Maybe in L.A. coat closets aren’t a thing. Or Miami!

Maybe in L.A. or Miami one so rarely dons a coat that the necessity of a closet devoted to storing said outer garments is utterly superfluous.

But then, L.A. has to get chilly sometimes, right? And Miami; Miami has its fair share of wild thunderstorms. So I’d hazard to guess to even in those locales you need a couple of jackets to your name. And if you have them, you need a place to house them.

Anyhow, in every other corner of the world I’ve visited, coats and their storage is of primary importance. The absence of a coat closet does not go unnoticed. Rather, it is the continual pain point for households the world over. Coats pile on top of each other. They’re strewn across the sofa. A perfectly pretty staircase banister might go years without seeing the light of day, so obscured by a slew of jackets is it.

This single, contentious issue can be the pull that breaks a homeowner’s zipper. It’s tragic, really.

But there’s hope in the darkness of an open, closet-less entryway; hope in the form of coat racks and hall trees, see.

See?

1. Light wood coat rack

2. Scandtrends Coat Rack

3. Leaning coat and shoe rack

4. Industrial Home Rack

5. Honaz Hall tree

6. Garnet Hall tree with drawers

7. Industrial metal and wood hall tree

8. Modern farmhouse coat rack