Wall mounted shoe rack from Pax door

Materials: Pax wardrobe door

Description: Shoe rack for any size shoes.

I had a a half of Pax wardrobe door left from a previous hack which I cut to a design that holds four pairs of shoes. Great looking and doesn't need a lot of space.

~ Design by Mika, UK

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How To Build A Custom Shoe Rack From An Ikea Expedit Shelving Unit

Materials: Expedit, Table Saw, Drill, Glue, Hole Filler

Description: The Ikea Expedit cubbies are a little too deep and tall for shoes. JP resizes a 4x2 Expedit into a shoe rack optimized for shoes.

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~ JP Danko, Toronto, Ontario

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Tjusig shoerack into shoe tower

Materials: Tjusig Shoerack x 3, Kvarnvik box x 2, mdf, extra brackets, nails and jigsaw

Description: I needed somewhere to put a lot(!) of shoes, odds and ends and still look good in my hallway. Thought of making something with the Tjusig bench but it wasn't the same width as the shoe rack.

1. Assemble the Tjusig shoe racks, the bottom one is upside down to make a higher space for boots, the top one doesn't have the top pipes on for the same reason.

3. You only get three brackets so you need to get some extra to keep it sturdy.

2. A friend helped me build a mdf box which fitted the Kvarnvik boxes. We drilled holes in the top of the poles and in the bottom of the box to attach it. This means you can demount it if moving.

Put in the Kvarnvik boxes and you have some lovely drawers! Done!

~ Åsa & Wille, Sweden

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Reincarnated Rolling Shoe Storage

Materials: Various shelves and bookcase sides from the as-is section at Ikea, MDF trim, casters, wood screws and L brackets.

Description: I used various shelves and bookcase sides to build a rolling shoe storage for our newly built mudroom bench.

1. A circular saw was used to cut the boards to desired length. Due to the laminate finish of the boards, a ten inch blade with sixty teeth was used.

2. Drawers were assembled using 1 3/4 wood screws and L brackets.

3. Non swivel casters were added to bottom.

4. Decorative trim was added to the front face of the drawer.

5. Front of drawer needed to be painted to match mudroom bench.

6. Tyda satin nickel handles were added. These were found at the as-is Ikea section for .99 cents.

7. Put shoes inside and roll drawer underneath bench seat. :)

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~ Julie @ Being Home

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Wedded Hemnes Shoe Cabinets [Twined and Painted]

Materials: IKEA Hemnes Shoe Cabinet

Description: Greatly inspired by the Twined Hemnes Shoe Cabinet Hack conducted by Paulo from Canada and ScrapHacker.com.

I wedded the two newly purchased Hemnes happily.

I took out one of the cabinet leg, so instead of having four legs and an ugly gap in between, we now have a three legged cabinet with no gap in between and a top board that is just a little over hanging on both sides.

I am a tool rookie, so pardon me for some of my terms.

YOU WILL NEED:
- Two Hemnes Shoe Cabinets
- Electric drill (battery well charged)
- Different size drill heads
- Ruler
- Pencil

OPTIONAL IF YOU'D LIKE TO PAINT IT
- Paint brushes (one big one small)
- Unwanted jars to hold paint
- Masking tape
- Cotton buds (to stop paint going into drawer pull holes)

ON COMPLETION
- A massage
- Heat rubbing cream
- A place to stretch aching body parts

~ Grace Wang, London UK

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Billy, the bedside table and shoes keeper

Materials: BILLY wall shelf and BILLY OSBO doors, self-adhesive foil, wooden slats, screws, glue, saw

Description: When we moved into our new apartment, we needed some place to keep our shoes in our bedroom, and also bedside tables that matched our MALM low bed. But it is always so much trickier with sloping walls...

After some complex trigonometry operations :P, I found out that the BILLY wall shelves were the right height for our bed when placed against the sloping walls. So, I did the following:

1- Went to IKEA. Bought 2 BILLY wall shelves to put on each side of the bed. Also bought 5 BILLY OSBO glass doors.

2- In order to hide the contents of the shelves and to match the glazed doors of my PAX, I cut and put auto-adhesive semi opaque foil on each door.

3- I assembled one of the shelves following the instructions, but due to the irregular shape of the room, I had to reduce the other shelf to 2 cubbies because it did not fit on one of the sides. I cut it using a saw and attached the side of the shelf using regular screws.

4- Cut four slats to the shelves size, two for each shelf, and glued them to the bottom to prevent the doors from touching the floor when opened.

5- Attached the doors to the shelves following the instructions and... voila! :)

~ Carla, Germany

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A hack of Trones

Materials: 3 sets of Trones-Shoe-Boxes, 2 Lack 30cm shelves, 1 Lack 110cm shelf, about 2,5m wooden latches

Description: The Trones Boxes are quite cheap but alone they aren't exactly good looking. So I put a shelf on top of them, makes them looking like a custom-made designer-chest.

Put the boxes to the wall three in width, three in height (can be done in other patterns. Then the Lack shelves in other lengths might fit better). To be able to open the top line there has to be a gap between the boxes and the shelf. So I just attached the latches on the bottom-side of the shelves with some screws. (For a better look I placed the long shelf in the middle between the shorter ones.) Since it's lying on top of the Trones-boxes two screws in the wall are enough to keep it in place.

~ Alex

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Spontan x 6 = shoe rack

Materials: Six Spontan magazine racks

Description: We were after a shoe rack behind the laundry door but couldn't find exactly what we wanted. Upon seeing the Ikea magazine rack I realised this would be perfect (space efficient, flexible, economical) for our shoe rack.

I drilled 6 Spontan magazine racks to the wall space, overlapping them to fit (this is fine, they are flexible) and voila! The Great Wall of Shoe was born!

~ Flo Kaempf, Western Australia

Double Decker Shoe Rack

Materials: BABORD; 1x2 boards; table saw; chisels; wood glue

Description: I needed a shoe rack to fit in the closet under our stairs, and wanted to use the space up. I bought two of the the very inexpensive Babord shoe racks and wanted to stack the two on top of each other, but because of the underside stairs they would not sit flush to the wall.

So.....I got some 1 x 2 boards, traced the cut out of the legs/support that came with it onto my new boards. used the table saw to remove the excess, and some chisels to smooth out the cut-outs. Then had to make two new pairs of legs for the two top levels.

On the two top shelves I needed to remove a little bit of the original material so they would be staggered enough to fit under the stairs. Table for that.

Then glued everything together, used some brad nails for support (pre-drilled, of course, the Ikea pine is notorious for splitting). Put a cross piece in the back for support, and that was that.

~ ken h, canada

Shoe/Boot Rack

Materials: Ikea Futon Base-Jigsaw-Screws-Stain

Description: This Shoe/Boot Rack was made from a dismantled Ikea Futon Base. A little jigsaw work and some wood glue, stain and screws and Voila!

~ Ken, Canada

IKEA Rast Dresser turned Sofa Table Shoe Storage

Materials: IKEA Rast Dressers

Description: To solve a perpetual entryway problem involving our shoes, I decided that I wanted to take two IKEA Rast dressers and combine them into a side-by-side version, and then add some legs. My inspiration actually came from another IKEA hack, but I needed to put a bit of a different spin on it in order to make it work in our space.

The first step was cutting the base off the bottom of the three vertical braces. The outer two were cut so that the side of each piece met the 1x2" board that I was using to brace the bottom. The middle piece was cut a little shorter so that the bottom sat against the 1x2s. (You can see what I mean in the 'in progress' picture!)

On the middle piece, I also drilled the holes that hold the drawer runners all the way through so that I could put the drawer runners on both sides. I also had to shave the back lip off of the middle piece so that the backing could be nailed flush on both sides.

Once the three sides were attached to the 1x2 bottom braces, I did attach the tops - but only for extra stability and support. With the entire base built, I then created a kind of "tray" over the top combining a 1x12" and a 1x2" to get my desired depth, and then creating the finished edges using lattice (just glue those suckers on!).

After the top was built, I flipped the entire thing upside down and added 6" square legs from Home Depot. I think they were $3 a piece - and well worth it! The legs really help make the whole piece fit into our space and doesn't block the gorgeous wood border in our living room!

After the legs, I did the tedious work of filling in all holes with wood putty and sanding them flush. And then I was finally able to stain the entire piece using Minwax's Red Mahogany. Once the stain set in, I used some leftover white semi-gloss paint on the top. After layering on two coats, I used 120-grit sandpaper to "antique" the top - which basically means I rubbed off some of the paint to expose the stain underneath. It gives it an older look, instead of a store-bought freshness.

Overall this was a pretty inexpensive project - well under $100 even with the knobs ($1.19/piece at Home Depot) and lumber for the top, and I'm completely in love with the final product!

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~ Chelsea

Another twinned Hemnes shoe cabinet

Materials: Hemnes shoe cabinet

Description: Do you remember the inspiring ScrapHacker's idea "HEMNES gets a double topping"?

I've decided to use it in my hallway, following the anonymous comment of removing one of the "sides" in the middle. Actually, instead of that, I've decided to keep both inner "sides" and I've removed one of the inner columns, as you can see in this photo.

First of all I did 4 mirrored holes in the rear side of the central column. Remember, the front side can not have any hole. Then I did the 10 holes in the opposite lateral side of the column. So, I mounted the Hemnes as a single shoe cabinet with 3 legs. Finally, because I don't consider myself a handyman and I don't even have a handsaw, I've kept untouched the two original top plates. Therefore the two twinned top plates have a bit of an overhang on each side of the cabinet as you can see in this final photo.

Last tip: according your firefighters, keep in mind you have to respect the hallways' standard measures.

So, ScrapHacker, you may be glad of being inspiring to someone else: me!

I hope your hack can still be helpful to more people.

~ Paulo, Canada

Slick & Modern Wall-Mounted Shoe Tree - from a Pot Lid Holder

Materials: RATIONELL VARIERA pot lid organizer

Description: I wanted a space-saving way to store a few of my sneakers. I was coveting one of the many modern solutions that are available, but alas, I was troubled by the high prices!

I scoured the IKEA website to find a hackable product -- and lo! -- I found RATIONELL VARIERA pot lid organizer. The light bulb went off in my head!

The RATIONELL VARIERA pot lid organizer is fully adjustable, so I simply made it the length I needed so it would work for my shoes. Then, I attached it to the wall with a drywall hook and VOILA! I had a modern (and very slick, if I do say so myself) shoe tree for my colourful sneakers. Easy peasy and oh-so inexpensive.

~ Raj Pabari, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shoe rack in a box

Materials: Ingolf box, ruler, pen, tape, box cutter

Description: 1. Gather up your equipment
2. Open the box and remove the spacers. You'll need these later
3. Cut off the two front flaps on the box. Use the fold lines as guides.
5. Now you'll have an open ended box
6. Take your ruler and measure the width of the box. Using the pen mark the half way point.

7. Take one of the spacers that you removed earlier. Fold it as shown in the image. Align this to the half way point you marked earlier. Tape it into position.
8. Now tape each end of the box closed.
9. You now have the beginnings of your shoe rack. If you have more than one box then feel free to repeat these steps as necessary.
10. Use your spare cuttings to provide extra support if you're building a muli-tier rack.
11. Assemble boxes one on top of the other and fill up with your shoes.
12. End

~ Ben Druce, Australia