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DIY Sliding Shoe Storage for the Mud Room | Thrifty Decor Chick


Find out how to make DIY sliding shoe cubbies for the mud room!

These sliding shoe storage bins have been a straightforward repair for one in every of our downside areas!

Now we have an incredible bench in our mud room/laundry combo with a ton of house, nevertheless it was missing a spot for us to toss sneakers on the way in which within the door.

It was a spot that bugged me since we moved in:

Built in mud room bench
I began some mud room updates final yr and added the shiplap wall, no sew cushion and lengthy pillow. It made an enormous distinction in right here and I LOVE this half of the room!

The one half that bugged me have been the hampers beneath the bench. I used what we had once we moved in, however they drove me completely loopy. They shed all over the place and did not maintain their form. 

I knew I would construct one thing finally to exchange them. It is fairly complicated although…prepare for this tremendous elaborate DIY. 

I constructed…a BOX: 

DIY sliding box for mud room shoes

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Ha! Nicely, two bins. 

You will discover I used cheap, low high quality plywood for many of this construct — as a result of it holds sneakers. Soiled sneakers. I do not want the within to be fairly. 🙂

When you get the measurements found out, constructing one is tremendous straightforward. It is determining the precise dimensions that takes the longest. 

I had my wooden minimize down at Lowe’s and that made this go tremendous fast. My shoe bins are 14 inches tall and 20 inches large, however after all should you do that out you will wish to make them to suit your house. 

I did not use jigs or something — simply nailed it along with my nail gun and it is tremendous sturdy. I laid the underside piece on the bottom, then surrounded it with the edges. (You possibly can see how I constructed it should you take a look at that pic above.)

I made the back and front items wider (20 inches) so that they cowl up the tough edges on the entrance. 

I used a nicer, paint grade plywood for the entrance panels so it could paint up properly. After a couple of coats I put them in place and realized they undoubtedly wanted slightly one thing: 

Storage for mud room shoes

They have been practical however tremendous boring. 🙂 

After that I added a protracted, heavy obligation deal with to the entrance of every shoe field…and so they have been accomplished!: 

DIY storage for mud room bench
I wished them to look as inbuilt as potential, so as an alternative of wheels I put a couple of massive felt pads on the underside: 
How to build sliding shoe boxes for mud room

They slide out and in tremendous straightforward as a result of our tile is so easy. (I examined that out earlier than constructing them — should you use wheels bear in mind you will have to regulate the peak of your bins!)

At first I used to be apprehensive they would not maintain as many sneakers, as a result of we may stuff a lot within the baskets. Seems these are HUGE and maintain loads!: 

DIY sliding shoe storage for mud room

No, I did not paint the within. We’re the one ones that can see in there. Decide your battles my mates! 🙂

They turned out even higher than I had envisioned! And they’re SO tremendous practical, I am so completely happy to have these baskets out of right here!: 

Mud room bench with sliding shoe storage

The handles truly work nice, as a result of 9 instances out of ten I am utilizing my ft to drag them open and closed. 😂 If you happen to would do the identical, be sure to get lengthy {hardware} for the entrance. 

SO. a lot. cleaner. Reaching each kind and performance all the time makes me completely happy!:

Mud room bench with storage for gear and shoes

They solely took me a couple of hours complete — I want I might tackled this fashion sooner.

These would even be an incredible choice for underneath the mattress storage! Simply use carpet sliders beneath as an alternative of the felt. 🙂

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