To be honest, I don't know where precisely I got this idea. I can tell you it was on Pinterest somewhere, on a Pin, on a Board, in some section (Not Geek-- it didn't have Doctor Who on it).
I can also tell you I had the biggest DER! moment of my afternoon when I read the tip.
The concept is simple: use staggered suspension rods to suspend your shoes.
I love suspension rods. I use them to hang long curtains in my tiny, non ADA acceptable doorways that have no doors (two in my house). If I have a curtain in a window, it's on a suspension rod. My shower curtain and it's valance are hung on suspension rods. They are completely useful gadgets, especially in small spaces.
Now, my closet is one of those standard, narrow closets that come in a "hurry up and build 1950s suburbia" kind of house. It has a shelf and some sort of rejected-for-plumbing pipe for a bar. And, since I didn't think it was small enough, I shoved an old buy-it-at-the-Wal-Mart-build-it-at-Home entertainment center in there.
No longer an "entertainment center," the repurposed unit has cute fabric lined baskets for slips and pjs, places for decorative boxes filled with sheets, and places for hiding crap. For as much hanging space as it takes up, it also provides valuable storage space.
The entertainment center has long been destined for my shoe collection. I had always envisioned a plywood shelf, or something, in the TV compartment to hold shoes. I never got around to adding the shelf, so I had a virtual Mount VaShoevious in the bottom portion of the entertainment center. I also have cats who like to punish me for leaving. Suffice to say, I don't leave my shoes laying around on the off chance I have incited feline wrath.
This solution was much easier, and I completed the project in less than 5 minutes. All I did was adjust the size of the first suspension rod to fit the cavity that once held a TV. I hooked a heel on the rod, and used it to determine the placement of the second, like so:
Final product is as it looks at the top. Or, at least, that's what I will have you believe. I do have more shoes, and it may or may not look that neat or well spaced.
