Makeshift Shoe Cabinet

We recently moved out of our place to move to a temp condo. As we'll only be staying at the temp place for 6 months I really don't plan on getting huge and/or permanent items.

We have a smaller space in the current place so I had to be creative with organizing my stuff. Unlike our old place, this new one doesn't have a shoe cabinet. So what I did was to convert the linen closet to a shoe closet (it was the most convenient location). The only problem I had was the shelves have so much space in between each other making my shoe space limited. So what I did was to search for a shoe rack that would serve as an "extension" of the current space.

I checked Ace hardware but didn't find anything. Luckily, my instincts told me to go to Japan Home - you know that place that sells everything for only 88 pesos? And guess what? I found what I needed! They actually had a shoe stack but it only fit a pair so I bought the generic space expander and now one linen cabinet shelf has 3 shoe rack levels! :

See how many shoes I can fit on the top shelf compared to the bottom shelf?

The only drawback for me is that since I have really high heeled shoes, some of them won't fit in the makeshift shelves.

I also bought those flip flop hanging organizers from Storage Solution at Cash and Carry. So I was able to utilize the area behind the closet door.

With a little patience and some creativity I was able to convert a space into what I needed. Hopefully I still get to use these 88 peso stackables at our next place :)

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