Neat and Tidy
By Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (51502)
United States
January 21, 2025 9:51am CST
I like my home to be neat and tidy. A place for everything and everything in its place. An area in my home that drives me nuts is the area at our front door. We take our shoes off when we come in our house. Unfortunately the shoes are not always taken to their closet. We don’t have a coat closet in our living room entrance and the collection of shoes at the door is not very attractive. I am constantly putting them up. I like the look of this shoe tower. I’d rather not have shoes in the living room at all, but this would help me feel better about having the shoes there, I think I will look into getting one.
Do you have an area in your home that is an eyesore ?
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16 responses
@snowy22315 (185462)
• United States
21 Jan
Well right now the living room has a bunch of boxes in it. I think I will put the big one outside though. I like those shoe towers too.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51502)
• United States
21 Jan
@AmbiePam We have a hutch near the front door that can get cluttered if I don’t straighten it up every day.
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@akalinus (44122)
• United States
21 Jan
What happens to the shoes when they are wet from snow or rain? Do you have another entrance the family could enter that is not so obvious?
My bedroom is a mess right now. Workers are remodeling the bathroom I use. All the stuff that was in that bathroom is sitting in baskets and boxes in my room. But, it will go back better when they are done.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51502)
• United States
22 Jan
We have a mat at the front door. It rarely snows. We do have a back door, but it is seldom used.
@RebeccasFarm (92054)
• United States
27 Jan
Yes the shoes lined up by the front door. Same.
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@RebeccasFarm (92054)
• United States
27 Jan
@Tampa_girl7 Yes it does..but if I get a shelf..all the rocks and dripping snow will drip down onto the other shoes you know?
@Marilynda1225 (83776)
• United States
21 Jan
I have the same problem by the front door. We don't have a closet so our shoes are on the floor. I like that shoe tower and I bet it would work really well and keep things neat and tidy.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51502)
• United States
21 Jan
I get sidetracked at times too. I think that I try to start too many things at one time.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51502)
• United States
27 Jan
@grenery8 I’m glad that it has lasted you.
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@grenery8 (13515)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
27 Jan
@Tampa_girl7 mine is bought in ikea and i am surprised how long it's still standing. i wish you get a good one in the future
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@much2say (57214)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jan
Shoe storage has always been a problem here. We have a coat closet, but it's more like a 3/4 size . . . I had a shelving unit in there to hold our shoes. I realized that it wasted a lot of space though . . . so now I'm looking for a different way.
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@allknowing (141066)
• India
21 Jan
We have a shoe rack in the passage not visible to anyone.
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@Juliaacv (52192)
• Canada
22 Jan
Those stands do look quite nice and oragnized.
We have an enclosed table with cupboard doors on the front of it that we store our shoes in.
There is a small mat under the little bench that we have at the door for removing our shoes, and the shoes are left to dry if they are wet before putting them into the shoe cupboard.
Our eyesore here is my office, it has always doubled a dump room and that hasn't changed any in the past 5 years since I've been spending 40 hours a week in there. I have plans for when I retire of making it decent and useable.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51502)
• United States
22 Jan
It’s understandable with it being your office.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51502)
• United States
22 Jan
I think it gets away from us all at times.
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@arunima25 (89032)
• Bangalore, India
22 Jan
I am facing similar problem in my home, and it's mostly because of the laziness of my husband and daughter not to keep the shoes in the shoe cabinet. The shoe cabinet has enough space and it's right there. One just needs to open and keep it.
Other one is the stationary cupboard in my balcony. That's far from the regular sight, it gets messy and needs a frequent decluttering.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51502)
• United States
22 Jan
My situation is due to my husband and son.
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@andriaperry (118289)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Jan
My dining room table is the catch all. I'm cleaning it today.
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