Question: Creative ideas for storing shoes and handbags with as little space as possible?
Hello all you “masters of saving space with creative ideas”! lol. I’m in need of some SERIOUS help. I have tons of shoes and handbags that I need organized. I’ve already removed the items I don’t want anymore, (and then I went and replaced them with new ones so I’m still right back where I started, except with the excitement of having some new peices). lol. Anyway, can anyone recommend some creative “space saving” ideas for getting my accesories OUT OF THE WAY?! Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!!
Me: I’ve already tried the “behind the door racks” I’ve got two different closet doors with handbags covering both! (No room for the shoes either)! I can’t even open either one of the closets without stooping down to reach the door handle! lol. I know…it’s bad!

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Answer by Me
Get one of those behind-the-door hangers! They sell them at Wal-Mart, and everywhere. They are large plastic bags with space to place shoes, bags, etc.

Answer by becca9892003
i break my bags and shoes into (seasons)…once winter is over i bring out my sprig and summer wear and once summer is over i bring out my winter and i leave a couple pairs that can be worn for every season..this way it is less to deal with all at once…then i have 2 under bed plastic storage containers by rubber maid with dividers..i roll it out and pick out my shoes and purse then roll it back under my bed..this way you dont have tons of shoes all over the place and i stuff my bags when not in use with balled up paper to keep them from getting flat and wrinkled….

Answer by rrm38
I’m not sure how much “extra” space you have, but I use wooden shoe cubes that I bought at a discount store. The cubes are not super deep, so they don’t take up a whole lot of space. I have mine in the space that is usually “dead space” in most closets… underneath the shorter hanging items. Each cube is designed to hold 25 pair of shoes, or you can put sweaters, handbags, belts… pretty much anything in them (I do).

Answer by Angrygirl5
I struggle with this dillemma also. I’ve always lived in apartments and I still have yet to find the ultimate solution. The over the door things are overpriced and quite frankly suck. They can get so heavy that I almost ripped my door off the hinges. Also, many shoe organizers can’t fit boots. That is my biggest problem because I love boots. The shoe cubes look neat, but again, can’t fit boots, they are big, and quite costly. I bought one of those big shoe towers at Bed Bath and Beyond a few years back, but it few apart after awhile and it took up a lot of space. What I do now is just place all of my shoes at the bottom of my closet so I can see them clearly. Then I put my boots in the top of my closet. I was thinking of putting a shelf slightly about my boots for extra storage. My closets are very high, but no shelves. The shoes on the floor I was thinking of putt a shelf slightly above them for extra storage or one of those shoe stands. I don’t really know how to explain it, but it just looks like a long step shelf and you can put shoes under it and above it. I don’t really have that many purses because I only change them on special occasions, but I use one of those accordian racks (I think that is what you call them)/coat racks that you nail to the wall. I think it was a few bucks at Walmart for a plastic one, but they sell wooden ones that are fancier. If you have room in your closet you can put it in their. I guess if you have a lot of nice purses, you can use a wall of racks and display them so they look like colorful art. I hope this helps…thanks.

Answer by pseudonym
ummm how about NOT BUYING SO MUCH CRAP and giving the money to unicef and people who NEED money?? At *MOST* you only need one or two handbags and four or five pairs of shoes.

Answer by Gigi
I just found a solution for this!! I have a set of plastic stacking baskets i was given…they are too small for blankets, but just right for my boots and pumps…it stacks all the way to my closet shelf and fits all my shoes…plus the flipflops can all be thrown together to save some space…and as far as bags i have a plastic chain with clothespin clips so each clip can hold a bag…doesn’t take up very much space either…good luck!!

Answer by smarties
I just moved to a new place and I’m trying to figure out where to put my stuff too. I just bought a couple of shoe organizers that you can hang in your closet and put your shoes in them from IKEA for .50 each. They don’t take that much of space in my closet and they each hold 6 pairs of shoes. IKEA also had longer ones that can hold 10 or 12 pairs of shoes but I like the shorter ones better because now I can put a box underneath of them and put my bags and purses in it. Now this works for me because I have a walk-in closet. If you don’t have a walk-in closet, your best bet is again to use the hanging shoe organizers and to put a couple rows of shelving above the rode and store your bags there. Or if your closet is deep enough, you can get a few 3M Command Strips hooks and hang your bags behind your cloths (this only works if the hanging rode is toward the front of the closet and you have a little bit of space in the back).
If nothing else worked, you can just hang your bags randomly from a wall and use them as decorations!

Answer by Kia
well, u could hang a bunch of handbags on the ceiling, like for decoration, in ur room. it looks really cool, all the patetrns and colors together.

Answer by beardog4314
Pick out a pair of shoes that match the handbag, and put them in it. Then you’re all ready to go, just by picking out your purse!

Answer by Sonya
You should stop buying so many shoes and handbags and save up for a bigger house! lol jk.

You can buy a rack to hang all of your handbags and place it anywhere you have space (a wall, inside your closet, on the door, ect.). For your shoes, you can put them inside a box or an empty drawer.

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