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A coat closet off the main entry made a dark hallway feel too narrow. Cassie removed the doors, then added cedar planks to the walls. An Ikea shelf adds storage and a place to keep shoes neat but nearby.

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Hang up your heels. Your pretty vintage stilettos and color-blocked heels are just too gorgeous to hide from view, don’t you think? So display your fabulous footwear for all to see. This hack requires a few strips of molding (painted in the same color as your wall to be “invisible”) so you can hook on your heels for a dazzling display.

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. Display cute footwear. This is possibly my favorite hack for keeping little ones’ sandals and sneakers off the bedroom floor — and it ingeniously repurposes a piece of furniture. Seek out a vintage partitioned wall cupboard or set of cubbyholes and squeeze a teeny-weeny pair of shoes into each box. It’s wall art and wonderful storage in one.

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didn't know you could do this on bottom shelf. should be easy to install DIY. Pullout supply drawers. Make your utility or broom closet work harder for you by installing a few sliding baskets to hold supplies

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Chalkboard cupboard doors. Instead of rifling around to find what you need, a quick glance at chalkboard-painted cupboard doors will tell you just where to reach. They are helpful for houseguests too,

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purse hooks. These are customized — made to mimic the client's shoulder, in fact — but you could do something similar with sturdy wall-mounted coatracks.

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next to glass door

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4 storage room

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