I absolutely love this piece! If this is one of your options for shoe storage: GET IT! I assembled by myself in about half an hour - 7 pages of instructions - everything was labeled and all of the hardware needed to assemble it were included. Some reviewers have said only some pieces were labeled/stickered, that is partially true: only 2 pieces had a white sticker with a black letter on it, but the rest had a RED letter STAMPED on one of the unfinished edges. Check there too.

This says 14 pair, but it really depends on the type and size of shoes being stored. I have my women's size 8 shoes, sandals and flip flops, as well as my boyfriends men's size 11 shoes, sneakers and flip flops in there - for us it holds 16 pairs.