Décolleté, sneakers, boots, sandals, and slippers: every season, it’s never clear where to put them and, most importantly, how to do it with style. The latest space-saving innovations come to the rescue with custom-designed proposals with a high level of design.
It’s one of those necessary furnishing complements that help tidy up, and hide from view, the typical clutter of entrances and bedrooms. Shoe racks are indispensable in every home, but often, one doesn’t know how to manage them, lacking suitable places to position them or ideas that satisfy even a purely aesthetic concept.
Today, there are many tricks and solutions to create a spacious and well-organized compartment to keep your footwear in order, even if space is limited. Among slim proposals, mirrored furniture, sliding doors, and modular systems, the new proposals manage to exploit any corner, including passageways. Not to mention that they flaunt brand-new lines capable of providing perfect “camouflage” – when needed – or looking good even “on display” in the main rooms.
1 – COLUMN DESIGN
A structure in bronzed metal and drawers in solid moka-stained ash wood for Manolo by Mogg, the chest of drawers that stacks a series of shoe boxes and transforms them into a character totem. Perfect for leaving on display in the entrance or bedroom.
Manolo by Mogg, design by Idelfonso Colombo, 40x40x182.5h cm, from €1,360 – mogg.it
2 – REFLECTIVE AND SPACIOUS
Linear by Birex accommodates up to 40 shoes, including boots, in just one meter of length. Essential in design and with mirrored doors (but available in various finishes), this shoe rack is equipped with a boot door and allows adjusting the internal space of the compartment and doors, according to needs.
Linear by Birex, 100x30x178h cm, from €469.66 – birex.it
3 – MINIMAL AND CONCEPTUAL
Unusual and practical, the wall-mounted shoe rack Step by Maze turns shoes into small sculptures to hang. Available in different sizes, in the version in powder-coated white or black metal, it is perfect for organizing a closet or furnishing a small entrance, combined with the strip with Only Hooks coat hooks.
Step by Maze, design by Gustav Rosén, minimum size 20×28.7×9 cm, model for a pair of shoes from €61.19 – mazeinterior.se
4 – FOR ALL SIZES
Mackapär by Ikea is designed to offer maximum flexibility: besides being stackable, it has sliding doors and the shelves can be mounted flat or inclined to fit the size of the shoes. Made of particleboard and fiberboard.
Mackapär by Ikea, design by Eva Lilja Löwenhielm, 80x35x102h cm, €99 – ikea.it
5 – SIMPLE AND VERSATILE
The wall shelf Xavier by Casashops, in powder-coated metal, with MDF shelves, is perfect both in the wardrobe and in the bathroom, and can be equipped with fabric boxes to organize linens, accessories, and towels. It is available in two sizes, thus adapting to any need.
Xavier by Casashops, 60×32.5x108h cm, €69; 100x40x90h cm, €90 – casashops.com
6 – MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND ROTATING
Not just a shoe rack but also a mirror, storage unit, or coat rack. Brave by ITF Design is an eclectic and space-saving piece of furniture that can be equipped with 4 different configurations. Thanks to its depth of only 33 cm and the opening of the door at 40° to the right or left, and the rotating structure, it allows you to exploit any corner. It is made of metal tube and solid ash wood customizable in many different finishes (wood, leather, ultra-thin ceramic, fabrics, or mirror).
Brave by ITF Design, design by Veronica Balutto and Alberto Turolo, 59x35x159h cm (packaging size) from €575 – itfdesign.eu
7 – CUSTOMIZABLE BASIC
Essential but versatile, the Basic series by Schonbuch includes shoe racks in different versions and heights (with a width of 60 cm or 90 cm and a depth of 20.9 cm or 32.6 cm). Especially suitable for corridors or narrow spaces, the models in the range can be wall-mounted or left freestanding and, thanks to two or three flaps that move simultaneously with a high-quality spring mechanism, they allow you to see all the shoes inside at once. Among the options for the shelves, there is also the matching tray or glass cover, for storing items in entrance areas.
Basic by Schonbuch, by project – schoenbuch.com
8 – BOHO STYLE
Shabby chic style for the double-door shoe cabinet Coppelia by Arrediorg, in solid white pine. To be combined with coordinated wall paneling with clothes hanger, mirror, and bench, it is ideal for the entrance or for a romantic wardrobe area with a Bohemian allure or country references.
Coppelia by Arrediorg, shoe cabinet 112x45x53h cm, €521.33 – arrediorg.it
9 – ESSENTIAL PRACTICALITY
The oak rack Moodstand by Holz Design Pur consists of two side elements with a plexiglass strip on which eight uprights are inserted, adjustable according to the height of shoes and boots. Available in the two-tone version in light and dark oak or in black lacquered oak, it accommodates up to 16 pairs.
Moodstand by Holz Design Pur, design by Roon&Rahn by We Do Wood, 78/98x18x68h cm, from €355 – holzdesignpur.de
10 – THE TRICK IN THE WARDROBE
A clever and convenient solution for those who have no space for a shoe rack: Self System by Servetto can be installed directly inside the wardrobe, on the wall, or with the coordinated Finally system. It has a structure composed of aluminum extrusions and plastic elements, in various finishes. Width 50.5 cm.
Self System by Servetto, 50.5×27 cm, from €54.13 – servetto.it
On the cover, a lightweight and ultra-resistant aluminum structure, mirrored door that hides shelves, coat racks, or shoe racks, and black or natural Presot® leather or soft opaline silicone handle. BoxOne by Kristalia is designed to fit into any room of the house and has a door with concealed hinges that opens 180° to ensure maximum visibility. BoxOne by Kristalia, design by Luciano Bertoncini, 65x20x190h cm, from €1,800 – kristalia.it
