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The cost of apartments today is amazing in Manhattan residential space sells for over $1100 per square foot. This makes every square foot of your floor space highly valuable one way to help conserve floor space is by getting mounted coat racks. If you had a floor coat rack they may take up as much as 2 square feet of floor space once more every time you dust whereas if you had peg racks everything would be off the floor.

The Shakers did not invent the peg rail I am sure since early time individuals have been hanging things of value on wooden pegs. The Shakers however did evolve the peg rack into a thing of beauty, they hung peg racks in every room of the house often times on every wall of the room and they used peg rails to hang everything you can imagine. They use peg rails in their dining room to hang their dining room chairs, they invented special candle holders to hang on the peg rails. The Shakers even invented cupboards that can be placed on the wooden pegs as well as mirrors. This allowed the Shakers to get everything off from the floor it made it much easier for them to mop their home and it helped keep everything organized.

Shaker peg racks can be obtained today from several different manufacturers in solid hardwoods such as Oak, Cherry and Maple, they can be bought in a variety of different colors some manufactures even offer them in a hand rubbed white lacquer finish for a more modern look.

If the shaker peg rack does not meet your needs the same type of rail system has been built over to using more modern metal hooks, these coat hooks are most commonly available in solid brass or a brushed nickel which looks like brushed stainless steel. Any type of mounted coat racks will help you save space and help keep your coats off from the floor. There is a need for wall mounted coat racks in every home. You can hang one in the restroom to hang towels, you can put one in the garage to hang your yard tools, you can even mount in your office to hang clothes on. Install one in your kids room and teach them how to clean up after themselves.

There are a few producers of high quality coat hooks that are created in North America. If you are searching for a high quality coat rack that will last a long time purchase one that is created from solid wood such as Maple, and it will last for a long time.