So Many Shoes So Little Space

We have one closet in the entire house (small-too shallow even for a hanger) which currently holds linens and sundries. So where to put all our shoes? 

Because it's "storage" I feel like the majority of people dont care what the container looks like (how else to explain aisles of "plastic tubs" in home stores). Not so for me. Why deprive ourselves of pretty things just because nobody else may ever see it?

I thought about using the area under our bed-the only existing unused space in our home. 

I created in my mind the perfect option: cute baskets with some wheels for easy use.  I figured Id have to build this myself b/c if it isnt on the Restoration Hardware website it doesnt exist right? I searched google images to get some ideas and surprise!

Thanks Pottery Barn! It wasnt marketed for under-bed use but it was exactly what I had in mind.

I had envisioned the baskets having a lid or cover of some sort b/c I was afraid dust would make its way inside.  I had some ideas on how I could fashion something tasteful, which of course I researched (here), but lets get those baskets ordered first.

We have a king bed and after very careful cuckoo measuring ordered 12 baskets.  

They fit absolutely perfectly, 3 rows of 4 from the foot of the bed to the head, coming right to edge but not sticking out on any side. Though the baskets are flush with the bed you can of course see that they are under there.  It looks so much nicer than mismatched boxes, plastic containers, or, for those unfortunate souls who lost their boxes long ago, tens of shoes smooshed and piled upon eachother. 

The baskets nearly reach the underside of the bed so dust isnt a problem and our shoes are happy with their new home (~6/basket for her size 7, ~3/basket for his size 13).

My shoes utilize 8.5 of the 12 baskets.