Our shoe situation in our house is out of control! I kept looking for an economical (cheap!!) solution to all of the shoe overflow. On Pinterest I had seen a few pins using large PVC cut into pieces and stacked. I liked he simplicity of this and headed to Home Depot to see what I could find.
Our Home Depot doesn't carry large PVC, the largest diameter size they had was 3 inch and it was expensive!
So I walked through the store and came upon cement tubing, large enough and the right price range. A 10 inch diameter by 48 inch high tube was a little over $8!
So, I bought one tube a box cutter and some spray paint!
The tubes are thick cardboard and cut with a box cutter without any problem. It's not "easy" but take your time and you can do it without difficulty. I used a ruler and a sharpie and measured out my lines. I chose 12 inches for each tube.
This can fit several pair of kid shoes or a pair of adult shoes or two without any problem.
Then the spray painting began. Since it is cardboard, they soak up the paint. After I was finished I thought craft paint could have been easier, but spray painted worked just fine.
In the end I purchased 3 tubes and made a grouping of 8 tubes by my front door and a grouping of 4 tubes by my garage door. To stick them together I used hot glue. It was simple and fast and adhering cardboard to cardboard, this seemed like a quick and easy solution.
