Coffee Break: 10-Tier Shoe Rack

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As it is January, I’ve been bitten by the decluttering bug — whichever reader recommended Decluttering at the Speed of Life, THANK YOU! The book is filled with a lot of great gems — one of her big suggestions in the book is to deal with visible mess first, starting with when you walk in the front door.

I really, really like this approach — and in my ponderings about what’s working and what isn’t in Casa Griffin, my thoughts turned to the pile of shoes that inevitably grows at the door. I decided that the shoe system we had wasn’t working.

We’ve had shoe organizers before with the teensy tiny cubbies that can barely fit one sneaker — we hate them. I also didn’t want a system with doors (our existing system was drawers in cubbies, and that obviously wasn’t working). I spent a lot of time looking for a tall tower with essentially open shelving that could fit shoes of multiple sizes.

Just as we were about to spend about $250 on a Closetmaid stacking combo, I found this shoe rack on Amazon for around $20. It was a much better price, obviously, and it looked like exactly what we wanted.

We pulled the trigger, figuring we could use the $20 tower elsewhere if we didn’t like it and go back to the original plan… and I’m surprised to say how much I like it. It is definitely an “affordable” solution (the sides basically remind me of those connecting pipes my kids used to play with), but it’s been exactly what we’ve needed, and it fits the space perfectly.

(We anchored it to the wall with one of those Ikea straps, which I definitely recommend doing.)

Anyway, if you’re on the hunt, we’ve liked it — it also comes in an 8-tier version, as well as in black.

Sales of note for 1/22/25:

• Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
• AllSaints – Clearance event, now up to 70% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
• Ann Taylor – All sale dresses $40 (ends 1/23)
• Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything
• Boden – Clearance, up to 60% off!
• DeMellier – Final reductions now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
• Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
• Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off; new markdowns just added
• J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
• J.Crew Factory – End of season sale, extra 60-70% off clearance, online only
• Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
• Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
• Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – extra 50% off