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I had finally had enough of cheap shoe racks that fell apart and held about four pairs of shoes so I decided to make my own. I dreamed it in my head and jotted some ideas down on paper to come up with this design. I wanted something that could be adjustable and hold all shoe or boot sizes so I made the slots removable. You can slide out any of the 1/4 pieces to accommodate any shoe height.
It’s made of pine and I covered it with a transparent brown stain to match the mirror and shoe box in the front hall (and to hide any of my blemishes :-)
It was first venture using a dado bit to cut the slots and I was surprised that they all lined up when I was done. It wasn’t as tough as I thought. I’ve never done any real joints so it’s a little rough on the corners, plus I had to squeeze it together a bit because of a slightly warped piece I used. I put some plastic sliders on the bottom so that it glides nicely across any surface to be accessible when needed or slide behind the door out of sight. Now if I could only build about 10 more for the rest of my wife’s shoes :-)
-- Ben
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snowdog
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posted 41 days ago
The more precise you are with each cut the easier it comes together in the end. Call the corner “artistic imperfections” and I bet she loves it.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
a1Jim
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posted 41 days ago
A shoe rack? how dare you torture those shoes LOL .Looks great the more you do the better you get.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Lenny
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posted 41 days ago
Nicely done. A co-worker has asked me to make a shoe rack for her. She said she wants doors on it but I will still show her your creation to see if she is interested in any of its features, particularly the adaptability of slide out shelves.
-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!
Loucarb
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posted 41 days ago
Practice makes perfect like Jim says the more you do the better you’ll get. Well done & welcome to Lj’s
clieb91
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posted 41 days ago
The slide out shelves area great idea. The shoe stool I built a bot ago does not allow me to put boots in it. I hear ya on the additional ones you need to build though. I no sooner go all of the shoes stowed and 3 more pairs appeared.
CtL
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WoodTookSoLong
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posted 40 days ago
a1Jim, some of those shoes deserve some torturing after the smells they’ve emitted!
-- Ben