# Shoes

Too many shoes in my appartment entry.

Free space available in one wall to make a shoe-rack with several layers.

# Specification

Wall dimension: 64 cm

Height before electric plug: 95 cm

Optimal depth for shoes: 30 cm

Thickness of common wood: 1.8mm

So, here is the diagram of the project, with 5 levels (can contains up to 15 pairs of shoes)

![](/assets/images/Shoes/plan.png)


# Prices

Price list:

- Wood + cut: 35.70 + 5 = 40.70
- Varnish: 23.90
- Screw (pack of 100, 4.5 diam x 40mm length): 14.50

Total: **79.1€** (excluding human work, gazoline, etc.)


# Varnish References

In case I forgot, 

- Brand 3V3 
- Type: Varnish
- Finish: Satin Cité
- Color: Chene foncé (the result is much lighter than the image)
- Reference: I218
- Volume: 0.5L (6m2 one layer), water based  (was the correct fit, a bit left, but would represent less than one layer)


# Steps

1. Measuring and drawing hole location on **Inner faces** when it applies
2. Drilling the holes
3. Sanding (I did 80 then 180, wanted to be quick)
4. Removing the dust
5. For tablets, I cutted the border to make "vintage effect". Used a saw from tree branches (not adapted, but OK for that). Then, sanded with 80 to have a smooth finish, then 180.
5. Varnishing upper faces x 2
6. Varnishing lower faces x 2 
7. Screwing when dried


It took me one full day: went at 11am to buy the elements, finished at 11pm, with 4 hour breaks (eating + playing with my child) (did not wait fully 2 hours between layers, nor 24h after final layers.)

Tools available: dremel (sanding done by hand, main cut done by the wood shop, tablet cut done by hand).


# Process

## Raw materials

![000_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/000_800.png)

## Preparing location of the holes

![001_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/001_800.png)

## Drilling

![002_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/002_800.png)

## Varnishing 

0 -> 1 layer

![003_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/003_800.png)

1  (left) -> 2 (right) layers

![006_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/006_800.png)


## Edging

Cutting with bias the tablets

![004_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/004_800.png)

Sanding

![005_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/005_800.png)


## Assembly

![010_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/010_800.png)

Adding the tablets

![011_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/011_800.png)

# Before, stack of shoes

![008_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/008_800.png)

## Final result 


![016_800.png](/assets/images/2026-03-chaussures/016_800.png)