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I'm just wondering where most Americans store their own shoes (not guest's shoes), if not by the door? Are shoes typically stored in the bottom of the bedroom closets at night?

I think the best place for guests to store shoes is in the bottom of coat closet by the front door, if you have one, although that is where I like to store my extra shoes, especially boots and non-dressy shoes that I wear regularly. You can put a two-level shoe rack in the closet though, so it can store more.

I've had various things for guests to store their shoes on. Once I had an unheated porch that had lots of room, but didn't work at all in the winter because when people went to leave they would be putting their feet into frozen boots, so the boots always ended up on a mat in the living room beside the door.

When I lack a coat closet by the door, I store my own and my husband's shoes on a two or three level shoe rack by the door, and leave a mat out for guest's shoes. When there's lots of guests, most places I've been, there just ends up being a huge pile of shoes at the door which really can't be avoided.