What if I was able to repurpose them somehow? I mean, I spend a lot of time on Pinterest (mostly on my phone, while I’m waiting for things or people), and one thing I’ve learned on Pinterest is that you can pretty much repurpose anything into anything else. (Someday I bet I'll see a tutorial on how to use stale Triscuits to make a wicker chair.) I think all you need is a little ingenuity and you can redecorate your entire life. I probably have ingenuity in spades, so what if I cleaned the shoes up a little and put them to work in a non-shoe-type job?