Whether you prefer and open faced shoe storage cabinet or one with cabinet doors, there are a lot of options available. If it is going to be a decorative piece of furniture in your room, you will want to consider the type of material and color. You want your shoe storage cabinet to look like it belongs there, not a functional eye sore. Shoe storage cabinets come in a variety of wood species and colors that will match just about any decor in your room.

The first thing to think about is your budget. Shoe storage cabinets are great but they can get a little pricey so make sure to shop around. A simple and less expensive shoe cabinet option would be either a single, double or triple shoe cabinet. They hold around 12 pairs of shoes each, have tilting doors and in some cases are stackable. So as your shoes grow, so can your shoe storage. You can find these at stores like Target or online for about $60 for a single, up to $160 for the triple.

A more decorative and functional piece of furniture to store your shoes in would be a nice shoe cabinet with a drawer. They hold about 24 pairs of shoes but also include a nice drawer for you to store your keys, wallet or other daily essentials you grab each day. These are perfect to use as a catch all at the end of the night. Not only do you not have to go searching for your shoes in the morning, you won’t have to track down your keys, wallet or cell phone either.

As you can see you have a lot of options to choose from. You don’t have to settle with a simple old shoe rack and you can find shoe storage that serves more than one purpose.

One of the best areas of your home to keep organized is your closet.  Closet Organizers have come a long way. It can be as simple as a small closet organizer all the way to a complete closet organizer system. There are two things you have to do before deciding which closet organizers work best for you.  The first is to figure out how much space you have and the second is to figure out which area of your closet needs the most help!  Now, don’t let this freak you out. It’s really simple.  Open your closet doors and what do you see?  A lot of clothes? Shoes? Hats? Ties? Purses? Which ever of these you have the most of that is where you start first!

Ladies, I am going to assume you have a lot of shoes and purses.   A wire closet organizer is a great solution for these items because they are durable and attractive.  You can also adjust these systems and add on to them, so as your shoes grow, so can your closet organizer.  They allow for air to circulate which helps keep purses, shoes and accessories fresh.  They can be relatively inexpensive for a few simple wire shelves, around $8-$20ea to a few hundred for a complete system.

Guys, I am assuming you have a lot of hats, ties and belts that are lying all over the place.  For this I’m going to suggest a hanging closet organizer. These are simple because they hang over your door or on the rod in your closets.  They don’t take up much room, usually have about 6 – 10 compartments and you can get skinny or wide ones where you can store all your accessories and even nicely folded sweaters and shirts.   One thing I would suggest is getting a hanging organizer with cedar inserts. Cedar helps keep moths away and it freshens up your accessories.   These can run anywhere from $10 to $30ea and only take a minute to install.  Pretty painless right? You are already on your way to getting organized.  I won’t tell anyone.

Maybe these aren’t the closet organizers you are looking for?  Maybe you want a really nice, fancy, moneys no object closet organizer or you just need a complete closet overhaul?  Well then I would start looking at some walk in closet systems if you have the room, or maybe consider calling a custom closet designer.   There are a lot of great and simple ways to organize your closet from using space saving hangers like huggable hangers to doing complete closet overhaul.  You just have to figure out how badly disorganized is your closet? Do you need a simple solution or does you closet need a makeover?  If you can’t decide, call over some friends….they will tell you.