Simple wall-mounted shoe rack

[renowithrosie]

I was sick to death of shoes being scattered around the house, and thought I'd make use of the empty space behind our bedroom door for simple shoe storage! 

I made this using some pine boards, fence posts and trim. Put it together with some PVA and my new Ryobi nail gun, gave it a good sand, paint / varnish, and now I have storage for 6 pairs of adult shoes! I could easily now make more if I need. 

Note: I used timber that I had leftover from other projects, but all products purchased from Bunnings and this project can be recreated, or adapted using other types of timber. 

Materials

Pine decking 

Pine fence picket

Paint - Antarctica lake 

Paint - primer 

Nails 15mm 

PVA glue 

Clear sealer 

Sandpaper 

Wood filler 

Tools

Ryobi mitre saw 

Ryobi nail gun

Clamps 

Steps

Step 1

First I measured up the space I had behind the door, to understand the length of my shoe rack, and how much width I could get away with that wouldn't obstruct the door from opening. For me, this worked out to be about 80-100mm width and up to 800mm in length. 

Step 2

Next I used my mitre saw to cut the timber. For each shoe rack, I needed three lengths of the decking boards which were 90mm width, one length of the 60mm wide paling for the base, and then 2 shorter lengths of the 60mm paling to be the sides. I went with 280mm length for the sides to fit long shoes, but the height could be adjusted. If I was making these racks for kids shoes I would make them much shorter. 

I also cut the top of the side pieces at an angle for aesthetic purposes. 

I also used some pine trim as a thin top piece of timber to hold the shoes upright in the rack. I cut these the same length as the rack 

Step 3

 

 

 Then I gave my timber a sand, and started to assemble the pieces. 

Base (60mm wide piece), connected to the two edge stripes, and a 90mm wide backing piece. I used PVA to hold the timber in place, and then added some trim nails using my nail gun. 

I then added a top back panel (90mm wide piece) to the top of the edge strips, as well as a front strip using the same method. 

I also used clamps to hold the timber in place if it was slipping. 

Step 4

Once the glue had dried, I used a tiny bit of timber filler to cover the nail holes, and did another light sand before adding the paint. 

For the majority of the shoe rack I used a primer and then top coat of h20 enamel, but for the front pieces of timber I decided to go with a clear varnish. 

 

 

Step 5

Once the paint and varnish was dry, that was it! I mounted these on the wall behind the door, and NO MORE SHOES ON THE GROUND! 

Let me know what you think! 

 

 

[Herrenovacation]

Great little storage saving project @renowithrosie and nothing better than a project that can be complete by using leftovers. 

[Jason]

Smart little storage project @renowithrosie. Many thanks for sharing. 

Jason