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!