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Everyone wants to make a great first impression with their coat racks, so much so they go to the next level. Hold on to your minds because they’re about to get blown, or even better, they might give you awesome inspiration to make your own DIY coat rack – Ironmongery World…
Best 34 Super Creative Entryway Coat Rack Hacks:
1. BENT SPANNER COAT HOOKS
Old bent spanners make great coat hooks, so long as you have super strength.
2. DIY FRENCH DOOR COAT RACK
If you have any spare French doors ‘hanging around’ (see what I did there), why not stick a few hooks on it and turn the windows frames into pictures frames, genius!
3. INDUSTRIAL PIPE COAT HOOKS
Know of any plumber friends with some spare pipes? Although, you might want to stick with using the vintage/industrial kind of pipes, not toilet pipes, that would be awkward.
4. PALLET COAT RACK
Reclaimed pallets and using antique objects such as vintage keys or hooks are great for making DIY coat racks.
5. COAT HANGER RACK
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If your hanging coats you might as well make them actual coat hangers, I’m sure you have an abundance of them ‘hanging’ around. (damn, I did it again)
6. SHUTTER COAT RACK
Old shutters left out to pasture make great cottage style, shabby chic coat racks!
7. TROPHY COAT RACK
This dual-purpose coat rack can be used for your own trophy bragging rights and/or for hanging coats, how convenient.
8. DARTS/KNIFE COAT HOOKS
Just that you’re not mistaken, these darts & knife hooks are screwed into the wall rather than thrown…we know, that’s not fun at all!
9. PAINT BRUSH WALL HOOKS
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We all have those hardened paint brushes that you forget to wash, why not repurpose them?
10.TEAPOT COAT HOOKS
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If you’re tumbling down the rabbit hole, and got that reference, we think these would be ideal for you. If only they dispensed tea too…one can dream.
11. ANIMAL COAT RACK
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Very clever painting the hooks to look like the tails of animals, kids will surely fall in love with them…I call the Lion!
12. GIANT COAT HOOKS
If you ever watched ‘honey, I shrunk the kids’ then these would definitely make you feel like you were in that movie.
13. FREAKY HAND HOOKS
If you are in need of a ‘hand’ with hanging coats, then these are ‘handy’ in doing that (feel free to click out and leave for those awful puns).
14. BOAT OAR COAT RACK
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Do you happen to have an unused boat oar just lying around? (like everyone does) Drill some holes, screw in some hooks and viola, your new unique coat rack.
15. DOOR KNOB COAT RACK
Don’t install these near the doors in your house, awkwardness will ensue if you have any guests around.
16. RULER COAT RACK
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Yardsticks are useful, you can glue them together and make them even more useful and measure your coats, for some strange reason…
17. DEAR ANTLER COAT RACK
Just don’t ask where you got the antler from, from a tree we hope…
18. FOOTBALL TABLE COAT RACK
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Bit of a football nut? And/or have an old foosball table that you could repurpose? Then you could use a foosball stick as a coat rack!
19. SCOREBOARD COAT RACK
We Do Wood have created this multifunctional rack with grids of holes for hanging coats and many other things.
20. DINOSAUR COAT RACK
Who would of thought cutting plastic dinosaurs in half would make an awesome coat rack for adults, and possibly kids…
21. PLANETS COAT RACK
It’s kind of a missed opportunity to not make them to scale with the size of the planets in our solar system…or even the same colour.
22. PIANO COAT RACK
If you’re a music enthusiast then this piano style coat rack will peak your interest, just don’t expect the keys to play sound, although that would be pretty neat if they did.
23. Rain Droplets Coat Hooks
The ‘Drop it’ hook is a unique droplet shaped hook, where you can arrange multiple hooks in a rain pattern.
24. SKATEBOARD COAT RACK
A very cool coat rack made from a skateboard and wheels for hooks…just make sure it’s not someone’s before you make one yourself.
25. SHOTGUN SHELL COAT RACK
Just don’t use live ammo when creating your own shotgun shell coat rack…
26. MOOSE HEAD COAT RACK
These adorable moose head coat racks are ready to hang your hats and scarves off their antlers.
27. HEADBOARD COAT RACK
Repurposed old headboard turned into a coat rack.
28. C-CLAMP COAT RACK
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If you’re a DIY type, you’ll surely feel right at home in a woodwork shop, with these c-clamp coat racks.
29. TREE BRANCH(ES) COAT RACK
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Upcycle some broken tree branches into an environmentally friendly coat rack.
30. GARDEN TAPS WALL RACK
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That old vintage garden taps wall rack that would be great to hang your garden tools off, our even used as a coat rack.
31. TEA CUP WALL HOOKS
For your tea drinkers out there, get some more use out of those tea cups by turning them into a jewellery rack.
32. HEEL WALL HOOKS
Old heels can be recycled and detached from the shoe to be used as clothes hooks.
33. BUTTERFLY HOOKS
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These dual-purpose coat hooks also allow for storing small items such as your wallet and keys for easy access when you need them.
34. J PEG COAT HOOKS
These hooks are very clever that it lets you ‘peg’ and personalise your hook with a pictures or store mail, as well as hang coats.
So, there you have it, some of the most crazy and unusual coat racks on the internet. We would have never considered the possibilities that some very amazing and creative people have come up with, and some of them look super easy to create yourselves!
We understand that sometimes you just want normal and/or practical coat hooks and racks in your home, and that’s totally fine with us! We’re happy to provide you with coat hooks ( Embossed Hooks and ceramic coat hooks) & coat racks in a variation of sizes and finishes at Ironmongery World (we also currently have free delivery & 10 year guarantee on all our coat racks, lucky you!). For more pleasantly infrequent updates on crazy stuff like this, like and follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
