A 59.5 lb top shelf is an unusual figure on a shoe rack and the reason to choose this one. Most racks have a top rated for light items, which means it holds a pair of shoes or a small plant and nothing more. At this rating the top becomes a genuine surface, taking a stack of post, a bag, a box waiting to go out, or a lamp.The rack measures 29.5 in wide by 11.8 in deep and stands 36.6 in tall, which is a compact footprint for a narrow hallway or the inside of a closet. Each mesh shelf carries 24.2 lb, comfortably beyond a row of shoes, and mesh is the right material because wet soles dry from beneath and grit falls through rather than collecting.At 36.6 in the top lands at about waist height, which is where a surface needs to be for things to get put down on it rather than dropped. Particleboard on a steel frame brings the assembled rack to 16.8 lb, light enough to lift aside for cleaning and to reposition when the hallway layout changes. The open steel frame keeps a rack in a narrow space from reading as a solid block.