Uses for Over the Door Shoe Organizers

Hats and Gloves in Over the Door Shoe Organizers

Repurpose an over the door shoe organizer to store a wide variety of other personal items or crafts. This is a guide about uses for over the door shoe organizers.

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Uses for Shoe Organizers

I love the cloth shoe organizers, I use them for everything. This is my arts n crafts/school stuff. I painted tin cans with spray paint and stuck them in the slots. One row is for erasers, pencils, makers, etc. One row for beads, gems, shapes, etc., and so on.

I have one in the bathroom for brushes, hair products etc. One in my cellar way for spray paints,poly etc. One in each kids room for whatever they use; hair stuff, cars, crayons, etc. I am working on making my own for my kitchen to hang on stove for spices, utensils, etc. Some of my cans are actually the lumineers I made for a party this summer.

By Moonseekerjade from Onset, MA

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Organizing Winter Accessories in Pocketed Shoe Holder

Shoe bag organizer for winter accessories.

When I was a preschool teacher, I would use those fabric shoe holders to organize things in my classroom. Every winter at home, I would constantly misplace my gloves, my scarves, etc. Running across a couple of these I had stored away, it dawned on me, they would be perfect to store my gloves and such in.

If you have children, you could hang one by the back door or in your coat hanging area. One row of pockets could also be used to place papers/notes that need to go back to school the next day or to leave lunch money. Everyone could personalize to their own use. Decorating with fabric paint for names, labels, pictures, etc. would be really nice, too!

By Linda from Fort Smith, AR

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Shoe Organizer for More Than Shoes

The shoe organizers that you hang on a door are for more than shoes. I use on in my son's room for socks and underwear.

There's one inside the basement door for scissors, tape and things of that nature. Just be sure to put a plastic container in one of the pockets for scissors, so the tips won't poke through

By MarilynLV from Indian Orchard, MA

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Use a Shoe Holder to Organize Photographs

I bought a shoe holder that I could hang on the back of my office door and instead of putting shoes in it, I use it to organize my photographs. I can find any picture that I'm looking for within a minute or two.

From the shoe holder, I take the pictures and put them in photo albums. The shoe holder can be used to store all sorts of things, not just photographs. Store office supplies like scissors, stapler, pens, pencils, white out, etc. Bathroom supplies like door brushes, combs, extra soap, toothpaste, make-up, etc. It really has cleared off my desk and made it much easier to find things.

By CaroleeRose from Madison, AL

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Store Hats And Gloves In Hanging Shoe Organizers

Another use for those hanging shoe organizers. It seems we could never find both of a pair of gloves now we can see just where they are. Hats and other misc. things are also handy. The organizer is thumbtacked to the door.

By Ann

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Organize Your Sewing and Craft Supplies

I use clear envelope multi-pocket organizers (like shoe organizers) and hang them in the closet and behind the door in my small sewing room. When I need to get, for example, a different foot for my sewing or a particular craft item, I can easily see it through the clear plastic.

Clean up is easy. They are easily transported to my work area wherever it may be. Saves a lot of space as well and I can store a lot of goods. I have been doing this for years and find it works for me!

by Chrissy

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Over the Door Organizer for Electronic Gadgets

I love over the door shoe organizers. They are great for a lot of those electronic gadgets with their manuals. I use to keep them in a drawer, this is so much easier.

By Clutterfree from Charleston, SC

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Over the Door Shoe Organizer for Dry Food Mixes

I hung one on the inside of a door near the pantry and use its pockets to keep all my large stash of dry mixes such as gravy mixes, dressings, and chili mixes. It's so handy and easy to pick the gravy mix I want, whether it is turkey gravy or beef. It holds a lot of packets.

By Shirley from Mesa, AZ

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Use Clear Vinyl Shoe Holders for Storage

You can usually find plastic-pocket type shoe holders at a dollar store. These are made from clear flexible vinyl and are made to hang shoes on the wall or from a hanger in your closet. But you can also use them for many other things besides shoes. My daughter uses one in the bathroom to hold all of her hair-care supplies and liquid body-soaps. She hangs one on the back of her 5 year old daughter's bedroom door to hold all her hair ribbons, barrettes, and scrunchies.

I hang one on the wall in my sewing/craft room to hold my jewelry making tools and crochet hooks. I hang several in the garage to store and separate my sockets, screws, bolts, S-hooks, and other small tools. I bet they'd also be great hung on the back of a utility closet door, to store cleaning supplies. Or as a jewelry organizer to store bracelets, broaches, and other jewelry!

They might also make a great "ribbon-on-a-roll" organizer and also make a handy place to store and catalog your knitting needles, or your sewing supplies like: elastic, Velcro, thread, and bias-tape.

By Cyinda from Seattle

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Using Hang Over the Door Shoe Organizer

Hang and over-the-door shoe organizer in your garage or on/near whatever door you exit. In it, stash all the grab-n-go items you may need - umbrella, sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray, etc. Everything will be in one place and ready for the road when you are!

By Lisa from Madison, WI

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Plastic Over-the-Door Shoe Organizer

Plastic over-the-door shoe organizers: seems every time you really look for something, is the time you cannot find it. I have seen these before, at the Dollar General, at the Dollar Tree, and neither is carrying them now, and I refuse to pay a fortune for such a thing. Does anyone know where else I could look to find these on the cheap?

Carrie from Iowa City, IA

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By carla03/20/2010

Oops. I forgot to tell you it was Dollar Tree.

I teach high school math. I am planning to put one in my classroom to hold the classroom set of TI-82 graphing calculators. The other teachers have specially made calculator holders, but being the new teacher this year, there was not one for me, so I had to get a little creative. (01/08/2005)

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Since I like to paint I use one to store my tubes of acrylics and oils in. This way I can pick out the color I need quickly and can also tell at a glance what color or colors I may be running low on and need to pick up at the store. (01/09/2005)

By mary-guest

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Great if you are going on a cruise as well. With those tiny bathrooms with no shelf space for cosmetics, etc, hang one over the bathroom or closet door. It will hold combs, brushes, cosmetics, medical items, sunblock, and any other little thing you would rather not dig out of a suitcase or drawer. (01/10/2005)

By gardencraft