How to Make Your Own Underbed Shoe Organizer
You use different shoes for different activities. Athletic shoes are usually worn when you play sports or for casual activities like shopping. Dress shoes are typically worn to work or out for a fancy night on the town. Slippers keep your feet warm around the house. Then, you might have several of the same type of shoe in different colors to match different outfits. Before you know it, your closet is bursting with shoes and you are struggling to keep them all organized. You can make a simple and inexpensive underbed shoe organizer to keep your closet from becoming cluttered with shoes. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 58-quart underbed storage box
- 7 strips of thick cardboard measuring 20-by-6 inches
- 39-by-6 inch strip of thick cardboard
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Scissors
Instructions
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Remove the lid from your underbed box and set it aside.
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Take your 39-inch long strip of cardboard and lay it in front of you lengthwise. Now, every 4 3/4 inches along the length of the strip, make a mark 3 inches up the height of the strip. The last section of the strip will be longer than the rest. Make vertical cuts up to those 3-inch marks all along your strip for a total of 7 cuts.
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Take your 20-inch strips and lay them lengthwise in front of you. Measure in 10 inches from one end and make a mark 3 inches up the height of the strip. Make vertical cuts up to the 3 inch mark in each strip. Each 20-inch strip will only have one cut in it. You should now have strips of cardboard, the 39-inch strip and the 20-inch strips, with cuts that go halfway through the strips, that will allow them to fit together.
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Place your 39-inch strip down the middle of your underbed box so that the cuts are on the top half of the strip.
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At each cut, place a 20-inch strip so that the cut on that strip is facing down. Slip the two pieces together so that they interlock. You will end up with a underbed box that is divided up into 16 rectangles for organized shoe storage.
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Tips & Warnings
For larger pairs of shoes that won't fit into one rectangular compartment, just remove one 20-inch strip to turn two smaller compartments into one larger compartment.
You can use this homemade organizer for more than just shoe storage; you can use it to store belts, scarves and other accessories.
