I was sick to death of shoes being scattered around the house, and thought I'd make use of the empty space behind our bedroom door for simple shoe storage!
I made this using some pine boards, fence posts and trim. Put it together with some PVA and my new Ryobi nail gun, gave it a good sand, paint / varnish, and now I have storage for 6 pairs of adult shoes! I could easily now make more if I need.
Note: I used timber that I had leftover from other projects, but all products purchased from Bunnings and this project can be recreated, or adapted using other types of timber.
Steps
Step 1
First I measured up the space I had behind the door, to understand the length of my shoe rack, and how much width I could get away with that wouldn't obstruct the door from opening. For me, this worked out to be about 80-100mm width and up to 800mm in length.
Step 2
Next I used my mitre saw to cut the timber. For each shoe rack, I needed three lengths of the decking boards which were 90mm width, one length of the 60mm wide paling for the base, and then 2 shorter lengths of the 60mm paling to be the sides. I went with 280mm length for the sides to fit long shoes, but the height could be adjusted. If I was making these racks for kids shoes I would make them much shorter.
I also cut the top of the side pieces at an angle for aesthetic purposes.
I also used some pine trim as a thin top piece of timber to hold the shoes upright in the rack. I cut these the same length as the rack
Step 3
Then I gave my timber a sand, and started to assemble the pieces.
Base (60mm wide piece), connected to the two edge stripes, and a 90mm wide backing piece. I used PVA to hold the timber in place, and then added some trim nails using my nail gun.
I then added a top back panel (90mm wide piece) to the top of the edge strips, as well as a front strip using the same method.
I also used clamps to hold the timber in place if it was slipping.
Step 4
Once the glue had dried, I used a tiny bit of timber filler to cover the nail holes, and did another light sand before adding the paint.
For the majority of the shoe rack I used a primer and then top coat of h20 enamel, but for the front pieces of timber I decided to go with a clear varnish.
Step 5
Once the paint and varnish was dry, that was it! I mounted these on the wall behind the door, and NO MORE SHOES ON THE GROUND!
Let me know what you think!
