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About a month ago, Home Depot invited me and several other bloggers to be a part of a DIY challenge. The project was up to us…the only rule was that it had to involve plywood. I had a bunch of ideas (plywood is a fun material to work with!) but in the end I decided on something that I knew we’d actually use a lot: a shoe rack! Before we made this, we kept all of our shoes piled up in our entryway closet. It was the worst. I was always so irritated digging around in the morning to find the shoes I wanted to wear that day. Now, we have a cute little rack for all of our favorite shoes, and if we clear the top off, it doubles as a bench for sitting down and pulling on boots or tying shoelaces.
What I like about this project is how customizable it is. We used our shoes to determine the height and the depth of our rack, so it’s exactly right for us. And we made it the perfect size for our entryway. Likewise, if you have waaay more shoes or if you have a smaller space to tuck a shoe rack in, you can totally adjust all the measurements to fit your own needs. And if you don’t like the look of natural plywood, you could even customize that too--just stain the wood or paint it!
Check out the Home Depot blog today to see the DIY instructions and make your own. You should definitely check out everyone else’s plywood projects too! Lots of great ideas (a plywood lampshade, budget friendly artwork, etc.).
P.S. Happy fall (officially)!
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I LOVE this! It's perfect, and like you said, totally customizable. It would fit Jim's one pair, and my several :)! Lovely project!
Haha, yep pretty much! The ratio of my shoes to Ben’s is at least six to one.
this is fab! :) looks so nice
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Thank you Kelsey!
This is so perfect! I really need to do something about the shoe storage in my closet and this looks like it could easily be customized to fit my space. Love it!
Awesome! I hope you do it!
I would really like to have one of these. I really like that there is a tiny little shelf to put flip flops and a really large space for the tall boots. My shoe rack has three levels of the same height, and it always looks ridiculous because I put my boots right next to my ballerinas and converse.
Yes! I totally agree. You should make one of these…:) Just saying.
This is so cute! I love it!
My entrance is OVERFLOWING with our shoes. His count is over 40! Mine, I'm not sure. I've wanted to make my own massive shoe rack forever but it's so intimidating. I want to customize if to fit our different sized shoes perfectly. Yours is so nice! I may just get it done now. Thanks for the inspo!
Sarah
It look unusual and simple also, i like your idea, thank you , also i have wrote for Creative shoe racks
The shoe rack is great! But mostly I just fell in love with every single pair of shoes on it.
#shoeenvy !!
I like the round supports....never would have thought of that and adds a bit of flair..
Thanks for the idea...I think i might try one.
Hi Aileen, I love this entryway shoe rack and I am a DIYer and I would love to make one of my own. Is there anyway you could send me the exact measurements that you used to make this?
Hi Patricia, Sorry I don't have the exact measurements! But that's the beauty of this project--you can make it the dimensions that work best for your space, your shoes, etc. I used the biggest shoe of my husband's to determine depth and the tallest boots I own to determine height. And I measured our entryway to get the right width. Hope that helps!
What was the thickness of the wooden poles you used for your shoe rack there's many different sizes of thickness or circumference
I saw your plywood shoe rack ideas. Thanks