Abstract: The shoe dryer of the present invention utilizes the exhaust heat of a clothes drying machine, or the like, to dry articles placed inside the shoe dryer. A duct chamber has a first duct opening in a first region which is connected to the outlet of the drying machine, or the like, to receive the exhaust. The duct chamber also has a second duct opening in a second region of the duct chamber which is connected to an exhaust duct. By selectively adjusting a control door, the exhaust of the drying machine could be directed from the first region of the duct chamber to the shoe drying compartment of the shoe dryer and then to the second region of the duct chamber where it enters the exhaust duct or the exhaust can be directed from the first region of the duct chamber directly to the second region of the duct chamber without going to the shoe drying compartment.