Antique Coat Racks
Antique Coat Racks
Coat racks serve a practical function to every home, especially in the cold months of Autumn and Winter. Coat racks serve as a designated place for your hats, scarves, gloves, umbrellas, jackets, and of course, coats. A humble coat rack is a nice addition to any home, as it can be used as a nice storage rack, and an entryway complimentary piece as well.
Coat racks are best placed in any house’s entryway for convenience, so whenever one enters the home, he/she can immediately place it at the most available coat hook. This especially comes into play during rainy or snowy days. You don’t want anyone walking around the house searching for something or somewhere they can hang or lay their soaking wet coats! Not only will it cause a trickling maze of water droplets, but it can also potentially cause nasty accidents, molds, and/or deterioration on your newly polished hardwood floor. Don’t think that carpeted floor is safe – wet carpeted floors can harbor molds when left untreated!
Coat racks gives you a place to dry your jackets in open air, and if it causes quite a spill, you can easily clean it up because the mess is all in one area. Plus, coat racks let you find and wear the coat you want unlike in a shady dark understair closet. Closets are not a practical storage option whenever it is ‘coat season’. Isn’t it just tiring (and quite scary) opening the creaking closet door, diving into a mess in hopes of finding the jacket you want? If you happen to luckily find the coat you’re looking for, you realize it has that nasty musty closet odor.
Coat racks not only are practical and convenient, but are even pretty enough to be conversational pieces – especially the antique one. Antique coat stands, antique coat racks, or antique coat trees, are the fanciest pieces of furniture one home can ever have in its entrance. Antique coat racks do not come short of intricacy as most antique pieces are carve by hand, or wrought by hand (in case of iron coat racks). Contemporary styled coat racks exemplify minimalism and does not appeal to all ages or demographics, unlike intricate antique ones that leaves anyone speechless, including children. Plus, antique coat racks can easily match any home furnishing, unlike contemporary coat racks where they are only applicable to modern interiors. Lucky for you today, antique styled coat racks are available in the market today. You no longer have to search backroads for unique antique shops to get one coat rack; many manufacturers today produce coat racks with an antique finish such as antique cherry or espresso. But if you plan on buying an authentically antique coat rack, not only will you be buying a unique piece of furniture, but also a piece of history.
There basically are two kinds of antique coat rack styles – the first one is the hallway coat tree, and the coat bench.
Antique coat trees are the more common ones you see at home or at furniture shops. Antique coat trees are characterized by tall and narrow stands with pegs or ‘branches’ that stick out that are capable of holding coats, sweaters, hats, and other garments. Some antique coat stands also feature a lower basket designed to hold items like umbrellas and canes (particularly iron ones). One antique (styled) coat racks available today that beautifully displays a spirit of antiquity is the Powell Barrier Reef Coat Rack in a classic nut brown finish. This antique coat tree is filled with old-world character and charm through beautifully detailed bentwood that warmly welcomes any family member or guest. Iron is another antique material that is still commonly used to reproduce antique styled furnishings today. One of which is the rustic and graceful Southern Enterprises Iron Standing Coat Rack that features intricate scrollwork and an integrated umbrella rack at the lower.
The other type of antique coat stands is the coat bench or valet style coat rack. This coat rack features a bench where one can take a nice seat while taking his/her boots off after a long walk in the snow. It normally features a tall back wall with antique coat rack hooks (commonly made from brass) that can support event he heaviest of winter coats. Plus, antique coat benches have storage spaces under the bench, so you can tuck in or out coats and scarves at arm’s reach whenever you need one. The French Country Hall Tree Storage Bench is a graceful antique coat rack bench that has the size and charm of a china cabinet influenced with rustic French styling. This beautifully antique styled coat bench features antique coat rack hooks made from bronze situated below a series of mirrored panels.
For an entryway with character, sophistication, and organization, an antique coat rack is the perfect crowning jewel.
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