Finally, the shelves for the shoe storage towers are painted. I used Ace Hardware's Cabinet, Door and Trim paint (as recommended by non-paid-endorser Sara at Russet Street Reno - by the way check out her cabinets!).
In the end, the paint went on really nice even though it took 3-4 coats on each side of the shelf with a 6-8 hour drying time.
I'm still working on shelf placement and playing shoe tetris on which shoe goes on which shelf. Also some shoes are going to a nice farm in the country...shhh...don't tell them!
The shoe drawers are also a work in progress right now. With snow on the ground, we get a little stuck on the sanding and cutting wood process since that all gets done outside. And it is also ski season.
I wanted these drawers be pretty deep to have some flexibility in their use. Our plan is to use them as sneaker drawers, but the next person down the line might not have a large sneaker collection and want to use the storage for something normal like sweaters or linens.
So, I'm wondering how to divide the sneakers. They stand-up on their own, like how I currently have them, but need a divider for the next row of sneakers. Ideally, I would like something that could be moved and not so permanent. I did some research and most typical drawer dividers are too short for the width of these drawers.
Any ideas?
This tension rod is the only thing I could think of to divide and conquer the sneakers.
Glad you liked the paint, it did take lots of coats, but that paint is so tough, it's soo worth it. Have you thought about making dividers with some 1/4 inch plywood? Or plastic? Something that won't weigh too much. A tension rod would work too, though. Nice shoe space, lady!
ReplyDeleteSo many shoes! No wonder you needed shoe storage...which looks great by the way. xx
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm jealous!
ReplyDeleteA wooden dowel might also work as a divider, but then you'd have to find a way to attach it to the sides of the drawer somehow.
Oh wow - looks great! I came over from The Stucco Bungalow to say congrats on the Stylish Blogger Award!
ReplyDeleteI would put rows of regularly spaced holes so that you can use a wooden dowel but also be able to adjust it to whichever depth/height best accommodates the shoes in the drawers
ReplyDeleteAnon, I agree! We should probably should add holes and dowels. It would look a lot nicer than tension rods.
ReplyDeleteGoing along with the dowel idea...you could use an oval closet rod and cut it down to your exact length, then use the end supports that go with. They're much smaller in height and thickness that you would think a normal closet rod would be, because they're oval. And....they're shiny! :)
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ReplyDeleteGreat idea Erica! I would even be tempted to use just the end pieces with a wooden dowel.
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