Re: shoe rack
2 pair of my shoes
3 pair of begum/kids shoes (depending on design)
We have everyday use shoes in these drawers. It conceals everyday use shoes and make look entrance neat/clean. Party shoes are mostly in the boxes (in basement) while winter shoes (boots etc) are in Garage mainly because most of the times shoes are wet with slush and snow and as per rule of the begum, those shoes cant come into the house. So we just enter though garage and leave the shoes on those stands. Works well for us, specially for kids.
Boots do OK in Garage in Toronto winter. We have same setup from last couple of years and leather boots are doing fine too.