Free Standing Coat Racks

The very mention of a coat rack brings to mind the picture of a tree like wooden structure with a fairly wide base, often occupying a corner near the entrance of a house or commercial establishment. Are you able to conjure up the image of this piece of furniture traditionally used for keeping hats, coats, cans and umbrellas? Surely you have seen it in one of the old classics. Such racks can still be seen around, though their design and size has undergone many changes to suit the décor of any modern home. Should you have a fancy for such a piece of furniture, you surely can have one to suit the interiors and style of your home.

It will be good to make an assessment of your requirements of such type of coat racks in terms of frequency of use, your personal style and the climatic conditions of your surroundings. Do you frequently use jackets, coats and caps? Are you in an area that calls for the use of an umbrella all the year round? Is there any space available near the entrance, its traditional and more practical location?

Though these racks do not occupy too much of space, they too need floor space as they would generally not flush with the wall. Need we mention that present vertical apartments most often fall short of floor area for such items?

There is an old charm associated with these coat hangers and they certainly contribute to the aesthetics of any room. In case you are constrained for space, these are not for you, and you might prefer to go for wall mounted designs of such racks.



Present generation of coat racks are produced from a variety of materials. They can be of wood, metal, and of course the most exploited material of our times, plastic. Like most other plastic products, plastic coat racks are very lightweight and ideal for being used by growing children at home. It’s not easily broken and one gets them in all the imaginable colors. Such properties make them ideal for outdoor use or while travelling. Lightweight metals like aluminum are often used for making modern contemporary designs. Heavier metals can be casted to get old and ornamental designs. Wood, the traditional material used for making coat racks continues to be a favorite even today, though the designs are very contemporary.

This accessory may have a very thin and small base with a few protrusions for keeping hats and coats. They also come with a wider base with two sets of hooks, one for the hats and the other for the coats. Then, there is the option of having one with a built in storage facility for canes and umbrellas. Though some modern designs also incorporate these features, they are more suitable for traditionally heavier designs.



Coat racks make a good piece of conversation and are often found of great help in organizing a child’s room. Small sizes that can easily be reached by children are available. Apart from developing a healthier habit for the child it can be put to other uses too. Apart from hanging clothes, a child’s toys could be segregated in different bags, which could hang on the same rack. That presents a neat picture of a child’s room.

An aesthetically designed well crafted coat rack of any material adds to the décor of the room. As already mentioned, such racks help organize a place and apart from the functional utility of hanging coats and hats or storage of canes and umbrellas, these could be used for other purposes too. For instance, you may as well use it for drying clothes or exposing your winter garments before storing them away for the next season.

Your Coat Racks Plus Home Organization

Remodeling or restoring an old home is a challenge that any designer would love to face. Changed designs and styles of present houses have affected the way people store their possessions. We don’t get attics these days. So, we are led to use garages and outbuildings. No more racks and trunks for clothes as we got used to using closets. If you are fortunate to own a home and not an apartment, you should try designing and arranging your home the way it was originally meant to be.

It may call for a complete change of many things. For instance, it means replacing your kitchen cupboards with hanging racks and open standing shelves. It also means having trunks and chests in bedrooms for all your storage needs. Likewise, you have to incorporate changed storing options for the bathroom too. Over and above all that you have to make attractive, yet functional changes to the front and back of your home. That would essentially call for inclusion of coat-racks. Yes, that old fashioned substitute of a storage closet.

It may come as a pleasant surprise to you to learn the storage potential that a well designed coat rack has to offer. This tree like structure with protruding branches in the form of pegs could be used as a storage unit in itself.

Let’s consider one of its more popular styles for homes with spacious foyers.
It has pegs for coats and hats, the usual items that you may expect. Then, a shelf at the top for keeping delicate hats or bonnets with a mirror provided over the pegs to facilitate ladies to check if their headgear was in the desired position. And that’s not all, for it has had shelves or trays on the sides for mail or visiting cards enabling a visitor to drop one card to let you know of his or her visit when you were away. Most often there would be a bench with built-in storage. Now, look at the functional part: Visitors could sit here and those leaving the house may take its support to adjust or put on the shoes. The others were designed to hold umbrellas and some had cubbyholes to house galoshes too. All these features contributed in making a good coat rack as an all purpose outdoor accessory.



These days it will be too difficult to locate a coat rack with all the above features, but you surely can have one that serves the dual purpose of a coat rack and provides the facility of storage. While choosing one make sure that it has well-sealed varnish and there are no water stains or any other marks. In case of a bench or chest check if it is lined with cedar and ensure to use insecticides so that moths won’t affect the clothing

It is very important to check and confirm that a coat rack fulfills all your requirements and not just a few of them. It is worthwhile to invest a little more to buy a piece that perfectly matches your requirements rather than regretting later.

Should you so need, here’s one more reason for you to have a good coat rack near next to your front door. Here’s a good opportunity to display your good coats rather than storing them for a rainy day. Well, no offense meant, as you certainly wouldn’t display your minks or cashmere on an uncovered, unprotected coat rack but what should stop you from having a designer coat or a colorful umbrella over there! Here is an accessory that allows you to have a great display of your vintage clothing and hats while you continue to use it for your day-to-day items. Think of a coat-rack beyond a piece of furniture for daily use in your room. A well crafted, elegant looking coat-rack is a piece of art that reflects your style and taste and brings in that feeling of warmth when you walk past it, more so at the end of the day when you reach home.

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