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Get Organized With Over the Door Shoe Organizers

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April 15, 2021 By The Frugal Free Gal 33 Comments

Note: This post was written in 2011. I have since changed up how I used organizers, but these are still great tips if you want to use these types of organizers in your home! I understand this method is not for everyone. Do what works for you! Now that we have moved into a new house with very little storage space, I’m considering adding a few of these back!

Over the Door Shoe Organizers

I’m not a big fan of clutter. I don’t like how clutter makes me feel! Clutter can make me feel anxious, leaving a nagging feeling of things I still need to clean or organize around my home. I like for everything to have a place in my home! When my house is organized, I feel better and I’m more focused on the important things around me.

For the last few months, clutter has been collecting around my house. After I had children, it got worse! Toys, art supplies, you name it– it was collecting so fast that something had to be done.

I am limited on closet and drawer space in my home so I needed to get creative on ways to make more space in my home for all of the items that “needed a home.” Slowly, I have added over the door shoe organizers on the insides of just about every closet door in my home. I believe in the “out of sight, out of mind.” You don’t ever see any of my clutter until you open up the door. I like to “hide” things for my own peace of mind!

In 2011, I owned 10 over the door door shoe organizers! These over the door shoe organizers range in prices from about $10-$20 a piece and can be found at your retailer and online at Amazon. I prefer the clear plastic organizers, but style and color is completely up to you. The plastic organizers allow you to easily see what’s in each pocket!

See why I love my over the door shoe organizers and how it helps me to stay a bit more organized!

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My Over the Door Shoe Organizers – How I Use Them

Art Supplies

over the door shoe organizers

Over the door shoe organizers are perfect for art supplies (paint, paint brushes, markers, pens, tape, glitter, googly eyes, stamps, etc).

With kids, the art supplies tend to collect fast. Instead of shoving it all in a drawer or having it take up room, use the over the door shoe organizers to organize your art supplies.

My daughter is old enough now that she can reach the bottom pockets. I keep crayons, marker, dry-erase markers and more at the bottom so that she can use them when she needs them without my help. I keep the paint supplies at the top to avoid any paint disasters!

Pantry Organization

over the door shoe organizers

These organizers are perfect for the pantry. We like to place our snacks and items like granola bars in the pockets at the bottom. This gives us more space in our pantry.  We don’t have a medicine cabinet so we keep medicine in the top pockets, out of reach from children.

Business Supplies

They are perfect for business supplies and would be perfect for your small business supplies if you have one. I kept my brochures, thank you cards, and other important business supplies in the pockets.

Tools and Household Items

Over the door shoe organizers are great for odds and ends (tools, remotes, batteries, flashlights, small items that I don’t know what to do with, etc.)

I do not like junk drawers. I can’t ever find anything in them when I need it, so this serves as a place for all of the little items that need a home.

The set of tools you see is actually my set of tools (my husband keeps his in the garage) so these tools are always handy for me when I need them.

Baby Supplies

Over the door shoe organizers are perfect in the baby’s room.

I stored these items below before my baby was born. I keep small blankets, diaper rash cream, socks, small toys, hats, diapers, wipes and more inside the pockets.

Laundry Supplies

Over the door shoe organizers are perfect in the laundry closet.

This may be a bit strange to you, but I am limited on space to fold laundry so I use the top of the washer and dryer for folding.

This organizer is next to me when folding so I fold up our socks, the children’s socks, undergarments, wash cloths, and throw them in there until I am ready to put them away–yes, sometimes I’m lazy.

It also holds the Shout, etc. This gives me more room and space to fold the larger items without the smaller ones being in the way!

Organizing Shoes!

Over the door shoe organizers are perfect, well, for shoes! Instead of having my shoes lay all over the floor, this helps them stay organized and helped free up space in my closet to store other items.

Over the door shoe organizers are perfect in kids rooms. I keep one in my daughter’s closet for her shoes.

Small Toys, Etc.

Over the door shoe organizers are perfect for storing small toys for small toys, dress up shoes, hats, sunglasses, figurines, McDonald’s toys in the kids rooms.

As you can see, I love my over the door shoes organizers. I feel that by having these, I have freed up a lot of space in my home, and I can also find things so much easier when I can see them instead of everything being thrown into a drawer or closet.

You can even put these in your garage if you’d like for tools, etc. There are so many ways to use over the door shoe organizers!

How do you use over the door shoe organizers? 

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Comments

  1. Shara says

    December 12, 2011 at 10:56 am

    What a great idea! I’m definitely borrowing this idea from you. I live in a very small house with four young children. We are very limited on space. Being a single Mother, and having to keep up with the clutter all on my own is a huge chore. Thanks for the tip!

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  2. Amanda says

    December 12, 2011 at 10:48 am

    I love this! I’ve seen it before and have wanted to do this, but the main problem that I have is that most of my closet doors, and pantry door are sliding doors that fold in the center, so I’m trying to come up with a way to make this work for me.

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    • Jenny says

      December 12, 2011 at 8:56 pm

      Same thing with my closets. They slide and fold in the middle 🙁 . I really love this idea but the only door I can do this on is my master walk in closet. Would love to do this with art supplies, but I don’t know if I want it in my master closet. LOL

      Reply
  3. Anna C. says

    December 12, 2011 at 11:47 am

    You have me wanting to go out and buy more of these! Love the post 🙂

    Reply
    • The Frugal Free Gal says

      December 12, 2011 at 12:10 pm

      For the longest time, I only had a few. But then I realized that I had too many “little things” that didn’t have a proper place. That’s when I decided I could use one on just about every door and I don’t regret it!

      Reply
  4. kp says

    December 12, 2011 at 2:32 pm

    THANK YOU!!! I’ve often walked by these at the store and thought, “it’s gotta be useful for something,” but then I walk on, not knowing how to put them to use. We also have a serious clutter issue in this house (having 8 people in 1000 square feet can get messy). Now I know what to do. In fact, I’m putting shoe organizers on my shopping list as soon as I post this comment. Thanks so much for the great idea =D

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  5. melanie says

    December 12, 2011 at 8:01 pm

    I totally used this idea in my pantry! Its AWESOME! Wish we could all post pics!!

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    • The Frugal Free Gal says

      December 12, 2011 at 8:41 pm

      You can email your picture to me if you’d like and I may post it! thefrugalfreegal@yahoo.com

      Reply
  6. Kim McCutcheon says

    February 26, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    We have one that we use in our hall closet for our stockpile items (shampoos, toothpastes, body washes, shaving creams). I love using it for this stuff. I don’t have room in my laundry area but I loved that idea as well. I would like one for my pantry too!

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  7. Crystal Eberspacher says

    February 26, 2012 at 11:01 pm

    I just love these ideas!!! I thought of a few uses for these shoe organizers, but you have given me so many more!! Can’t wait to go buy some more and get started!!

    Reply
  8. itin says

    April 9, 2012 at 8:16 am

    If only I have doors as many as yours, I’d prolly not throw away those shoe organizers that never have been useful for shoesl.

    Reply
  9. Kathleen says

    April 13, 2012 at 10:15 pm

    This is a GREAT idea EXCEPT for one thing…

    I don’t have any closets, let alone closet doors. Or pantries, or anywhere really to PUT one of these. 🙁 I want to adopt this idea SO bad.

    Reply
    • Wendy says

      July 14, 2016 at 12:09 am

      You could use command hooks and hang it on a wall. 🙂

      Reply
  10. Bridget says

    April 13, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    I have one hanging in my kitchen for all those extra utensils and baggies and stuff that always seems to be in the way. I wish I had more doors….b/c I would have them everywhere! I have one on my bathroom door for bathroom stuff…one on the back of my bedroom door for all kinds of misc stuff. Going to be putting one in the school room for school supplies at some point. I’ve seen where you can put barbies in them and matcbox cars. Love your ideas!!!

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  11. VickieB says

    April 14, 2012 at 9:56 am

    I use over the door organizers as well, also over the door hooks.

    Reply
  12. Cindy Demaree says

    April 20, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    Hey, Let me tell you another use…… If you travel with grandchildren or your a parent that travels with kids on vacation or any long drive. Put one on each side on the hooks above the back car seat windows and fill the shoe slots with fruit snacks travel mugs and activities for each child!!

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  13. Khushabu says

    June 29, 2012 at 11:12 am

    I have the same one you have for your shoes, but I have a huge issue with the door closing properly. The one I had before did just fine with the door. Do you have any suggestions?

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    • Christy says

      March 22, 2014 at 10:45 am

      Try using Command Strips ….

      Reply
    • Wendy says

      July 14, 2016 at 12:10 am

      Use command hooks instead of the hardware included 🙂

      Reply
  14. KidSafeCandles says

    July 19, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    I might have to steal your idea to keep my Scentsy business supplies organized too! I hate how it’s all stuffed away in files and I have to dig, this would be much easier! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  15. Jennifer Boehme says

    August 24, 2012 at 6:43 am

    I am going to try this at my house. I have limited space and using these might help. Thanks for the ideas, can’t wait to have all that extra room!

    Reply
  16. Lynda says

    May 22, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    Hi. do your doors close with these over the door pockets. I can’t find ones that allow the door to close. help…thanks

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    • The Frugal Free Gal says

      May 22, 2013 at 9:15 pm

      Hi Lynda! They do close! When we moved recently, there were a few doors that they would not work on at our new house, but for the majority, they did close.

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      • Katie says

        May 22, 2013 at 10:31 pm

        I love these ideas!! I just wanted to make a suggestion for the ladies that don’t have enough doors or the right kind of doors….how about hanging them on the wall? My shoe organizers have little metal holes on the two corners, so they can just hang off two nails. 🙂

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        • The Frugal Free Gal says

          May 22, 2013 at 11:24 pm

          Great advice Katie! I do have a few hanging up inside closets with nails. I have a huge closet in the middle of my house that allows me to hang two of them on the wall inside. We have our office supplies in them currently!

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    • Christy says

      March 22, 2014 at 10:47 am

      Try using command strips …. you may have to use more than 2 or 4 depending on what you are putting in them.

      Reply
  17. Linda Pinda says

    August 9, 2013 at 9:44 am

    I have used these for 20+ years. It all started with organizing our oldest daughter’s Barbie dolls. I love them even more now that we’ve started homeschooling. All of our young children’s supplies are organized where they can see them, easily retrieve them, and easily put them back. The two pre-schoolers have the two bottom rows where they can easily get their own supplies, but can’t reach anything dangerous or super messy like, sharp scissors, glue, markers, stapler, etc.

    I do use these even where I don’t have a door! Instead of the over the door hooks, you can just hang them with decorative nails, screws, or even the heavy duty command strips, assuming one is not storing lead weights. 😉

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  18. Sherry says

    August 20, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    I know it looks like someone mentioned this already but do you recommend any brands that allow door to close properly? I am having issues with the doors. Thanks!!

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    • The Frugal Free Gal says

      August 20, 2013 at 7:56 pm

      I do not have any recommendations yet, but, I have actually hung a few up with nails, especially inside bigger closets if you have the space.

      Reply
    • Christy says

      March 22, 2014 at 10:49 am

      Try using command strips …. you may have to use more than 2 or 4 depending on the weight of what you are hanging.

      Reply
  19. Christy says

    March 22, 2014 at 10:59 am

    You can also cut these in half, one strip or make them shorter. They can be hung with a ribbon through the holes at the top and then hang the ribbon over a sturdy hanger in the closet. They can be hung back to back this way. They work on cabinet doors, small narrow areas of wall space inside closet doors or next to the rail. You can use the ribbon and hanger to hang on the wall instead of multiple nails or screws or command strips. I am putting them in my spare closet back to back with gift wrap, art supplies, office supplies and any other odds and ends or extra household products. I am using them for a medicine cabinet, and in the kids rooms back to back for toys, hair bows, and socks and underwear. My foyer closet has hats and scarves. No more need to pack up winter stuff.

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    • The Frugal Free Gal says

      March 24, 2014 at 8:40 am

      What a great tip! Thank you so much!

      Reply

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