Feng Shui is a Chinese system of geomancy that purportedly uses the laws of Heaven and Earth to improve man’s life by receiving positive qi. It prescribes rules on, among others, the orientation and structure of buildings as well as the furniture and fixtures it contains. This includes shoe racks. Feng Shui divides the height [...]

If Erik Trinkaus, a biological anthropologist, is right in his calculations, humans have been wearing shoes for the last 26,000 to 40,000 years. Of course, those shoes were probably nothing more than animal skins wrapped around their feet tied with strings made from animal gut, trees, or shrubs. Today, however, shoes have become so highly [...]

Shoes pick up all sorts of dirt and debris. You can bring in dust, sand, pebbles, or mud simply by walking into the house with your shoes on and not only soil the floor but scratch it as well. For this reason, a good number of homeowners install shoe storage furniture near their doors, perhaps [...]

Like most of our clothing, our shoes are not limited to a single pair. There is at least one for formal, casual, and sports wear. And of course, the list of the types of footwear is very long –from dress shoes to flip-flops.  If you have every type, or at least most types, storing them [...]

Shoes lying around on the floor of your bedroom can look pretty messy, not to mention the fact that if they are out in the open, they are likely to gather and accumulate dust and dirt. You may even stumble on them when walking to the bathroom, especially if you just got up from bed. [...]

Closets come in different designs. Some are made with a single long hanging rod and a single open shelf above it. Others have a number of open shelves of varying sizes stacked over each other. Still others have drawers instead of shelves. Drawers, like the shelves, allow you to separate different types of clothing and [...]

Constructed from engineered wood made completely of recycled fibers, the South Shore Item No 244207 Imagine Kids Armoire is an environmentally friendly furniture. Indeed, it has received certification as an Environmentally Preferred Product (EPP). Specifically designed for children in their pre-teens, the armoire is only 5 feet tall, which allows them to reach even its [...]

A closet is defined as any enclosed recess or space where clothing, linen, or household supplies are stored. This means that there are as many types of closets as there are items stored in them. Perhaps the most familiar are clothes closets. There are also closets for bedroom and bathroom linen, as well as non-refrigerated [...]

Modular furniture has been around for a long time. Often considered to be the first modular and standardized furniture is the CUBEX Kitchen designed by the Belgian members of the International Congress of Modern Architecture in 1932. It was a huge success and it continued to be marketed until the 1960s. Owing to such success, [...]

Clothes tend to accumulate over the years as we continually buy new ones to keep up with fashion, yet do not discard old ones if they still have any wear left in them. On top of this, the changing seasons also contribute to the volume of clothes we need. This inevitably leads to filled-up closets [...]