In that respect, despite the tree’s weighted base, there is a tipping danger, so don’t use it with rambunctious super young kids.

If you have more than 24 pairs, you might opt for the floor-to-ceiling tree that holds 36. It probably looks a little funny though, in a 1970s sort of way.

I have 3 kids and our shoes (5 of us total) fill up 3 baskets in the entryway. But none of my kids are toddlers. What’s you opinion on it working well for 6-8 year olds and adults?

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*My wife thinks I upgraded because I’m in nesting mode. But she’s only saying that because I’ve assessed every single possession we own, reorganized our closets and bought new bookshelves and moved our daughter into a different room and bought a new ceiling light to make way for the baby. It’s been a productive two weeks. Anyhow…*

Please come visit.

Great blog.

My 2yo daughter has tennis shoes, sandals, and a pair of Mary Janes. She loves shoes and would love to have more, but at this age it’s hard to justify spending a whole lot when she won’t wear them for more than 6 months or so. That, and she’s a hard fit with a very narrow foot for her age– she can never wear hand-me-downs. If anyone has great narrow shoe companies, I’d love to hear them– she currently wears Keds and Umis.

Both kids have:

2 pair of soft slippers for inside
2 pair of hard sole shoes for outside

My daughter has two additional pair of soft shoes.

I think I will get through this winter w/o having to buy boots but will need them next winter.

I started out keeping shoes, hats and mittens in baskets by the front door but the baskests collected other stuff and I had to sort through them when I needed anything. So I switched to an over the door pocket style organizer. Each pocket holds several pair of mittens or a set of mittens, hat and scarf. And I can stash shoes, a rolled up sweater or light jacket, and a handful of binkys.

I think I will keep using it as they grow. It will be the perfect place to store all the small bits that you need to get your hands on as you run out the door.

I also put one of these organizers on the back of my pantry door to hold packs of instant oatmeal, granola bars, and little snacks.

My daughter is 2 1/2, and has 3 pairs of shoes, including her snowboots. Substitute the snowboots for sandals in the summer and she pretty much always has three pair of shoes. She is VERY difficult to fit (wide foot, high instep) so we spring for one very good pair of shoes that she wears for 8 hours a day at daycare (usually Eccos or Stride Rites), and a secondary pair for home. Then we do spend on her boots, from Land’s End (it’s just too cold here not too).

If I could, my daughter would have a shoe collection like yours does. :D I actually get a ton of hand-me-downs from my 4 year old neice, not a single pair of which have fit my daughter to date. She is just tricky to get into shoes.

I am really hoping that our Costco has this shoe rack but I highly doubt it will. Hats, mits, scarves are where my daughter’s closet looks like someone out of Sex and the City’s.