If you have a lot of shoes and are wondering how to fold them compactly, make an organizer out of PVC pipes, wood, plastic bottles, and other materials. Every person has shoes, without them it is impossible to exist in the modern world. You can make convenient storage systems for it from the most unexpected materials. Simple recommendations will help you update your favorite sneakers and sneakers, extend the life of new boots and shoes.
Practical advice on shoe care
Baking soda, toothpaste, and vinegar are found in almost every home. These cheap products can help you take care of your shoes.
The following remedy is intended to remove road salt from your favorite boots. For it you will need:
- 1 liter of water;
- 60 g vinegar;
- natural canvas;
- capacity.
Pour water and vinegar into a suitable non-food container and stir. Put a cloth here, wring it out, wrap your shoes in this cloth for 2 hours. After this time, it remains to remove the fabric and wipe the boots or shoes with a damp clean cloth, leave to dry naturally.
The following recipe will help you update your shoes. To restore the whiteness of the sole, you need to apply a little toothpaste here using an unnecessary toothbrush with brushing movements. Next, you will need to wash off this solution, wipe it with a clean cloth.
If you need to clean fabric shoes, then rub toothpaste into them, rinse off after 15 minutes, wipe with a soft cloth.
The unpleasant odor from feet in shoes can be removed by sprinkling a little baking soda inside. Do this before bed, and in the morning just shake it out and wipe these places with a dry cloth.
To update your leather shoes, use the rubbing alcohol from the pharmacy, but be sure to get isopropanol, not ethanol.
To verify the composition of medical alcohol, read about it on its packaging or ask the seller. You can easily remove stains from leather shoes if you soak cotton wool in rubbing alcohol and use it to clean and renew your shoes. After the performed procedure, you will see the result.
If you are unsure how to clean suede shoes, take note of the following methods:
- If it gets dirty, use a dry cloth to gently wipe off more of the dirt first. Then, armed with a manicure nail file, remove the remaining dirt with it.
- To restore suede shoes to their original appearance, put a regular kettle on the stove. Wait for the water to boil. Keep suede shoes over steam by rubbing them lightly with a dry, soft cloth.
- Greasy stains will be removed from these shoes if you rub some dry oatmeal into them. After half an hour, shake it off, and remove the remnants with a dry cloth.
To add shine to patent leather shoes, you need to clean them with petroleum jelly. Especially carefully rub it into scratches.
Also, practical advice will help you stretch your shoes. For this we will use 2 methods - hot and cold. For the first, you will first need to put on rather thick socks, and then, right in them, shoes, which need to be made a little larger. Warm up your shoes with a hairdryer without removing them. You will feel that they began to sit more freely.
For the second method, you need to prepare:
- a couple of small bags with clasps and one larger;
- water;
- shoes to stretch.
Pour into bags in water, zip them firmly. Place the resulting adaptations in the socks of your favorite shoes or boots. Put shoes in a larger bag, place in the freezer overnight. Take it out in the morning, after half an hour, when the ice melts, take out the bags from the socks.
To prevent your shoes from getting wet, rub them with beeswax. This tip is useful for both fabric and rag shoes. Such a protective layer lasts for a long time.
To make it easier to wear shoes with heels, your legs are not deformed, glue the second and third fingers with a plaster before putting on such shoes. Of course, this is often not worth doing, but when you have to "go out", this method is perfect.
You will not slip in your shoes if you rub the flat soles with sandpaper. New shoes will not be uncomfortable if you slightly moisten the inside with deodorant before putting on.
If your feet are still rubbed, then make a soothing bath for them by adding tea to the water, lower your feet here.
DIY shoe rack
Now you know how to clean suede shoes, update your favorite sneakers and sneakers, and remove stains from leather boots. Therefore, do not throw away your old shoes. Give her a second life with practical advice. To store all this wealth, you also do not need to spend much money, because a spacious shoe rack can be made from scrap materials.
This is how roomy, stylish and comfortable it will turn out. To make this type of shoe rack, take:
- planks;
- roulette;
- saw.
The beauty of this product is also that you do not need nails and screws to create it. At any time you can disassemble this spacious shelf to move it to another place or put it away for a while. But first you need to make a rack.
- To do this, take 6 boards of the same length, mark the center of each. Make cuts exactly to this point, that is, to the middle. These are horizontal bars.
- To create vertical ones, take four planks of the same width as the original ones, but they should be longer. These four pieces are the same size.
- Also find the middle of each, make cuts to this point. Using the manufactured parts, assemble the structure.
If you have a lot of shoes, this idea will certainly work, just like the next one. For her you need to prepare:
- plywood;
- electric jigsaw;
- pencil;
- roulette;
- joiner's glue;
- thin bars;
- self-tapping screws;
- sandpaper;
- drill.
Master Class:
- Draw a circle on the plywood, cut along the markings with an electric jigsaw. Use a sander or sandpaper to make the edges less sharp. You will need as many circles as the height of this original shoe cabinet.
- Saw rectangular blanks from plywood or planks. For each circle you need 6 pieces. Assemble the frame from five thin bars using self-tapping screws.
- You will attach the first plywood circle to it. If you want your shoe rack to spin, drill holes in the center of the plywood circles, thread a metal rod through, and set it vertically. You can use special iron mechanisms.
- But even without them, the storage rack will turn out to be convenient and stylish. To do this, you need to connect two adjacent circles with six boards of the same size, positioning them in the shape of the rays of the sun and placing them on glue.
Now you can store your shoes so that they are always at hand, take up little space, and arrange many pairs of shoes vertically.
If you want to make a shelving unit so that it is also a comfortable chest for a seat, then check out the following idea.
To implement it, take:
- thick boards;
- sheet foam rubber;
- durable fabric;
- plywood or thick cardboard;
- self-tapping screws;
- limiters;
- furniture legs;
- plywood;
- furniture stapler;
- small carnations;
- necessary tool.
Step by step creation:
- Two long boards - for the front and back of the bench. Two will be short - these are her sidewalls. For the cover, you will need one wide board or two, fastened together or solid wood. A sheet of plywood or hardboard will go for the bottom.
- Assemble the base of the box from 4 planks. Cut out the foam and fabric to fit on each side. Use a furniture stapler to attach this upholstery to the base of the box. From the back, nail the plywood bottom to it using small studs.
- Using foam rubber and a cloth, cover the bench cover. From thin plywood or thick cardboard, cut one long rectangular piece and several short ones of the same width.
- Make slits in them up to the middle, as described earlier. Place the small pieces perpendicularly on the large piece, thus making a shoe organizer.
- Secure the cover opening stops. Attach the legs on the back.
Now you will have a beautiful banquet for shoes in the hallway in the corridor, on which it is so comfortable to sit, putting on your favorite boots or shoes.
If you have a lot of shoes, use a vertical space in your pantry or closet.
To implement a similar idea, take:
- metal bar for hangers;
- fasteners to the wall;
- metal hooks in the shape of the letter S.
Mark the length of the barbell. At a slightly smaller distance, horizontally on the wall using self-tapping screws, fix the fasteners, fixing the bar in them. Place hooks on it, hang your shoes. It will be convenient here for shoes with straps, for which you will fasten your wedges. The shoes can be fixed by inserting their heels between the bar and the wall.
If you have unnecessary plastic sills or planks, fix them horizontally to the wall to store a lot of shoes on these fixtures.
A way out of the situation will be such a nice rack.
For him you will need:
- boards;
- bars with a section of 40x40 cm;
- self-tapping screws;
- saw;
- MDF sheets;
- wood treatment agent or paint.
4 boards will become the legs of this device. Put two parallel to each other, stuff horizontal 4 identical bars on them. They not only connect these legs of the rack, but also become shelf holders. Attach the second pair of planks in the same way.
Determine what size the shelves will be, cut them out of MDF. Attach to the bars using self-tapping screws. Cover the finished products with antiseptic or paint.
After it dries, shoes should be neatly laid out here, many pairs will fit.
If you want to find out an easy option that will tell you how to make a shoe rack, then take:
- wooden fruit box;
- chair seat;
- bars;
- two rectangles from MDF;
- self-tapping screws;
- paint.
Inside the box, place two blocks on one side and two on the other at the same distance. Paint the workpiece the desired color. Measure out the MDF sheets, cut to size, fix these shelves in the shoe rack using self-tapping screws. Place the seat from the chair on top. Inside, you will place several pairs of shoes.
If you do not have a seat from a chair, upholster a sheet of MDF with foam rubber, pull the fabric on top. Secure it on the back with a furniture stapler.
Organizer for shoes and boots made of PVC pipes
This design will help to accommodate several pairs of shoes, it looks very original. To create this masterpiece of modern thought, take:
- PVC sewer pipe with a diameter of 30 cm;
- hacksaw;
- sandpaper;
- paint;
- epoxy adhesive;
- clothespins.
If you have one pipe 3 meters long, then cut it into 10 pieces with a fine-toothed hacksaw. Sand one side of these blanks with sandpaper.
Now paint them or paste over with birch wallpaper. Then your blanks will look like stumps.
You can also use self-adhesive paper for this. When the paint or wallpaper is dry, lay the first four pieces of pipe horizontally. Connect them with epoxy glue. For the time of its hardening, it is better to fasten the workpieces with clothespins or similar devices so that they fit snugly together.
In the same way, fix the workpiece from three pipes, and then from two. You can make the number of sections as you like, but you need to fix them in a checkerboard pattern, also using epoxy glue.
Here's how to store a lot of shoes while making an original rack at the same time. If you want to make it using many pieces of such pipes, then additionally tie it with a tape around the circumference.
Finally, check out a few more ideas. If you have empty large cans, then pick up the next one. This container is fixed vertically on a support. Now home slippers will not need to be searched throughout the house, they will be in place.
Do not throw away the remnants of the ceiling cornices, they will still come in handy, like the bars. Take two blocks and fasten them parallel to each other vertically on the wall. Stretch the rope horizontally in pairs for a roomy shoe rack.
For the next interesting option for placing these parts, you will need:
- unnecessary cardboard boxes;
- colored tape or electrical tape;
- scissors;
- glue.
Disassemble the boxes, cut them into strips as wide as your shoes. Roll a triangle out of each. For one side, there should be two of them, you grease one with glue, attach the second to it. Decorate the edges of such triangles with colored tape or brightly colored electrical tape. Glue these blanks together.
Even plastic bottles are used.
From them you need to cut off the upper part. To prevent the cut from being sharp, it is better to scorch it over a fire. Fold up ballet flats, slippers or flip-flops here. The beautiful transparent organizer looks great.
If you are interested in other options for how to store shoes, then we suggest watching a video.
Household craftsmen will probably find it useful to learn how to make a shoe rack with their own hands. The next story covers this issue in detail.
