If you look up shoe racks online they are hideous! Basically you are either getting something out of plastic or doing a particularly tall, ugly metal contraption… There is nothing of wood and classic looking.
There is no bench setting and shoe holder combination, then i have tried all the large department stores to see if there is something that strikes my overpriced, then no there isn’t.
The closet thing I found was a garden sit that is currently holding our shoes. The garden sit has three tiered shelves that decrease in size as you go up; My husband gets the largest shelf, I got the medium sized one, and our son has the small one. I don’t entirely like it but it gets the task done! Having the sand accplot on a shelf is gross. My husband properly won’t put his shoes on the sit but rather around it. The sit always takes up a lot of room but doesn’t give much. I have started talking to a custom furniture builder. I wanted to see if they had any ideas on what to do. I want a shoe sit that is easy to put your shoes in and out of. I don’t want them out in the open though. I also want somewhere to sit and to hold keys. I suppose it will need to be quite big. I am leaving it in their hands though. They have interior designers on staff. Maybe they can come up with something. I am at a loss at this point on what will look best.