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Photo Hunt – Smelly

shoe cabinetPhoto Hunters theme this week is Smelly. I chose our family’s Shoe Cabinet which is nestled in the far corner of the second floor. Some of the shoes in there are smelly whenever I pass by. It’s one reason I place a deodorizer inside the cabinet. I know when it’s time to replace the deodorizer when I smell the stink again. The solution really is to eliminate the shoe odor from the source. Other than deodorizer, there are other ways of eliminating shoe odors:

shoe cabinet1. Put baking soda inside the shoes and shake to cover most of the inside of the shoes. Leave overnight, and shake out before wearing again.

2. Never wear a pair of shoes two days in a row, let them dry out thoroughly (even if they don’t seem wet) before you wear them again.

3. When your shoes get extremely wet, crunch up newspaper and push it inside your shoes. This will force your shoes open and absorb the water from the leather. You may need to change the paper; then take it out and allow the shoe to dry.

4. Apply foot powder specially designed for foot odor problems to feet and/or shoes daily.

Any more tips on how to remove shoe odor?

25 thoughts on “Photo Hunt – Smelly”

  1. How big is your family ? That’s a lot of shoes in the shoes cabinet 😀 We only have one for a family of four 😀 Thanks for the informative post. will definitely need to try tip #3 as it rains pretty often around here

  2. Hi Noemi. I like your shoe cabinets. It’s nice that you have several of them in one corner of the house. Very organized. Thanks for all the helpful tips. I bought this “rocks” (sorry forgot what they are called) at the mall before and placed them inside our shoe cabinet. They are supposed to absorb damp and odor. They seem to work so far.

  3. hi Noemi,

    i like your shoes cabinet. beautiful! i use the kind that hangs from the rack in the closet, which can hold 10 pair of shoes.

    on the contrary: i wear my black uniform shoes every single day for the last 4 months but i don’t smell a thing. is it because i live in a drier climate?

  4. I like your shoe cabinets. they look nice and clean. and with regards to the tips, i think i’m guilty with no. 2. sometimes, i wear my shoes two days in a row. now i am enlightened. thanks Ms. Noemi. 😀

  5. Hah. I wear my black converse high tops for weeks sometimes and they never smell. Just wear a fresh pair of socks everyday and wash those feet good in the shower with soap.

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