How to choose a coat rack

How do you choose a coat rack or hanger for your home, office or workplace? Coat racks are a piece of furniture in every interior because of their important function of holding coats and jackets. In this article, we will provide you with some important tips and advice that will help you when buying and selecting a quality coat rack that will fit in perfectly with the furniture in your interior. Here is everything you need to know about buying a coat rack. 

Main types of coat rack

There are many different types of coat racks on the market today, with different features and styles to suit every specific need and requirement. Given the important function of this furniture, it is present in practically every home and office. A first classification of the different types of coat hooks on the market can be determined by the system of fixing the furniture. In this regard, the most classic element is probably the typical wall-mounted or wall-mounted coat rack. Alternatively, it is possible to buy many models of hanging coat racks. Another aspect that differentiates these pieces of furniture is the material used to make them: on the market there are coat racks made of metal, wood or plastic.

Finally, we will offer you a selection of hangers based on their shape, design and features that make them suitable for the room in the house where the furniture is to be placed. 

Hangers: fastening system

As mentioned in the previous paragraph, the fixing system is the first element that distinguishes a coat rack. The fixing system should be chosen according to the space you will have available in your rooms: if your house is characterised by particularly limited dimensions, it is better to opt for a wall or wall-mounted coat rack, which will take up less space than a floor-standing coat rack. The latter, on the other hand, is more suitable for particularly large and spacious rooms. Floor-standing coat racks can be one-piece or have several hooks, depending on the number of people who usually use them. If you opt for this type of coat rack, our advice is to buy a model with wheels to make it easier to move it around the house. 

A wall-mounted coat rack - fixed at the right height - will allow you to optimise the space in your home or office. 

And yet, an alternative is represented by the door hangers: these furniture will allow you to save space, placing them on the door, even without the need to make holes. 

Coat racks: the different materials used to make them 

Modern coat racks are nowadays made from different materials: raw wood is one of the most common materials from which coat racks are made. The wood can remain untreated, or alternatively be painted or varnished. Coat hangers made of untreated wood can be placed in any room in the house, except in rooms that are particularly humid - unless the wood is specially treated to be resistant to moisture.

unless the wood has been specially treated to resist moisture. Painted or varnished wooden coat racks are also very versatile, durable and suitable for every kind of space. 

Alternatively, you can decide to buy a metal coat rack: in this regard, our advice is to prefer the choice of stainless steel elements, especially if set up in a particularly humid environment. By choosing a steel coat rack, you will avoid the furniture from oxidising over time. For door-mounted models, it is better to use felt pads to avoid scratching the door. 

Finally, you can find a wide variety of plastic coat racks on the market: durable furniture, sometimes particularly cheap and suitable to be arranged in any environment. 

Coat racks: styles, shapes and design 

As well as being a practical and functional piece of furniture, a coat rack is also a design and stylish piece of furniture, capable of giving personality to the room in which it is placed. Today, coat racks are available in all shapes and sizes and can express themselves in different styles: the different shapes obviously concern the hooks. It is possible to buy coat racks with U-shaped hooks, with round knobs, or even with square knobs, stems or shapes reminiscent of flowers or special characters. The commercial proposal is very wide and diversified, capable of responding to every need and specific requirement. It is worth remembering that the hooks of a coat rack can be fixed on a support or alternatively be simple. 

As far as design is concerned, there are many solutions on the market, capable of responding to different furnishing styles. We have, for example, classic coat racks, characterised by a basic appearance and equipped with one or more hooks in raw or painted wood. Then there are more industrial coat racks made of wood and dark metal. You can also buy Scandinavian Nordic-style coat racks (link to article Nordic Scandinavian furniture), made of light or white wood. There are also a lot of designer coat racks on the market, which are particularly sought-after and characterised by a contemporary and sometimes particularly innovative and futuristic style. Finally, there are also classic children's clothes racks on the market, specially designed for children's rooms. 

How to choose a coat rack according to the room

Coat racks are nowadays designed and produced with specific characteristics that make them particularly suitable for a specific room in the house. There are very practical and functional hallway coat racks, designed to be able to hold a considerable number of coats, jackets and shoulder covers. Then there are the living room coat hooks - floor or wall-mounted. And again you can buy bedroom coat racks, made to save space (usually wall or door mounted). Finally we have bathroom hangers, which are usually installed behind the door and used to hang bathrobes or towels. There are now bathroom coat racks with towel warmer hooks on the market. 

The best clothes hangers on the market 

Having finished our journey to discover the main features of the clothes hangers available on the market today, here is our special selection of some of the best products available on the market, able to meet all needs and expressing an excellent quality/price ratio: 

• Pepe coat rack: a beautiful piece of furniture in grey polypropylene, with cherry-coloured knobs, perfect for a young and dynamic environment and at the same time for a more classic and traditional space;
• Salzano illuminated coat rack: if you are looking for a design coat rack, characterised by contemporary, futuristic and innovative lines, and able to give great personality to your environment, this is the piece of furniture for you. The coat rack has a translucent polyethylene structure and is equipped with internal lighting - LED or E27 spiral bulb;
• Single coat rack: the perfect piece of furniture for those looking for a simple and minimalist solution.