Metal Coat Racks
Metal Coat Racks
Are you hearing bells ringing from afar? Is the cold winter breeze starting to make you shiver? It is still a few months away but we all know that Christmas is just around the corner! It is this time of the year that coats are not only a fashion statement but also a necessity. Winter could definitely be punishing especially to those places closer to the north, so keeping warm and toasty is necessary just to survive. The human body needs heat in order to survive. Extreme loss of which may lead to frostbite, hypothermia, and eventually death.
Coats are the next best thing we have to keep us warm when a fireplace or a nice hot cup of coco isn’t around. We still need to go to work or school even when the streets are already covered in fluffy white snow and coats will keep us warm outside (we sure can’t bring fire torches around these days!). Coats can provide exceptional comfort and warmth outside our home, but can surely bring a sloppy disaster inside!
Coats as we know are occasional pieces of clothing – you don’t get to wear one the whole year (unless you live in Northern Canada or Alaska). The biggest question when it comes to wearing coats in the cold season is, where do you put these coats when you’re inside your home? You don’t want to wear them inside the home unless you don’t have a heater at home. Wearing thick coats outside will inevitably absorb moisture from all the damp climate, mush, and snow you can encounter. Snow may be as they are outside, white, flaky, and cold; but they can instantly turn into wet, slippery slush inside the house. Laying coats on to chairs, and various pieces of furniture will only cause a puddle of mess and eventually soak your precious Italian sofas or Persian carpet.
Hiding away damp coats inside your closet or understairs storage can cause molds and other nasty and unwanted growths blossom into a miniature mushroom farm on one of your precious coats. Moisture, darkness, and cold temperature are ideal conditions for mold to grow.
Do you see where this is going? You would want to purchase a nice and sturdy coat rack that efficiently holds all the coats and hats of the family on one convenient space that is airy to prevent growth of molds. Coat trees are easy to tuck away into any corner of the house, as wall coat racks can easy be mounted to any wall, or door.
Though wood racks can easily win this contest if the criteria is classical beauty, metal coat trees or racks are a worthy and sturdy alternative to the more popular wood. Metal coat racks are especially more durable than wood when it comes to moist or wet conditions. Wood tends to “sweat” with the moisture from the cold climate outside and the warmth from inside your home which will eventually cause deterioration of the material. Wood is also susceptible to pests and aging. Metal coat racks, especially stainless steel and chrome coat racks, are essentially weather and rust proof, as most metal coat trees and wall mounted metal racks have specially deoxidizing paint. Plus, whenever your iron or steel coat rack gets stained, you can just easily wipe it off.
There is quite a variety of metal coat racks to choose from based on the material used. Some of the most popular kinds are the iron coat racks, steel coat racks, and chrome coat racks.
Iron coat racks are most commonly made from wrought iron because the art and science of shaping iron by hand adds a more rustic and stylish feel to any coat rack. When it comes to classical beauty and elegance, wrought iron is a worthy adversary to the much preferred wood. Wrought iron coat racks display an intricacy that stiff wood is limited into doing. Intricate scrollwork is exemplified in the Southern Enterprises Umbrella Stand Coat Rack (HP3192). This beautiful coat tree will not only hold your winter coats but your hearts as well. Its classic looks accentuated with masterful scrollwork makes it a beautiful addition to any entryway or living room. The beautiful wrought ironwork is featured on the main coat racks and are repeated through the umbrella basket and broad 4-leg base.
Steel and chrome coat racks commonly have a more contemporary appeal, and is the choice of most modern furniture designers because of the versatility, creativity, and simplicity steel and chrome can bring.
In the vast history of metal, steel cued the eventual disappearance of wrought iron in industrial use because steel is much more durable and weather-proof. Steel, particularly stainless steel, is widely used today in various industries such as kitchens, homes, and even building facades because of its inherent characteristic of being deterrent to corrosion. Not only is steel very sturdy, but is stylish and relatively easy to form as well. One of the most outstanding steel coat racks today is the Born in Sweden Coat Rack that simply welds ingenuity, creativity, and functionality into one minimalist piece. Crafted from a single sheet of powder-coated steel (available in a variety of colors!), this wall mounted steel coat rack features hooks that are seemingly “peeled” from the wall it hangs from. Eccentric and chic, it can hold coats of different sizes and thicknesses without bending itself out of shape.
Lastly, chrome adds an extra luster to any piece of metal furnishing. Chrome plating is a technique where a thin layer of chromium is applied onto a metal surface, in this case is a metal coat rack. Chrome can easily make any metal glimmer more than usual, prevent corrosion better, increase surface hardness, and ease cleaning, as if cleaning steel coat racks isn’t easy enough. The Safco Costumer is one of the leading chrome coat racks out there that exemplifies the luster of chrome, as well as its sturdiness. This beautiful chrome coat rack features a full chrome-plated body, including the hooks and the ball tips that prevent damage to any of your precious garments.
Having a metal coat rack at home not only saves you space from all the clutter from coats, but the versatile material, may it be wrought iron, steel, or chrome, gives a home a nice classic, colorful, simplistic, or lustrous touch.
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