6 Uses for a Hanging Shoe Organizer

February 1, 2011


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    From the kitchen to your entryway closet, fill your home with shoe organizers without actually splurging on footwear. Designed for vertical storage, their multiple pockets make them a must-have companion for organizing an endless number of items while maximizing space.

Our Top 6 Uses

1. Bathroom Essentials & Cleaning Products: Hang your shoe organizer from a linen closet or on the back of a bathroom door. The pockets are great for items like hair dryers, toilet paper and small towels. Plus, you can store cleaning supplies in high-up pockets to keep them out of children’s reach.

Tip: Plastic shoe organizers are great for easily seeing the items you have in each pocket and they’re easy to clean.

2. Kitchen Items: Free up shelf space in your pantry by hanging a shoe organizer on the inside of your pantry door. While the options are nearly endless when it comes to what you can place in the pockets, try using them to organize potholders, snacks, reusable bags, pet treats and hand towels.

Tip: Reserve a row of pockets for dinner ingredients. As you go in and out of the pantry throughout the day, slide ingredients you know you’ll need into the row. By dinnertime, you’ll have most of your ingredients all in one place.

3.winter shoe organizer inset Winter Gear: Whether in a mudroom or entryway closet, a shoe organizer is handy during winter months. Place gloves, hats, scarves, earmuffs and more into the pockets and consider designating a row of pockets for each family member.


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4. Toys: Organize all types of small toys in the pockets of a shoe organizer. For toys that come in lots of colors, like building blocks, use a different pocket to organize each color. If you have children of varying ages, place toys for older kids in top pockets and age-appropriate toys for younger children in the bottom pockets.

Tip: Cut up scrap paper into squares and use each piece to describe the contents of a pocket. Attach the label to the pocket with a binder clip or clothespin.

5. garden shoe organizer insetGardening Supplies: Hang your shoe organizer from a garage door or on the wall of a shed or garage. The pockets can be used to store gardening tools, seed packets, gloves and more. During spring, you can even grow plants in the pockets by hanging a fabric shoe organizer outdoors, filling each pocket with soil and seeds.

Tip: A shoe organizer can be used to sort seeds for the avid gardener. Seal your seeds in plastic bags, placing each type in a different pocket. To clearly display the contents of each pocket, use a safety pin or binder clip to attach the seed packet to the outside of the pouch.

6. Craft Supplies: Shoe organizers are great for sorting craft supplies like yarn, paint, scissors and more. Try sorting paint by the shade, using one pocket for shades of red, another for shades of blue and so on and so forth.

To make creative labels, cut a long and narrow strip of paper, about 4” wide and 10” long. Fold the piece of paper in half and glue a magnet to each side so that the folded paper closes shut. Describe the pocket’s contents on the paper, then clamp it over the pocket, allowing the magnets to hold the label in place.

Tip: Instead of hanging your shoe organizer from a closet rack, maximize your storage space by hanging it on the back of a door or from a curtain rod.

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