The Peg Rack

Get Organized and Save Space

Today it seems that most everyone struggles with keeping their home clutter free.  With a hectic work schedule and driving the kids to school, soccer practice and anyplace else that they can think of it gets harder and harder to keep things neat, tidy and well organized.  One solution that has many advantages is a wall mounted coat rack.  With the cost of real estate reaching over $1000 per square foot in Manhattan you simply cannot afford to waste any floor space do you really want a floor standing coat rack that could take up as much is three square feet of floor space?  $3000 for spot to put your coat rack seems a little excessive but if you took this same floor coat rack and exchanged it for a wall mounted coat rack you would not be taking up any floor space. Youe still get the benefit of having a place to hang your coats and one other great feature is that when you are cleaning you do not have to move or clean around a floor standing coat rack.

There are several different styles of wall mount coat racks available in the market today with a little online research you should be able to find one that matches your home decor and fits your needs.  The Shakers are given credit for the invention of the peg rail coat rack.  This style uses a wooden shaker peg that is attached to a solid wood rail that in turn is mounted to the wall.  The Shakers utilize these peg rails to the utmost.  They would install these peg rails all around a room and would use them to hang everything from their dining room chairs, to candleholders, mirrors and even cupboards.  We can learn from the Shakers and utilize the peg rack coat rack system for other things besides hanging coats.  You can install one in virtually any room in the house, install one in the kids bedrooms, install one in the laundry room you can use it to hang clothes that you want to air dry.

Another option in coat racks would be to go with a solid brass hook or maybe a modern brushed stainless steel look.  These type of coat racks can also be found in Oak, Cherry, Maple or for a more modern look a hand rubbed white lacquer finish.  This style of wall mounted coat rack gives you the same advantages of a Shaker peg rack with a more modern look.  If you cannot find exactly what you are looking for there are manufactures who can make you a custom coat rack that will match your needs exactly.