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Another great thing about shoes off in the house is that it tracks in less dirt, which means less floor cleaning, and an easier time getting the job done (i.e. no ick chemical floor cleaners).

Anything that results in less chores makes me happy -- especially when it's also more earth-friendly.

Oh, and I have a shoe basket as part of the landing strip. It's not the smallest footprint ever, but it also fits bags, umbrellas, outerwear overflow, and really anything that won't fit somewhere else.

AT:Green, why oh why can't you post more original content? Some cross posts from the other ATs I can try to understand, but this is a bit of a stretch for "greenness." I'd rather have less content of higher quality than filler. In fact, I've now taken AT:Green out of my rss reader.

I'm in desperate need of shoe storage. I need something that's free standing and can hold about 10 to 12 pairs.

Any suggestions? My place is a loft and the roof is a square/rectangle without any nooks.

I'd never leave my shoes on indoors and I've never been to anyone's house where they keep their shoes on inside either. Is this an American thing (I'm Canadian???).

i'm american and i leave my shoes off. however, it mostly has to do with being raised in a semi-traditional korean family in america (most asian cultures leave shoes outside the door or in a hallway).

ikea has alot of affordable shoe cabinets and shoe racks. make sure the slot is is big enough for a pair of sneakers. i bought a shoe organizer from target and it can only fit my summer sandals and ballet slippers.

Mugsy: Its not about whether to wear one's shoes indoors but rather where does one store the shoes when they're removed.

Many people I know do not wear shoes inside their home either. Its a filthy habit. But I'm a bit of a stickler. I don't sit on my bed with clothes I've worn outside :)

I used the grid shelving system from Whitmor (the ones you snap into connectors to create cubes) I had leftover. I took 2 grids (they are about 14" square), and bent them at about a 45 degree angle, then used picture hangers to hold the grids to the wall. Not the most attractive, but I was able to size it to fit and 2 grids hold 5-6 pairs of shoes. Much better than when I used a basket, since the dirt falls on the floor near the door instead of the bottom of a basket.

I have a huge shoe addiction and racks that hold a dozen pairs or so just don't cut it. I ended up putting two Effektiv units from Ikea side-by-side in my living room and putting a melamine shoe shelf thing from BBB inside each one.

From the outside, they look like nice benches; inside I have three shelves that each can hold around 10 pairs, depending on how tightly I stack them. So that's compact, concealed storage for 60 pairs or so. It won't hold that many sneakers or large mens shoes though.

I do take my shoes off, and I have built-in shelves to hold them, along with a basket of slippers and socks for guests who might want them. Here are a lot of shoe rack/organizer suggestions for those who leave shoes by the door.

I would worry about gunk (water, grit, etc...) falling into the insoles of the shoes on the the bottom shelf from the soles of the shoes placed on top. I like the look but I would pass on these. I bought thriftstore bookshelves w/ glass paneled doors & then I took some copper sheet I had laying around and made liner trays with a small lip to the shelf dimensions. Ideally we remove a shelf for boot storage on the bottom in the winter....depends on how shoe "fetishy" we feel! I drilled ventilation holes in the back panel and we use the top for hat gloves etc... our coat rack was right next to it.. It can be a pain emptying the shelf pans of water when it's really mucky out. We are moving so it's currently in storage...and I don't know if the setup will work wherever we go next. That's just for shoes at the door....in the closet we some shoe shelves from Target or someplace like that.

Here href> is my shoe storage solution/landing strip, which was posted on AT Chicago quite awhile ago.