Shopping for Coat Trees

It is allowable to suggest a USEFUL coat tree that doesn't cost a ton of money? Perhaps like this one - do a search for it: Alaba Coat Tree with 6 Metal Hangers. It has S-shaped hooks to hold umbrellas that will drip into the drip-tray at the base, and it has some pegs part-way higher up to hold a tote bag.

I have a coat tree I bought from West Elm but it leaves dent marks in all of my clothes. Any suggestions?

My coat tree was found in the alley behind where I live. It's an old standing light fixture and at the top are three extensions where a light bulb would have gone. I painted it blue. It works marvelously and is recycling at its most efficient.

My first and only coat tree was purchased at a craft show 26 years ago. It's crafted of sturdy wrought iron and cost more than I wanted to pay at the time. After years of service, it's a steal! Besides it's handcrafted beauty, I'm pleased with this purchase because it's never disappointed us. We throw anything and everything at it. And it's begging for more! There's a coat closet nearby but it's great to peel off outerwear and toss them on this thing. For floppy clothes, we fold them up on an arm. It will out last us and just about everything else in this house. I suggest an indestructible, svelte, stable coat tree first and foremost, and some flair for the joy.

My favorite tree (which looks very similar to the ones pictured) is “Ekrar” from Ikea. It costs only $20.00.

i wish i got paid to list the top 5 results on google for, "coat tree."

I want to know where to get the cute bench in pic 1, but ony if it costs less than $995.00

I find a door or back of a chair seem to work well.

$500-$700 range for a scaffold in the corner. A person who can afford this can afford a house or an apartment with a coat closet. I do have a coat tree. I bought it at a garage sale for $10 and then painted it a bright happy color. People keep asking me if I still want it because they'd be glad to take it. But I did like most of the ones pictured.

The only thing scarier than some of the coat tree models were the suggested pricing. Good grief - it's something to merely hang up a coat, not a Rembrandt or Monet.

Again, I'm shocked at the prices and wondering when NYTimes will realize that not all of its readers are rich. That's how I feel about almost every product you showcase.

Apartment no space for coat racks - plus - why? Coats heavy jackets go in hall cupboard For scarves, bags, light jackets + other slingable things, an old wrought iron plant holder ca 30" hi with three upwards arms is painted to suit and squooshes in a corner Doesn't LOOM and holds loads...incl brollies if needed. Just an idea

The article completely ignores the best and most common coat tree: exercise equipment! Once covered by coats, that Bowflex or spinning bike is really easy to completely ignore.

The advice is undoubtedly very practical, but hanging coats on hooks deforms their shape.

Most of these examples of coat trees are trying to be "anti-coat trees". If you walked by one you might not think it was for a coat but rather a WiFi hotspot. I wish the author would have also displayed a classic Oak with a ring for umbrellas by which all coat trees will be judged.

Have had the same coat tree since the age of eleven, always in a bedroom; functional and nice looking. The Shakers used pegs in their meeting houses, and various rooms. All the examples are nice, the Hollis and Morris example is quite nice.

So I was stationed in Iceland while in the Air Force. A Navy officer shows up at my Bachelors Officer Quarters (BOQ) door with this wooden coat tree she'd taken from her office. Asked me if I wanted it and I said sure. When I left Iceland the movers had added the coat tree to the stuff I took home. Years later I still have this coat tree. It sits in my bedroom now covered with jackets, coats, anoraks, etc.