How Do You Fit a Shoe Cabinet with Drawers Under the Stairs?
The understairs alcove is the most wasted storage space in British housing, and a drawer based shoe cabinet is usually the best way to reclaim it. This guide explains the geometry you are working with, why standard stair pitch means height drops around 200mm for every 250mm you move towards the short end, and how to identify the three usable zones in the wedge. It covers the six measurements to take, with particular attention to soffit height at the cabinet's back corner, and explains why drawers beat hinged and flip down fronts where a slope overhead restricts access. There is step by step fitting advice on levelling, dry fitting, skirting board clearance and wall fixing, plus practical ideas for the awkward low tail, lighting the alcove, and managing the damp and poor ventilation common in understairs spaces....
