DIY Boot Inserts

I finally decided to clean out my closet over the weekend and was trying to organize my immense shoe collection.  I have several pairs of boots that I store on the floor of my closet, but, they fall over and just get jumbled.  I was about to go out and purchase some boot inserts that would hold their shape and make them stand up straight when I had a brilliant idea!

I have tons of metal pants hangers with the cardboard tube over the hanger part.  The ones like this:

I get these free every time I take my pants to the dry cleaners

All I did was pull the middle (the cardboard covered part) down while holding on to the hook part so it bent in the middle.  This made the hanger bend at a 90 degree angle away from the middle, like this:

It should be an "L" shape

All I did was insert the cardboard part into the foot of the boot and the metal part came up the calf part of the boot with the hook sticking out the top.  The hanger spread out in the ankle section of the boot and made the boots stiff and able to stand on their own.

I happened to have 6 hangers and 3 pairs of boots that needed my hanger boot inserts.  I'm impressed with my ingenuity!