Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Nifty Shoe Storage Invention: Structube's CIAO Shoe Cabinet

My condo has the tiniest front entrance. You open the door and you are bombarded with shoes. I've tried the traditional shoe rack but it ends up looking like a jumbly mess and more often than not, the shoes end up on the floor like this:

I've been looking for a good shoe solution for awhile and finally found the CIAO shoe cabinet from Structube. It's a 3 drawer shoe system where you stuff as many as you can into tidy little drawers, close them and voila. Now my teeny tiny entrance looks like this:

Are you impressed? It's a bit pricy at $169 but for the visual improvement and the fact that I don't have to kick shoes on my way in and out, I feel it's worth it.

Note: Does not come with orchid... and sadly the shoes are not included either.

What do you think? Is it worth it?

Update:

You've been asking about exactly what kinds of shoes or boots, etc can fit in here and how many so I've included a few more pictures:

Boots!Folded over, you can fit 2 pairs max.

Men's shoes!
You can fit 3 + soccer ball shoe freshener ;)

Heels!
3.5 pairs to be exact!


6 comments:

keta said...

Looks great for pumps and flats, but what about boots? Tall boots are always my biggest problem ...

Marayna Dickinson said...

YES!!!

Ali said...

Keta, I don't think boots would fit unless they are soft and you can fold them over. I plan to attempt though!

Ginger said...

I agree with Keta, what about the boots? You'll have to let us know!

I am also curious as to how many pairs of shoes it holds, and whether it holds runners & flats, etc. as well as your heels?

Is it deep enough for men's shoes?

So many questions! LOL

Ali said...

I've updated with new pictures to show how much fits :)

Nicole said...

This looks awesome, I wish it fit more shoes though... I'd want like a whole wall-to-wall unit like this, LOL