| A good pair of boots is certainly not a cheap | | | | stored with its boot shafts folded down, sooner |
| investment. Most cowboy boots, such as | | | | or later, the shape will distort; and there goes |
| Twisted-X boots, are more costly than normal | | | | your expensive boots. Your boots will have |
| shoes, thanks to the materials and the | | | | unsightly, wrinkled crease marks . . . a no-no in |
| construction techniques used in making the | | | | boot fashion. |
| product. | | | | 5) Except for the ones with hard boot shafts, |
| Boots play an important part of your feet's | | | | keep your boots stored upright. Most boot shafts, |
| protection and for fashion. That's why they need | | | | especially those made of softer leather or elastic |
| to be well-cleaned and well-maintained. While | | | | material, tend to topple down. |
| regular cleaning and maintaining will surely prolong | | | | To keep them in an upright position, you may try |
| its life, a pair of boots also needs to be stored | | | | putting a rubber band around the shafts of each |
| properly. | | | | pair of boots. You may clip them if you don't |
| Here are some tips on how to properly store | | | | have rubber bands. Whichever way, be careful to |
| your boots so that you would extend its service | | | | avoid making a crease mark. |
| and, at the same time, save space. | | | | A better way to keep the boot shaft upright is to |
| 1) Boots are considerably larger than most of | | | | try a boot tree. A boot tree is a device that |
| most other footwear. Therefore, you should first | | | | looks like a wooden, plastic, or metal L with a |
| find a place where the boots can fit inside. | | | | movable joint. You insert the boot tree in side |
| 2) Choose a place where you can keep your | | | | your boot, and the frame's shape serves as |
| boots within easy reach so you can just grab | | | | guide, keeping the shaft upright. The boot tree |
| them and go. Mudrooms and entrance closets are | | | | also prevents crease marks from developing. |
| preferable. The convenience of the storage place | | | | 6) Keep your boots away from direct sunlight. |
| will also help you remember to put them back | | | | Sunlight makes the leather brittle and fades away |
| there after using the pair. | | | | the color of your boots. Always close the door of |
| 3) If you have more than one pair of boots, you | | | | your storage place to prevent sunlight and dust |
| need to categorize them according to the height | | | | from coming in. |
| of their shafts. Not only will your closet look | | | | 7) Store your boots away from wet places. If |
| organized, but also, you will also be able to match | | | | water somehow drips in the storage space (due |
| several boots at once very easily and quickly. | | | | to leaks from above, for example), find another |
| 4) If your storage space has racks in it or if you | | | | place to store your boots. |
| decide to put them in a shoe rack, put your | | | | 8) If you don't have a closet or storage space, |
| boots on the top level. This prevents the softer | | | | you can store the boots in a large-enough crate |
| tops from being folded down. If the boots are | | | | or in the box where they were stored. |