That looks great. I like the idea of the compartments and the drawers. The last house I lived in just had the area under the stairs boxed off with a door for access. Everything just seemed to accumulate in there and we had to dig everything out to get something from the back. :roll:
The draws are for shoes so they don't get opened fully, plus the gas meter is behind one of them and the draw had to be easy to remove to read the meter.
I bought some fully extending runners but never used them, the wife now has something planned for them though in our house having seen the pictures.
I've got to make another one at another house, this time it will also have a slide out seat so you can sit down to put on and remove your shoes.