack? Use laminated chipboard sheets as the material. In addition, you will need accessories:

pens;
euroscrews;
shoe rack mechanism (if provided);
screws;
decorative supports (you can do without them, but with supports the structure will look more solid).

For the carousel shelf you will need metal pins (round shelves are attached to them) and a vertical pin. You don't need any special tools (except a drill). Full list materials for the “carousel” looks like this:

round pins (holders);
fiberboard disks;
plastic tips;
steel tube;
metal corners;
screws (plus lock washers for them);
half a liter of primer;
machine screws (together with nuts and washers);
acrylic paint.

More comfortable solutions are also possible (including leather upholstery). Read about this below, as well as about the sizes of shoe racks you create with your own hands.

Product dimensions

The dimensions of the product depend on the size of the hallway and the needs of the owner. For single people, a small locker nestled in will be enough, but a family of 3-4 people needs a full-fledged shoe rack designed for 20-30 pairs.

Store-bought models often turn out to be made in China, whose inhabitants have a strange penchant for miniaturization.

Shoe racks can also be wide. It is difficult to make a cabinet or make one yourself, so it is better to limit yourself to a simple cabinet. The product requirements are:
functionality;
ergonomics;
good ventilation;
aesthetics;

capacity.

A minimalist shoe drying rack does not require a lot of space. The wall-mounted model is quite small-sized and simple. The parameters can be as follows:
facades (shaped MDF boards or STRAIGHT chipboards) - 119.5x44.7 centimeters;
sidewalls (standard furniture panels) - 118.4x32 centimeters;
back wall (thin hardboard) - 119.5x89.5 cm;

drawers (can be purchased at furniture stores) - 86.8x10.

There are also more compact solutions. Most of them are mounted on the hallway wall or placed inside a wardrobe (“carousel”). The dimensions of such structures are much smaller. To pick up perfect option

for your hallway, we recommend using special design programs - you can download them and install them on your computer. There are also ready-made projects, including diagrams, drawings and detailed tables with lists of parts.

How to make a shoe rack yourself

Exist different types homemade shoe designs that allow you to optimize the hallway space. Some of the solutions are quite complex - for example, a carousel shoe rack. We will not follow the path of complexity and will deal with the simplest shoe cabinet designs made from cardboard and wood.

Let's look at an example of hand-assembling a narrow shoe rack for a bachelor's apartment. This design is designed for a small amount of pairs of shoes, and when assembling you will need a drill, a hacksaw and a screwdriver. Here is a list of materials you will need:

moisture-resistant plywood (five sheets of 12 mm thickness);
long shoe brushes (the quantity depends on the length of the shoe rack, the bristles should be stiff);
wood screws;
spikes (6 pieces, 6 mm each);
acrylic paint;
construction adhesive (for wood);
brush;
transparent moisture-resistant varnish;
dowels

The shelf can be painted with gouache or acrylic - it doesn’t matter. The brushes here serve as shoe holders. The assembly order is as follows:

The block with brushes is assembled. Through holes (6 pieces) are drilled in the plywood edge.
Apply glue to the spikes and insert them into the resulting holes.
Similar “holes” are made in plywood C, which is connected to sheet B. You can press the parts with clamps - then the glue will set faster.
Element D is attached to an existing structure.
The handles of the brushes are cut off (you can buy brushes without handles - it will be cheaper).
A pair of through holes are drilled into the brushes, after which they are fastened along the entire length of the structure (a centimeter from the edge) using short self-tapping screws.
Unused parts A and E are drilled.
All shelf fragments are fastened with self-tapping screws.
The penultimate touch is painting the shoe rack. You can involve little family members in the process. Decoupage and other creative experiments are welcome.
The hallway wall is being drilled. Dowels are installed and the shelf is hung.

We have also prepared several for you useful videos who will teach you how to create shoe racks with your own hands.

Narrow shoe racks - The best decision for small hallways? If you don't believe me, watch the following video:

The following video will also tell you how to assemble a shoe rack with your own hands:

Do you want a shoe rack for more comfortable removal of boots? Then the following video will definitely be useful to you:

You can create hanging and floor-standing shoe racks with your own hands from cardboard. The hanging shelf is made of thick, high-strength cardboard; it can be used to store demi-season pairs of shoes. You will need an unnecessary box (it’s easy to ask for one in stores) and other things:

furniture knife (can be replaced with large scissors);
wood glue;
large tape;
Ruler and pencil;
stapler (the staples for it should be large in size).

The cardboard is laid out on a flat surface, after which you divide it (using a pencil) into several rectangular sections. The height will be 30 centimeters, and the length will be comparable to the width of the cardboard. The rectangle is divided in half and bent - the side walls must be filled with equal triangles (the vertices will point down).

By bending the rectangles, you form boxes. Cover their edges with tape to protect them from moisture. The drawers are inserted into the grooves of the “neighbors” and secured with wood glue - this is how you get single design. Attach hooks on top and secure the product to the wall.

A floor-standing shoe rack is formed in a similar way, but it is not attached to the wall.

The disadvantage of this solution is its extreme instability. Cardboard is a lightweight material, so floor shoe racks can be knocked over by hitting the edge of a coat.

Cardboard shoe rack

Made of wood

Using wood and metal strips as the main components, you can build a fairly stable shoe rack that deserves its place in the hallway. You can save money by replacing wood with chipboard or fiberboard. The thickness of the sheets should be about one and a half centimeters.

You will also need special strips made of stainless steel. The shape of the planks is cylindrical. In total you need to get eight of these parts.

Please note: the cross-sectional diameter of the planks is two centimeters. Fasteners and clamps will also be useful to you (flanges and screws). Here is a list of tools for making it yourself:

pencil and ruler;
screwdriver;
Sander;
jigsaw;
nails;
compass;
hammer.

So, how to make a shoe cabinet out of wood with your own hands? The process begins by cutting out the back and sides. Usually the height of the shoe rack is arbitrary, and the width is 23 centimeters. This will allow you to make a two-level shoe rack.

The back wall is cut out at the very beginning - it will consist of a pair of thin strips. The width of the shelf should be 20 centimeters. After cutting out the fragment with a jigsaw, you need to sand the edges and work on the side walls.

First you need to mark a couple of rectangles of the same type. Use a pencil, compass and ruler to mark the front roundings. The rounds are cut out with a jigsaw, then the walls are sanded and fastened into a single section.

The final assembly of the shoe rack with your own hands. Here's the procedure:

The flange attachment points are marked.
The side walls are fastened together using planks.
The rear walls are nailed to the back side (end) of the sides.

If desired, the scheme can be complicated. As an option, replace the laminated chipboard with wood and upholster the upper part with leather.

Photos of shoe racks that were created with your own hands

White color Simple and tasteful Old pallet Banquette Eco-style

Drawings, diagrams, photos

We move from general descriptions to visualized specifics. We have placed all the diagrams and drawings of the structures described above in this section. Here you will also find photographs of finished shoe racks and individual assembly stages.

Below we have prepared drawings, diagrams and photos for you that will tell you how to make a shoe rack in the hallway with your own hands.

DIY shoe cabinet drawings

Low cabinet
Open cabinet

DIY portable shoe rack

An excellent option for a simple wooden shoe rack that you can easily make with your own hands from wood. This shelf has a large surface area, which means you can put more of your shoes on it. This shelf is also perfect for toys, books, tools, shoes and other things. The shelf is highly mobile, which means that you can place it at any time wherever you might suddenly need it.

Shoe rack carousel (step-by-step photos, drawings)

You can make such a multi-story shelf with rotating shelves for shoes using any ready-made cabinet with a square-sized base, or you can make the cabinet yourself again.

We fix it motionless in the closet metal pipe, and on it we already install rotating round shelves for shoes. We insert pins into these round shoe shelves, on which, in our own words, our shoes will be located.
The author of the shelf (who, unfortunately, is unknown to us) recommends making two types of round shelves, for 9 pairs of shoes (for children) and 12 pairs of shoes (for adults) (see drawings in the photo below). This way, the closet will fit a lot more shoes and its efficiency will increase.

Look step by step photos and manufacturing drawings:

Shoe shelves made of pipes

Shoe shelf from pipes
DIY master class

Let's look at the photo how to make such a shelf for shoes from metal water pipes with your own hands. See step-by-step photos in the photo gallery below.

This shelf will look great by the window, in the bathroom, hallway, living room or kitchen.

Step-by-step photos of the masterclass:

Floor shelf or table with shelves for shoes in the hallway

Most likely, this option applies more to tables than to shelves. But still, we placed this model here because... We hope that this option for organizing personal information will be interesting to you, and most importantly useful, because... When arranging your home, you need to keep in mind all the options!!!

See below step-by-step photos of the master class

Photo source: dailyinteriordesignblog.com Author Photos: Josh Rhodes and Elsie Larson

DIY bench shelf for books or shoes

This bench shelf is also perfect for toys, spare parts or tools in the garage.

We did not post the entire remodeling process, because... It is unlikely that you will buy a shelving unit to make a bench out of it. Therefore, we have placed only the most necessary photos so that you can simply familiarize yourself with this option. Based on the photo, you can make the same one simply from boards.

Beautifully thread the threads to support the books

Photo source: instructables.com.

DIY shoe shelf

Make four planks and making a regular shoe rack is not at all difficult, but what if we add a little twist. How do you like this option? So to speak, three in one, compact, creative, on wheels. You can adjust the sizes of the main and internal shelves as you need, and mobility is very convenient.

These step-by-step photos will help you build this fun shelf.

Operating procedure

We decide on the total area of the shelf, this is after we returned from the store with new wheels.
We prepare the material, measure it, saw it, grind it.
We take the dimensions of the internal shelves and the height of the racks. It all depends on what shoes will be stored on the shelf; you can provide everything from slippers to boots.
We make the blanks according to the sizes, you can see how everything is beautifully laid out in the photo.
Drill holes in the corners for self-tapping screws
We fasten the parts first on the internal shelves, then on the main ones.
The wheels require four holes for the bolts, you can make them in advance and tighten the bolts at the end.

The shelf is ready, further decorative work is at your discretion. You can paint it, cover the top shelf with fabric, it’s up to your taste.

Folding shoe rack

It is known that you can never have too many shoes, especially this topic is very relevant for women. But why is it needed? You can probably get by with a regular, stationary structure. The problem, as always, is free space; in a small apartment there is always not enough space, and in the summer, as you know, the number of shoes used doubles. So a folding portable shelf is perfect as an additional place to store shoes for the summer season. Or another option, suddenly you have guests. In order not to create a dump in the corner of the hallway, just take your folding shelf from a secluded corner and organize it. In general, it’s a useful thing, if you like it, make your own folding shelf not difficult.

The most common tools are a drill, a jigsaw, and sandpaper. The materials are shown in the photo, but it is your choice, boards or plywood, see for yourself. The assembly process is shown in step-by-step photos, everything seems to be clear there. You can read the instructions on the website, link under the gallery. In the photo you can see the shelf in the unfolded and folded state. According to the author, if you have all the tools and materials, it will take a maximum of two evenings to make the shelf.

Photo source www.instructables.com/id/Folding-Shelves

Shelf bench for shoes

It won’t be difficult for you to make such a simple wooden shelf for your hallway with your own hands. Check out the step-by-step photos below to see how this is done. The bench shelf is suitable in the hallway for shoes, in the bathroom, in the children's room for toys, in the room for books, magazines and newspapers.

Photo source: howtospecialist.com

Shoe shelves made from drawers

DIY shoe rack made from wooden boxes

Another option for a shoe rack made from wooden boxes, which you can do yourself.

This shelf is perfect for toys, tools for the garage, shoes, flowers (if you knock out the back wall of the drawers), as well as for other household items.

Below you can find a step-by-step master class on how to make this shelf.

Photo source: instructables.com.

How to make a shelf out of shoe boxes - without nails

This might be the easiest shelf you've ever made.. So, you need to find five boxes and a can of paint. Then take a brush and paint the container in the color that best suits your interior. When the paint dries, that's it, the shelf is ready.

You just have to decide how to put them. If there are small children in the house, the structure, of course, must be connected with bolts or screws, or even better, attached to the wall, this will be more reliable and safer. But if there are no children, then there is no need to fasten them; the boxes are strong enough. And the main advantage you can change the shape of the structure at least every day. Imagine, every day you have a new shelf and no nails

So, for example, today you have a pyramid, and tomorrow a ladder, depending on your mood.

Folded into robust construction, very convenient to store shoes. For variety, you can take one box and put whatever you want.

Well, what do you think of the idea?
Photo source creatingreallyawesomefreethings.com

DIY corner shoe rack for the hallway.

Let's see how to make a simple wooden one corner shelf With rounded shelves to your apartment. This shelf is suitable for books, magazines, shoes in the hallway, soap accessories in the bathroom, tools in the garage, as well as kitchen utensils in the kitchen.

Photo source: howtospecialist.com

Rack shelves made of cardboard boxes do it yourself step by step

Watch the master class on how to make this shoe rack using the photo above.

Minuses:

not very reliable
not strong

Pros:

cheap
Just

This design uses two types of boxes

these are the big ones from which shelves are made
these are narrow ones from which drawers are made

All boxes are secured with regular tape.

Adviсe:

Light items should be placed on the upper shelves, larger and heavier items on the lower ones.
when you cut large boxes, as shown in the pictures, then from these scraps you can make additional shelves for small items inside the shelves, for this you just need to make cuts in the trim and connect the scraps with a grid.
These scraps can also be used as additional supports inside the boxes, in problem areas.

Photo source: wikihow.com

Cardboard shoe rack

This is the most simple furniture that you've ever done. I present master class on making a shoe rack from cardboard with your own hands , an indispensable thing for new residents. In short: we make three equal strips of cardboard, press them so that they bend well, using a dull knife. We glue the sheets on one side with tape. We make triangles from the sheets and secure them with tape. Fix the resulting triangles with glue on a sheet of cardboard. The pyramid can be made of any size no matter how many triangles you make, it will be like this. Attach another cardboard sheet on top, this will be the top shelf. Anyone can do this kind of thing. This will come in handy before you buy a locker so that your shoes don’t end up lying around.

But that's not all, if there is very little space, you can make a hanging shoe rack made of cardboard, it's even easier. You need to make a rectangle from a sheet of cardboard, like in the photo. Choose the size yourself, depending on what kind of shoes you will put there. Then lay out the box again, and using it as a template, cut the blanks. Then make as many pockets as you need, insert them into each other and secure them at the back with tape. The shelf can be hung on the wall or on the door.

Of course, it’s not a very good option for winter shoes, but in summer it’s very convenient and saves a lot of space.

Secret door - closet and a shelf for shoes

Let's see how to make a secret door in an apartment, for example, in a closet, in a dressing room, in a wall.

If you want to make a secret room, or hide some unsightly part of the apartment to make it look more aesthetically pleasing, then follow the step-by-step photo instructions below.

Don't use loops because your the structure must withstand up to 450 kg! The author of the photo advises using bolts as hinge pins, which should be welded into the frame.

IMPORTANT secure the frame strictly vertically; to do this, use a plumb line. First attach the top mount to the ceiling, and then plumb the bottom mount (see photo).

See step-by-step manufacturing photos:

Don't forget to install wooden door stopper (see photo). Attach a magnet to this stop to keep the door pressed against the wall. Be careful when choosing a magnet; it should attract neither too strongly nor too weakly.

IMPORTANT!!!: according to the rules fire safety: all entrances to rooms containing ovens or gas stoves And gas pipes, must be clearly visible.

Photo source: wikihow.com

Unusual shoe shelves

with your own hands

Just as a theater begins with a coat rack, so does any apartment with a hallway. Shoe racks are not just a useful piece of furniture, they are part of the interior design, so if you are a hobbyist creative solutions, you can start surprising guests from the hallway. In this collection you can see some interesting ideas unusual shelves for shoes .

Schemes and drawings of shelves for shoes

A shoe rack is not a closet or a sofa, it is easy to make with your own hands. It's much easier to do this if you already have finished project . Of course, you can draw a sketch yourself if you have experience in this matter, but it’s easier to use ready-made diagrams; why reinvent the wheel.

For example, using this scheme to make a shoe cabinet is not at all difficult

There are many types of shoe shelves - The main ones include Bona, Slim, Coupe, Cabinet, or shoe rack - shoe rack.

For the manufacture of some of them, various mechanisms are often needed, but today it is not a problem to buy any fittings in a furniture store. To save space often use slim shelves, although they have design features, if desired, such a shelf can be made independently. Of course, making it yourself is quite difficult; you need to purchase a lot of different accessories. It’s easier to buy a ready-made one and assemble it yourself. You can see how this is done in this detailed diagram.

In this collection you can find diagrams of various types of shelves If you have experience with wood structures, these drawings can help with proportions and dimensions.

Save space !

When planning the interior of hallways, one problem most often arises - not enough space. To save a little space, you can use various tricks, for example, here is one of the methods, though only for women's shoes with thin heels. This feature of women's shoes can be used. Attach a long handrail to the wall at a distance of 5 centimeters and the shoes will be held in place solely by the heel.

If such an original shelf is beautifully decorated, it looks very original

from beer do it yourself for shoes

Let's look at how to make a shoe shelf (rack) from beer bars glass bottles with your own hands. If you already have four beer bottles (or champagne bottles) and two boards, then consider that you have already done half the work. Of course, in addition to this, you will also need inexpensive fasteners, which can be bought at almost any hardware store.

Choose beer bottles with long necks.

The boards for the shelves are sanded and covered with dark varnish.

Surprisingly, these glass bottle shoe racks are distinguished by their durability, as they can support the weight of an adult.

By placing one such shelf on top of another you will get a shoe rack made of glass bottles.

See step-by-step photos of the master class:

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250+ photos

We learn about the huge variety of shelves for only when we start looking suitable option milking my hallway. Closed and open, one, two and who knows how many tiers, hanging, floor, wall - in general, very different. To get an idea, check out this gallery

And this is only a small part of the options

The Count of Monte Cristo had 12 pairs of shoes for all occasions. Sir Henry Baskerville made do with 2 pairs of shoes for the summer, half of one was also stolen. These days, 20 pairs of shoes per family is not uncommon, but an apartment or house is not Baskerville Hall or a fairy-tale palace. High-quality shoes are expensive, but budget shoes must last at least a season to justify themselves. In this regard, the idea of making a shoe rack with your own hands becomes especially relevant.

The very concept of “shoe rack” appeared relatively recently to designate a complex that provides orderly storage of out-of-season shoes and proper maintenance of shoes worn every day. As you know, the durability and wearability of shoes largely depends on the latter. However, restrictions on trade markups do not apply to accessories for wearable items, and for a simple shoe cabinet, which a craftsman can easily make with his own hands, traders want up to 5,000 rubles. and more, although retail materials for it can cost 1500-2000 or less. How? That's what this article is for.

Old simplicity

The traditional, simplest and cheapest option for storing common shoes in the hallway is a 2-row floor shelf made of 6-10 mm plywood; for drawings see fig. on right. Shoes with high tops or berets (laced tops with tongues) are placed on the protruding part. This shoe rack is good for everyone, except for one thing: for 10 pairs you will have to give up almost 0.5 square meters. m usable area. And what’s worse, the width of 400 mm is the minimum possible for such a design. What if the entire hallway is 1.25 m wide? Therefore, the main trend in the design of modern shoe racks is compactness due to elongation and the use of simple mechanisms.

Note: Depending on the availability of free space, a simple shoe rack can be made in other ways, see for example. track. video.

DIY shoe rack, making (video)

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The main module of a compact shoe rack is a cabinet for storing out-of-season shoes (item 1 in the photo) with compartments for shoes without high tops and with tops/tops. The first ones are usually made 3 (spring, summer, autumn), and one high, but those living outside the city need 4 low and 2 high compartments; “extra” for placing work shoes. They will not hurt in the city, for children's shoes.

A shoe rack in the hallway is complemented, if there is enough space, with a bench or banquette for ease of putting on/taking off shoes. It is advisable to make openwork shelves under the seat for drying shoes (item 2), but in general it is better to dry shoes, especially for country residents, in a separate dryer, see below.

If there is very little space, you can get by with a pouf instead of a bench. A single owner can fit shoes out of season under his seat (item 3), but the conditions for storing them in this case are not entirely favorable. It is better to keep shoe care accessories in a pouf (see the drawing on the right), and place the supply of shoes in a separate organizer, see below. If the now unnecessary shoes are still in the pouffe, its drawer for ventilation should be equipped with holes in the bottom, and vents should be cut out under the seat.

The width of the pouffe seat and a regular bench is approx. 400 mm. IN narrow hallway with them there is less space left to walk through than ergonomics require, and there’s also a clothes hanger right there. Therefore, the so-called petal shoe racks (item 4); shoes are stored in them in a vertical position on the shelves of folding trays, reinforced between the sector rotary sidewalls - petals. It is possible to make a petal-type shoe rack with a width of 250-260 mm: sitting down is enough, and in the hallway 1.25 m wide there is a passage of approx. 1 m, which is acceptable. In addition, the petal shoe rack provides good ventilation of the contents both with closed and open trays. And if you fold down the tray, the shoes dry in it better than on the shelves under the bench.

Due to their compactness and large capacity, petal shoe racks are often combined into monoblocks with other pieces of furniture for the hallway. A common option is a bedside table in the hallway with a shoe rack, pos. 5. With dimensions in plan (600-800) x (250-270) mm, it can accommodate the everyday shoes of a small family. If there is enough space (approx. 1.1 x 0.4 m in plan), the monoblock is supplemented with a seat (item 6).

If there is an unoccupied corner or niche in the hallway (which is not uncommon in old houses), then it is convenient to store shoes here in a carousel shoe rack, pos. 7. Dividing the contents into 4 seasons in the carousel shoe rack is achieved in the most natural way. To store winter shoes (boots, ankle boots), the shelves are partitioned asymmetrically, see fig. on right.

Note: A fairly spacious corner in the hallway deserves more than shoe storage. For example, see another video - how to equip a hallway corner cupboard with shoe compartment.

DIY wardrobe with shoe compartment (video)

Materials and connections

Shoe storage is best made from softwood or plywood.. For maximum durability, dry shoes should be stored at room temperature and average (approx. 60-65%) humidity. But you can’t overdry shoes, especially budget ones made of leatherette; this often causes the uppers to crack. And over-drying will not benefit any other shoes, if only because the uppers with the markings of modern shoes are connected not with grit and nails, but with glue. Therefore, shoes are stored slightly damp. Porous wood will absorb excess water vapor, and if there is a lack of moisture in the air, it will release it. A wooden shoe rack is the only reliable option for storing everyday shoes if the box for them is blank, for example. in the pouf cabinet.

Properly dried shoes (see the end for more information on drying shoes and dryers for them) in a well-ventilated storage room can be stored immediately. In this case, the shoe rack can be made of laminated chipboard with a thickness of 12 mm; for the face you can order more expensive, but also more spectacular MDF. Laminated chipboard for shoe racks should be taken of medium grades after the expiration of phenol-containing compounds (E1 or E2). “Children’s” laminated chipboard of class E0 is expensive and fragile, and cheap lower classes E3 and E4 emit too much phenolic resin vapor. They are no less harmful to shoe leather, synthetics and glue than they are to you and me. For the same reason, OSB is not suitable for shoe racks - it is a building structural material that emits excess phenol during construction.

Note: Shoe racks made of metal and plastic are made only open and freely ventilated. The reason is that while laminated chipboard breathes at least a little in step with the shoes, metal and plastic do not breathe at all.

As for the connections of the shoe rack parts, they can be any kind of furniture: on dowels, confirmations, corners/overlays, tenons, miters, staples with a furniture stapler, etc. In general, assemble as you know how. For movable joints of petal shoe racks, see below.

How to make shoe racks

Petalaceae

Shoe racks with folding trays on petals are the most perfect, so let's start with them. The most seemingly complex (and expensive when purchasing a kit at retail) parts - the side petals - can be made with your own hands from sheet metal or hard plastic with a thickness of 4 mm or more. You can also cut the petals out of plywood with a thickness of 6 mm, then soak them twice with acrylic varnish diluted twice on water based. Impregnation is needed in this case to increase the rigidity of the part. The varnish is diluted with distilled (!) water.

Drawings of the petal shoe rack are shown in Fig. below. Each tray is 2-tier (spring-autumn and summer-house). For tall shoes you will have to add a locker, because... shoes with tops and ankle boots do not fit in the trays; This is perhaps the only drawback of petal shoe racks. The total height of one section H is taken from 300 mm. The upper and lower gaps between the tray cover and front panel shoe racks need at least 6 mm for ventilation. For the same purpose, the “sinus” pocket above the top tray should also be ventilated. To do this, a series of holes with a diameter of 40 mm or more are made at the top of the back wall of fiberboard or a gap is left. Ball locks or removable pins are installed in point A of the middle shelf (marked with a red arrow) so that the position of the middle shelf can be adjusted according to the contents.

The design and dimensions of this type of trays for storing shoes in a wall niche with a depth of only 200 mm are given in the following. rice. The peculiarity of this design is that the sockets of the rotary hinges (see below) are made simply in the form of holes in brackets made of steel angles, mounted from the inside on the front trim of the niche. The tilting clamps are also attached to them, if it is far from the side walls of the niche. In this design, the front cover of the tray can be as high as desired, so this version of the petal shoe rack can also be made for tall shoes. One condition is that the front trim of the niche must be strong enough, not fragile. Drywall, for example, is not suitable in this case.

Note: How to assemble a narrow shoe cabinet with your own hands, see the master class below.

DIY shoe cabinet (video)

Hinges and clamps

In petal, and some other shoe racks (see below) with hinged doors, there is another, at first glance, tricky assembly unit - a rotary hinge. There seems to be no way other than buying it, but you can still make it yourself. You only need pieces of thin-walled seamless tube, preferably brass - pieces of ballpoint pen bodies, elbow connectors of old spinning rods, etc. The cases of some types of Cuban cigars are excellent, but the prices for them now are not good for the night. And the actual procedure for making a homemade hinge for a folding shoe tray is as follows:

We cut off parts from the tube with a length equal to the depth of the hinge socket. Usually - 1/2-2/3 of the thickness of the side wall of the shoe rack, but not less than 10 mm. The walls behind the nest should remain at least 5-6 mm. These will be socket clips, you need 2 of them for each hinge..
Using a scraper (scraper, reamer), the same one used, say, when installing/dismantling air conditioner pipelines, we remove 0.25-0.35 mm chamfers from the inside of the clips.
We select bolts for the holders with a round head of such a diameter that they fit into the holder with a gap of up to 0.5 mm. We remove burrs on the heads of the bolts (if the slot is straight) with a needle file. If necessary, you can use sandpaper to adjust the head to the holder.
Use a Forstner drill to drill holes for the clips; It is advisable to take a drill of such a diameter (or select tubes for the clips) so that the clips fit tightly into the hole.
We press the clips into the holes. If they fit freely, you can glue them with any assembly adhesive on metal.
We install the bolts accordingly. holes in the petals, tighten with nuts and spring washers - the hinges are ready for assembly.

Storage

It is preferable to store shoes that are not worn for a long time in a stable favorable microclimate (see above). Also, a cabinet or cabinet for out-of-season shoes in another room is necessary if there is not enough space in the hallway. In general, it is undesirable to keep shoes that have not been worn for a long time in the hallway, especially in a private house, where through an open front door It can feel cold or damp.

Rack and cabinet

Schemes of an open rack for long-term storage of shoes and a more compact shoe cabinet with hinged doors are shown in Fig. above and below respectively. The rack provides optimal conditions for long-term storage of up to 30 or more pairs of shoes, but requires approx. 0.6 sq. m area. With minimal ergonomics, this rack requires a dressing room of 6 square meters. m. The rack does not have a back wall; it is attached to the wall with steel corners and 6x70 self-tapping screws in plastic dowels. The material of the shelves and walls is board or chipboard 20 mm and timber 30x30 mm. Shelves, for better ventilation, made of steel mesh on wooden frames.

Note: This rack is universal. High and low sections can be added to it in width and height without restrictions, as long as there is enough space. Due to the distribution of fastenings, the wall behind the rack may be weak, e.g. a partition made of foam concrete or aerated concrete blocks.

The shoe cabinet is more compact and fits in a passage with a width of 1.5 m. The length of the cabinet is up to 2 m. The shelves are of the same design as in the previous one. case; They are attached to the sidewalls with dowels, corners, in milled grooves or on regular shelf holders. The back wall is ventilated, like a petal shoe rack (see above). An option with ventilation almost like a rack - a cabinet without a back wall with a gap between the cabinet and the wall of 40 mm (the width of the floor plinth). Then assembling the cabinet according to the diagram on the bottom right in Fig. The lining at the back is made from the same board as the shelves with partitions.

Organizers

But what to do if there is no space at all for a shoe closet? In this case, an organizer for long-term storage of shoes that are not currently worn will help out. True, in furniture stores you will most likely be offered a special shoe organizer closet (item 1 in the figure), which, with the doors open, will take up somewhere from 2 square meters. m. But in haberdashery and clothing stores you can find an incomparably cheaper shoe organizer-suitcase made of fabric, pos. 2, fits under the bed. In addition, shoes breathe freely in it.

But you don’t even need to buy a suitcase organizer if you have a sufficient number of shoe boxes. They are simply glued together, pos. 3. It is no more difficult for shoes to breathe in such an organizer, and it is easier to push it into the niche of the under-bed drawer. In this case, the soft organizer-suitcase often gets stuck.

A shoe organizer made of cardboard can also be glued together, for example. to the dacha, pos. 4. Designed with imagination, it can be completely in place in the apartment, if there is a suitable niche in the hallway, pos. 5. Then the cardboard shoe rack in the niche should be positioned in a spaced position so that the sides of the niche give rigidity to the entire product. For the same purpose, cardboard blanks are impregnated 2-3 times on both sides with a water-polymer emulsion or PVA diluted 2-3 times with water.

About drying and dryers

Wet shoes should be dried before storing them in a shoe rack or storage room. But – don’t buy electric shoe dryers for your home (see picture)! Their purpose is to quickly dry work shoes during business trips, field or expeditionary conditions, when you need to take over a shift or, say, go out for measurements minute by minute, and the cost of work shoes is included in advance in the estimate or current expenses.

Casual shoes cannot be dried from the inside, Otherwise, even in expensive branded products, the top may crack or the sole may peel off before the warranty period expires. In such cases, experts in branded stores immediately determine that, sorry, the case is not covered by warranty. Here you go - a methodological guide with pictures. You dried them the way it is written here, right?

Everyday shoes should be dried either in a tilted toes-down position (pos. 1 in the figure below), or, better yet, hanging (but not by the laces or on the pins/toes!) pos. 2 and 3, or, even better, from the sole side, pos. 4. Stylish dryer-organizer for shoes, pos. 2 is technologically not that difficult if you know how to handle sheet plastics or stainless metals.

However, the most effective absorption dryer is pos. 4: completely wet boots dry in it in 2-4 hours at room temperature! As you know, the faster wet shoes dry without additional heating, the longer they last.

The secret of absorption shoe drying is in the stone backfill and accuracy: before you put the shoes on the dryer, you need to wash them. Crushed stone for an absorption dryer needs dolomite or other stone made of sufficiently durable and chemically low-active stone with greater moisture absorption. Activated carbon (not pharmaceutical tablets!) or silica gel drys shoes even faster, but drying them later is no easier than restoring the box of an old carbon gas mask. The best filling for an absorption shoe dryer is a sea shell or rounded sea pebbles. The service life of winter and work shoes, if they are kept on such backfill for the entire season, in addition to the time of use, almost doubles.

In a small apartment, every centimeter counts! There is always a catastrophic lack of storage space here. The owners are constantly looking for solutions, looking for original ideas, which will help make your home more spacious, cozy and comfortable.

The hardest thing is for families with children, fashionistas, and young people who always want to look perfect. All these categories of people need a huge amount of shoes, for any weather, combined with all sets of clothes. And, in the end, the question: “Where to store all this?!” - it becomes very acute.

After all, shoes are seasonal item. You probably won't need sandals in winter. Remove shoes that are not currently needed from the hallway. Leave here only what you are actively wearing at the moment.

It is most convenient to store shoes in transparent boxes. This way you will always see what is where, and you won’t have to spend a lot of time searching the right pair. If you want to avoid the financial costs of purchasing special boxes, you can print out an image of each pair and stick it on the desired cardboard box.

Without regret, throw away all unnecessary shoes that are worn out, too tight, not comfortable to wear, have disappointed you - in general, everything that you haven’t “walked” for a year or two. You'll be amazed at how much space you free up!

Many people are very annoyed by the huge number of different boxes and boxes. You can buy several large boxes on wheels: put winter shoes in one, summer shoes in another, and demi-season shoes in the third. Inside each one, arrange partitions of different sizes. Now it is enough to pull out only one box and delve into it.

Shoes can be stored on a plastic-glazed balcony, provided there is low humidity and above-zero temperatures.

Solving a complex problem

In our case, the customer is a young man, not married (yet), who has a certain weakness for shoes, that is, he has a lot of them, but, as is usually the case, there is a shortage of storage space. You can also turn to a professional furniture assembler, but making a shoe maker yourself is not at all difficult.

As a result, it was decided to make two narrow shoe racks. One is two compartments wider, the other is three narrower.

Obviously, for a small corridor it is better to make (order) shoe racks that are narrow, but at the same time quite high. This way the small hallway won’t seem cluttered and all your shoes will fit.

In each of the compartments you can store low shoes in two rows. This is both a plus and a minus. The advantage is that the depth of such a cabinet is minimal, and the disadvantage is that it is impossible to accommodate high-top shoes, boots, etc.

To visually make the corridor larger, which is usually the darkest room in the apartment, choose light colors for decoration.

The dimensions of the cabinets were dictated by the available space. The color was chosen based on the overall design of the apartment - in unison. The buildings are “Wenge” color, the facades are “Milk Oak”.

Making shoe racks

1. Tool

drill (screwdriver)
drills with a diameter of 5 mm and 8 mm or a “confirmed” drill;
pencil, ruler (square, tape measure), awl, 4 mm hex key or screwdriver bit, hammer;
corner clamps, if you are assembling alone;
template for marking-drilling
Forstner drill 20 mm.

2. Project

We create a model in the PRO100 program (download for free). You can download the shoe rack model.

3. Details from laminated chipboard

Table with dimensions of shoe rack parts for two facades:

№	Length	Edge 0.4 mm	Width	Edge 0.4 mm	Quantity	Note
laminated chipboard
1	379	2	483	2	2	facade
2	520	2	300	2	1	edge 2 mm, cover
3	778	1	290	-	2	side walls
3	488	1	60	-	2	screeds
3	520	1	290	2	1	bottom

Table with dimensions of shoe rack parts for three facades:

№	Length	Edge 0.4 mm	Width	Edge 0.4 mm	Quantity	Note
laminated chipboard
1	379	2	353	2	3	facade
2	390	2	300	2	1	edge 2 mm, cover
3	1165	1	290	-	2	side walls
3	358	1	60	-	2	screeds
3	390	1	290	2	1	bottom