Traditional Shoe Boxes get a makeover with updated materials and style. Read On.
There’s no question about it, shoe boxes are one of the best ways to protect your footwear from dust, insects and moisture. I remember that my grandmother always kept her cardboard shoe boxes from the shoe store and piled them high on her upper closet shelf, mostly for dress shoes that she didn’t wear everyday. There were probably about 20 boxes. This was great for protecting more expensive shoes.
The cardboard could certainly keep dust off of the shoes, and she would even stuff the tissue paper back into the front of the shoes to maintain their shape (this problem can now be solved with shoe pops or shoe trees, both affordable and readily available at StacksAndStacks.com). The problem with this system of shoe preservation and shoe organization was that you had to dig through dozens of boxes to find the right pair of shoes to match your outfit. So while the cardboard boxes are protective (for a while, at least, until they start collapsing), they are also very secretive, each protecting the identity of its contents from our eyes.
This problem can be solved with some great new inventions in shoe boxes. These are permanent solutions that will last for years. They are not free, like the cardboard variety, but they are a wise and cost effective purchase, because they will protect shoes (not cheap either) from the usual damage. Clear plastic shoe boxes is the choice of many people, because they really let you see what’s inside, and allow you to almost create a display of your favorite shoes, perfect for shoe lovers like me! A more discreet choice are fabric shoe boxes. Now you may think that you can’t see through the fabric, and you are correct. But, the manufacturers thought ahead and made these shoe boxes with a little window, so you can still see what’s inside – a great, neat look for any closet!
Recent Comments