"Barb" wrote in message
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Hi again folks!

I have a small hall, and my shoes and boots are taking over the floor! I
need a shoe rack of some kind, but only have 60cm width of wall space to
put it, behind the front door.

I'm having great difficulty finding anything this narrow, and would be
prepared to get a small shelving unit this width if necessary - however I
can't find one! I don't want to spend loads of cash, cos I'm on a
pension!

Any ideas?

I made one from thin MDF (5mm I think).
As a model I used the inserts which used to go in wine boxes to keep the
bottles apart, scaled up to hold a pair of shoes.
You take (for example) five vertical sheets and three horizontal sheets.
You cut notches in the back of the vertical sheets half way through back to
front.
You cut notches in the front of the horizontal sheets half way through front
to back.
The sheets then just slot together to form a set of boxes (just like the
cardboard inserts which went inside wine boxes).
You need two extra vertical sheets positioned very close to each end to stop
the shoes falling out of the end boxes :-)
Stand the whole thing on its side and you have a (slightly wobbly) set of
pigeon holes to hold shoes.
You can add strengthening around the outside if you find it too wobbly.

Depending on your foot size you should be able to make a three sheet + 2
ends (four hole) rack to fit into your 60cms.
It is easier if at least one side of the space is a wall to provide
additional support because then you can miss out one end sheet.

We have a shoe rack from Argos which might have been ideal - canvas on a
metal frame and 50cms wide by 34 cms deep.
However I can't find it on the web site at the moment
The nearest I can find is
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...ESHOE+RACK.htm
which is a completely different design but is 63cms wide.
Or
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...ESHOE+RACK.htm
which is 60cms wide.
At £14.99 it is not too expensive.

HTH

Dave R