Wondering how to go about organizing your shoe collection at home?

Are you looking for practical tips to keep those shoes in order?

After all, they could be lurking in your hallway, clothes closet, in your living room…just to name a few places!

In this post, you’ll find a few tips to help you to tackle and organize an overflowing shoe collection.

Streamline your collection.

You’ve got lots and lots of shoes, but how many of those pairs do you actually even wear on a regular basis?

Before you even think about organizing your collection, you should make a thorough inspection of your shoes.

Divide your collection into the following piles: shoes you want to keep, shoes that are lightly worn or not worn at all and can be donated, shoes that are heavily damaged and beyond repair.

Having trouble deciding whether or not you should keep a pair? You may want to consider decluttering shoes that are:

• Not your size (and as such, will never fit your feet)
• Uncomfortable to wear for even a short period of time
• Overly worn, torn, ripped, scuffed or beyond any form of repair by a shoemaker or cobbler

Organize shoes by usage.

One of the easiest ways to organize shoes is by usage.

For example, you probably have shoes that you use for work, casual events, elegant affairs and certain sports.

Going even further, there’s probably several pairs of shoes in your wardrobe you wear on a regular basis.

Pull out these pairs and focus on storing them in easily accessible places throughout your home in your bedroom, hallway or mudroom.

Feel a bit more adventurous when it comes to organization? Organize shoes by category.

This can include such items like color, heel height, fabric or material, season, close toe versus open toe, company or brand, treads and so on.

For all those other pairs that are used only occasionally during certain seasons or events, you’ll want to create separate storage.

Select storage solutions.

There’s tons of ways to store shoes.

The trick is to find a method that work for you and your available living space.

Look for storage materials that allow shoes to breathe and air when not in use.

You can choose from over-the-door shoe hangers and sleeves.

Other options include shoe storage racks or cubbyholes or under the bed storage containers.

What if you have a small shoe collection? Line up shoes neatly on the floor of your clothes closet or in a hallway.

Short on usable daily space? You may want to rotate your shoes by season.

Store out-of-season shoe wear in a closet or other out of the way location.

How about you? What do you find the most challenging part of managing a shoe collection? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!