Comments on: Reader suggestion: Use pant hangers and binder clips for boot storage

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:10:35 +0000

This is perfect!! I recently moved into a very small studio apartment with one closet and I definitely don’t have enough room to store all my boots. I even feared that I would have to leave my boots at my parents house and only take a few of my favorite pairs but now I don’t have to do that. And I already have extra hangers and binder clips! This is perfect!

By: dee

dee — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:59:35 +0000

Lisa – you go girl, a woman after my own heart with all of those diva boots . I love the idea and am going to try it out today. Thanks!

By: Melaniesd

Melaniesd — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:52:17 +0000

I love this idea.
I also have a great love of boots.

I keep the centres of wrapping paper rolls and cut them down to fit inside my boots to hold the shape. It works great.

By: Alisa

Alisa — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:57:16 +0000

The binder ring idea is brilliant. It would also work well with belts!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:26:44 +0000

I organize my boots also by hanging them, but I use three-inch binder rings, the ones that split apart. I loop them through the holes in the zippers and then hang them up!

Incidentally, these rings are also a great way to store scarves; loop them through the binder rings, then attach them to the bottom of a hanger. Voila! Instant storage!

By: One Minute Blogger

One Minute Blogger — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:32:17 +0000

I store my boots on the floor, but use rolled up magazines to keep them from flopping over. They work great! For more shoe storage ideas, check out my Super Simple Solution for Shoes at…

http://justplainjoy.blogspot.c.....shoes.html

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:55:08 +0000

A body needs as many pairs of boots as it sees fit…isn’t the point of unclutterer to reduce the things in your life that you don’t need to make room for your truly cherished possessions.

I love this idea…and boots. I don’t think that living an uncluttered life means giving up everything you love.

By: Maura

Maura — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:51:25 +0000

I (only?) have three pair of boots so storage is not really an issue (though if I had more closet space, perhaps I might have more pairs of boots) — Mine stand upright on the floor, and to keep them in “shape” I keep an empty seltzer bottle (1-liter) in each.

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:47:02 +0000

I’ve tagged you!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:16:28 +0000

Hi! I’m the Lisa with the boot hanging suggestion–who, by the way, is going to implement the gloves and belts ideas mentioned here next.

Michelle, this body needs lots of boots! Boots are my weakness. Guilty as charged. At least I’ve organized them ?

Alys, I didn’t mention that with my leather boots I only clip the inside openings together–zipper side to zipper side, where marks would be hidden by the gusset of the zipper. I worry about this also, but so far, so good. There aren’t any pressure indentations, and they’ve been hanging for almost a month.

I just hope someone else might get some use from my wacky and cheap storage idea.

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:10:41 +0000

How many pairs of boots does a body need? Do I see four pairs of boots per hanger, times three hangers, in that photo? Yikes.

Downsizing the number of pairs of boots may make it even easier to store them . . .

By: Alys

Alys — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:07:13 +0000

Putting a piece of cloth between the teeth of the clip will NOT stop your boots being damaged if the clips are left on for a long time. The leather or plastic might not get scratched by the clips but it will develop indentations that likely won’t ever come out. Cloth will never stop the pressure from the clips from being passed on to the boots, and it’s the pressure that causes the indentations.

By: Jeanne B.

Jeanne B. — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:16:55 +0000

Thank you!

Ironically, coincidentally, or not–depending on whether you believe in the Law of Attraction–just yesterday when I was inspired to attack my bedroom chaos and organize it, I found I have so many boots the floor space in the closet doesn’t provide quite enough room for all of them. I thought, “I really need to find a better way to store all of my boots”, then promptly let go of the thought and continued working. Today, I read my blogs and find this.

Of course.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:14:40 +0000

@Betharu — You’ll notice in the article that she suggests using scrap pieces of fabric under the clip to prevent dents in the boots.

By: Fit Bottomed Girls

Fit Bottomed Girls — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:21:08 +0000

Such a good idea! And cheap!!!