![]() With my sides cut and marked, I cut the 1x4 brace and five of the shelves at 21" and an additional shelf for the bottom at 22-1/2". I then made a mark every 12" starting from the bottom and used the trimmed off piece as a guide to mark the angle for the molding on the sides. I measured down 66" inches from the top (12" x 5 for the spacing between the six shelves plus an extra 6" at the top), clamped the two sides together and cut the bottom at 40 degrees. Next, I held up the crown molding against the side rotating it until I determined what angle I wanted it to be, which ended up being 40 degrees. I didn't want to have the top have a square sharp edge so I traced a design on the top of my side supports and cut it out with my jigsaw. I was also careful to determine the width (22-1/2") so I wouldn't have interference with my door knob. I measured a few pairs of my heels and determined that spacing the crown molding shelves 12" would allow me sufficient space for things not to be too crowded and give me six shelves. After sketching some ideas I decided to use 1x3s for sides with a 1x4 brace at the top. ![]() I needed to make it as light as possible so it wouldn't put excessive stress on the door hinges. With how to hang up the shoe organizer figured out I next had to tackle the frame. ![]() As I was taking down my old shoe organizer, I realized that the metal part that went over the door could be slipped off the rest of the organizer and would make the perfect solution for me. Command Hooks wouldn't be an option for this project, however, since any shoe organizer would be too heavy for them. On my other closet door I had previously made a laundry sorter system from hanging baskets and had used Command Hooks so that I wouldn't damage the door. Also, I didn't want to make any holes in my old solid hardwood door (yes, I know it is bad need of refinishing). Unlike the pinned image, I wanted to keep my heels inside my closet instead of displaying them on the wall. It has languished among my many pins, but I decided to use The Pinterest Challenge hosted by Sherry, Katie, Carmel and Sarah to finally get around to doing something with the idea. Several months ago on Pinterest I pinned an image of crown molding on a wall for hanging heels from an article on thinking it would make a great solution for me. It's really annoying so I tend to just leave the door open which is not the best solution. If I want to go from the bathroom to my room I have to wrangle the door knob through my shoe organizer. Normally, no one would care about an inside closet handle but when I remodeled the second floor of my house I reconfigured it to expand the closet as much as I could and to make it a pass through into the master bathroom. Third, and most importantly it covered over the inside door handle. It doesn't look so bad in my pictures, but it real life it was an eyesore. Second, it was just flat out ugly made from cheap plastic with metal rods. First, it stuck pretty far out from the door making it a little unwieldy to get in and out of the closet. It was a cheap over the door organizer that had all sorts of problems. As a result I need to make the best use of the closet space that I have to store my shoe collection. I also happen to live in a house that is over hundred years old built in a time when thoughts of master suites with shoe closets were not exactly on the radar. The point of all of this is that I have a lot of heels. I would tell you to think tortoise slow, but that would be slander against the tortoise.Īnyway, I digress. Before you are impressed, I must disclose that I am painfully slow in whatever footwear I choose. In fact, I am so used to wearing heels that I can run in them as fast as I can in flats. Because of this I have a high heel addiction and wear them everyday. I am short but I would just love, love, love to be tall. ![]()
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