10 Shoe Storage Ideas for Small Spaces

Organize your boots, sneakers, high heels, and slippers with these easy DIY shoe storage ideas for small spaces, narrow entryways, and closets. 

You’ll also appreciate these DIY in-wall storage solutions and  small laundry room ideas.

Shoes. Everybody wears them. Most of us like (love!) them. So it’s fun to collect them.

But unless you live in a shoe store, it can be hard to find ways to store that awesome collection of shoes. Oh, and everyone else’s shoes, too.

If you struggle to find a good organization and storage system for your household’s footwear, I’ve got a bunch of creative and DIY solutions for you to store your shoes in a small space.

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DIY Shoe Storage Ideas for Small Spaces

Get Creative with a Hanging Shoe Organizer

A simple inexpensive shoe organizer can be hung over the door, on the wall, or even (genius!) on the back side of a room divider screen

Under Bed Shoe Storage

If all of those spaces are in use, try putting shoes under your bed in a box like this, or use an under bed skirt organizer to hide shoes and other items.

Shoe Storage Pegs and Hooks

A basic hook rack like this can make for easy hanging shoe storage:

Via – you can get a similar small coat rack here.

or for out of season shoes, install pegs to store boots. Jenny installed these high in the closet over the door to maximize storage space in her hallway closet!

See more tips for maximizing hallway closet space. 

 

Slide-Out Shoe Storage Tray

Birch and Lily used a wood picture frame as a storage tray for her kids’ shoes:

or you can make a whole family set of slide-out shoe tray like The Created Home did in her amazing mudroom.

Shoe Storage Bins

We love using IKEA bins to organize just about everywhere in our home, and our KALLAX entry organizer holds baskets for shoes (and mittens, school papers, keys, etc).

Hanging Shoe Organizer in a Locker

If you’re lucky enough to have scored some vintage metal lockers or have built your own mudroom lockers, use hooks or a rod to hang a set of closet shoe organizers like this clever solution via Apartment Therapy.

Shoe Organizer in a Mudroom Locker | via Design Sponge

Related Reading: 6 Creative Places to Store Shoes

DIY Ladder Shoe Organizer

An easy wooden blanket ladder or decorative ladder makes a great place to hang high heels in just a few inches of floor space.

Add hooks, pegs, knobs, or shoe hangers to organize flats and sneakers, too.

Scrap Trim High Heel Shoe Storage

You don’t usually want to hear the words “molding” and “shoes” in the same sentence — but this trick uses scrap trim molding to create easy high heel shoe storage!

Hanging Shoe Clothesline

Another way to organize your shoes along the wall! Oh So Pretty added a simple shoe “clothesline” with shoe hangers to hold all her ballet flats and sandals next to a tall shoe storage shelf.

Cabinet Door Shoe Storage

Use the inside of a wardrobe or cabinet door to hang your shoes using small cup hooks like Humble Bee and Me.

Hanging Boot Storage

Use this smart idea from The DIY Showoff to add closet storage! Use an extra closet hanging rod and a few pants hangers (or boot hangers) to create a space for hanging storage for boots.

Corner Shoe Shelves

Put an empty corner of a closet, room, or garage to use with easy corner shelves like Designed to Dwell

Round Rotating Shoe Shelf

Add a boutique style rotating shoe rack like this one by Handmade by Izz using our woodworking plans here. It does take up floor space, but it doubles as decor 😉

Built-In Hidden Shoe Storage

This clever built-in shoe storage pullout by Hardcore Renos uses in-wall space to store a dozen pairs of shoes.

The in-wall storage shelves we built in our bathroom would be a great solution for storing shoes behind the door (or in any unused wall space), too!

Pallet Shoe Storage

For sneakers, a cut-down pallet mounted to the wall makes a quick and easy vertical shoe rack! ( via Shelterness)

Wall Cubby Shoe Storage

A cubby mounted on the wall takes up a few inches of wall space but keeps the floor clear!

Minette’s Maze used rustic metal wall cubbies she found at Hobby Lobby

or you can build a farmhouse wood wall cubby to fit shoes (and gloves, hats, etc) using our tutorial here (or an even more simplified version here).

Wine Crate Shoe Cubby

Upcycle a crate or wine crate to make your own easy DIY shoe cubby (via White House, Black Shutters).

DIY Narrow Shoe Cubby Organizer

With just a few boards and a couple tools, you can build your own tall narrow shoe cubby organizer inspired by this vintage mail sorter!

Rolling Shoe Cubby Bench

You can also build your own rolling shoe cubby bench to slide under a shelf or console table in your entryway.

See more of our favorite mudroom benches. 

More ideas for small space organizing:

• Convenient Cabinet Organizing Ideas
• Creative Closet Organizing and Storage Ideas
• Clever Kitchen Storage Ideas