HOWTO: Make a Floating Shoe Rack
Another magnificent looking item sold at Generate- the J-Me Shoe Rack. I love the simplicity of this shoe rack design… yet another ‘why didn’t I think of that’ item. The shoe rack retails for an extremely steep price of USD99. An obscene price to pay for a U-shaped piece of metal strip to hold your sneakers, don’t you think? And yet, deep inside you feel that you simply must have one.
Well, I found two sources that provide a D.I.Y guide to creating variations of the J-Me shoe rack. Megan from Not Martha- a blog site that posts info on how to make things, provides steps to creating a shoe rack with two strips of wood and some L-brackets. These items can be easily acquired from your local hardware store.
Click here for Not Martha’s floating shoe rack instructions
The alternate J-Me shoe rack variation was found at one of my favourite sites- Instructables.com. This version uses wire shelving instead of wood planks to make the shoe rack frame. I’m not sure where you can get wire shelving locally, cut to size, but I’d probably just go buy me a cheap dishdrainer from the Pasar Malam as raw material for the shoe rack.
Click here for Instructable’s floating shoe rack instructions
For looks and level of effort, Not Martha’s version wins hands down. However, this version seems to only be able to hold sneakers. Most of us own slippers here and Not Martha’s version does not cater for this particular type of footwear (unless you broaden the base but then it’ll lose it’s designer appeal).
The floating shoe rack made from wire shelving is the more practical version as it can cater for most types of footwear (maybe not high heels), including your slippers. It’s just not as aesthetically pleasing as Not Martha’s shoe rack. You decide which one you want to make, unless you’ve decided to splurge USD99 at the Generate store for the actual J-Me shoe rack.
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I bet you my dad will love this for me and my mom… *grinz*
ok, where shall we start?
the j-me shoe rack is a result of 9 months development and many, many prototypes. it is an elegant, stylish and very practical piece of product design. produced in high quality stainless steel (brush finish) which will not corrode and will last for many, many years! the form allows shoes to gently rest and float causing no damage to shoes in any way shape or form. the construction is extremely easy to clean and maintain. it is designed to hold 95% of all shoe types, styles and sizes for men, women and children. an iconic design piece, a future classic! by the way – fixing plugs and screws provided. if the above makes sense to you and you want to buy an original j-me shoe rack, please go to http://www.j-me.co.uk to see it, please email info@j-me.co.uk quoting j-me discount code in subject box to receive 10% discount code reedemable against a shoe rack purchase or any other product from the range. hope you enjoy our website. all the best. jamie@j-me – partner
Jamie, thanks for dropping by How’sHouse. There’s no doubt that your shoe rack has generated much interest and desire locally here in Malaysia. I get quite a few mails regarding how clever the shoe rack design is. The downside really is the hefty price. Perhaps you’ll be able to come up with a more affordable version some time in the future? Dean from HecklerDesign invented the OneLessDesk and retailed it at USD1,199 (also stainless steel and brush metal finish) – very recently he came up with the ‘New OneLessDesk’ that retails for USD649 by using different raw materials to achieve the same elegant effect of the original product. Just a thought, perhaps you could create a version of the j-me shoe rack using more cost effective materials so your fans in Asia can better afford your clever inventions.
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