Closet Update: Bookshelf Shoe Organization

As I mentioned,  I recently re-organized my closet, and one of my biggest challenges was the shoe situation. As you can see - I just didn't have a good storage solution for my growing shoe collection.   I looked EVERYWHERE for a shoe rack, but ran into a couple of major challenges:

1 - Slatted/open shelves - arghhhh! these just don't work with heels.  My old (ikea) shoe shelf had open shelves and the heels always fall through!  Why do so many shoe racks have these racks?

2 - Short shelves - I bought a shoe rack at Target and it didn't even fit my shortest heels!

So,  after lot's of hunting (and buying and returning), I finally picked up a bookshelf from Ikea to store my shoes.  (It's this "Billy" bookshelf plus 2 extra shelves)  With 5 new shelves for my shoes, I feel like I have a whole new closet!!  I can actually walk into my walk-in closet! 

Closet and Organization Inspiration

I'm in the midst of cleaning/re-organizing my closet and I thought I'd take a break for some inspiration. I'm lucky enough to have a big walk in closet, but it's the main storage for our 1-bedroom apartment so it gets messy quickly.   One day,  I hope to have an entire "dressing room" dedicated to my clothes etc  like Jenna Lyon's closet above.  For now,  I'm just going to work on organizing....

Anybody have any tips for keeping stacks of shirts/sweaters neat?  For me, those are always the first thing to start getting messy.