While the coat rack still comes in the free standing coat rack style, it has evolved into a great variety of shapes designed to offer more versatility besides being a beautiful home ornament. Disregard of whether you want the ultra modern or conventional rack style to complement with your home designs, there will be one that is going to fit perfectly.

But before settling for a coat rack stand perhaps you should consider a few issues. Although the racks are not extremely bulky items, they do take up certain amount of space as they cannot be placed close onto the wall. Therefore if you have limited space in your house, perhaps buying a coat stand is not that appropriate after all. You may as well get the wall mounted coat racks to avoid having the stand to obstruct traffic flow in your house. However if your house is large enough for a coat stand, it certainly is an attractive piece of house décor.

There are diverse materials used to produce the coat racks. They can be made of metal, wood or even plastic. It seems that plastic racks are preferably used for children or outdoor purposes due to their light weight and water resistant features. Metals are commonly used for contemporary and modern designs. The standing coat rack made of heavier metals, however, is used for traditional designs. For wooden racks, they can be utilized as modern or contemporary designs as they have the highest versatility.

The coat racks can come in either a thin stand with a small base and few protruding hooks to hang your coats or hats or a firmer stand with large base and two different sets of hooks for coats and hats. The coat rack stand may also be designed to come with a cane or umbrella storage at the base.

In addition, the coat racks also make a good conversational piece of tool for children's rooms. They can help to keep their rooms organized and some even come in miniature sizes to complement children's height. Besides, they can be used to hang clothes, school bags and to store soft toys.