Hanging jackets on a wall.

[Will Zach]

Not sure if already mentioned in this thread - dust! No doubt it will be collecting on the jackets and they will require periodic dusting. No biggie if one is ready and willing to do that, but I think without dusting after a few months the jackets would not display well.

 

[Bushman]

Personally, I never put a jacket on a hook that I don't plan on wearing often enough for it to not collect dust. Jackets on hooks, for me, are done out of convenience. It's so I don't have to fight with it going in and out of the closet with the others. If it's one of a number of my grab and go jackets, it's either on the hook, or on my back, and then dust doesn't become an issue.

 

[mendelboaz]

Hi all, here to revive this useful thread and interesting insight into people's jacket storage habits. As I live in a small house on a college student's budget, I don't have a lot of space available to me. However, what small amount of money I do have does seem to keep finding its way to new jackets... so storage is becoming an increasingly bigger issue. Here's how I currently store most of my jackets:

I find that hanging them backwards makes them take up less space in the already cramped hallway, to keep my housemates from complaining as much as possible.

As for the rest of them, well, I try to utilize as much space as possible while still making my bedroom live-able.

I'm planning on drilling a couple more holes in the wall over the weekend. The main concern I have with my hallway solution is the way the jackets are tilted upwards, making me wonder if too much pressure is perhaps put on the shoulders or other areas of the jacket, resulting in them not hanging naturally and spreading their weight evenly across the entire hanger.

Apologies for the poor lighting.

 

[navetsea]

Hi all, here to revive this useful thread and interesting insight into people's jacket storage habits. As I live in a small house on a college student's budget, I don't have a lot of space available to me. However, what small amount of money I do have does seem to keep finding its way to new jackets... so storage is becoming an increasingly bigger issue. Here's how I currently store most of my jackets:

I find that hanging them backwards makes them take up less space in the already cramped hallway, to keep my housemates from complaining as much as possible.

As for the rest of them, well, I try to utilize as much space as possible while still making my bedroom live-able.

I'm planning on drilling a couple more holes in the wall over the weekend. The main concern I have with my hallway solution is the way the jackets are tilted upwards, making me wonder if too much pressure is perhaps put on the shoulders or other areas of the jacket, resulting in them not hanging naturally and spreading their weight evenly across the entire hanger.

Apologies for the poor lighting.

I think what you need is a heavy duty version of this

or perhaps buy that same wall hanger again cut all the protruding part including the hooks, to just look like ladder and hang it vertically then you can hook clothes hanger on each step of the ladder.

 

[jonesy86]

If I just leave my jackets hanging in a closet, in this climate many of them will collect mold. I frequently go on Mold Patrol, and if I find any that are starting to mold or smell off, I wipe them down with distilled vinegar and water, condition them with Pecards, or lately just vaseline, and then put them out in the sun, as much as possible.

All leather molds here, even shoes, boots and belts. Softer leather like lamb skin/capeskin, cow hide and veg tanned jackets mold more than a chrome tanned heavy horsehide, and much of my goatskin seems to do pretty well too.

I have to get the jackets out of the closet, wear them if weather permits, which isn’t often, and get them out into the open air. Coming into the rainy season I’m cleaning them all off, conditioning them, and putting many of them outside in the sun, albeit briefly as it can and does rain off and on all the time.

It was cloudy and rainy today, so I got all my jackets out of the closet to put them out in the open with better air circulation. While I was at it I decided to do some re-decorating of my small apartment.

 

[madhu]

Put some cushions on the carpet for coffee hour!

 

[Carlos840]

If I just leave my jackets hanging in a closet, in this climate many of them will collect mold. I frequently go on Mold Patrol, and if I find any that are starting to mold or smell off, I wipe them down with distilled vinegar and water, condition them with Pecards, or lately just vaseline, and then put them out in the sun, as much as possible.

All leather molds here, even shoes, boots and belts. Softer leather like lamb skin/capeskin, cow hide and veg tanned jackets mold more than a chrome tanned heavy horsehide, and much of my goatskin seems to do pretty well too.

I have to get the jackets out of the closet, wear them if weather permits, which isn’t often, and get them out into the open air. Coming into the rainy season I’m cleaning them all off, conditioning them, and putting many of them outside in the sun, albeit briefly as it can and does rain off and on all the time.

It was cloudy and rainy today, so I got all my jackets out of the closet to put them out in the open with better air circulation. While I was at it I decided to do some re-decorating of my small apartment.

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The largest shoal of GW ever pictured in the wild, beautiful!

 

[jonbuilder]

If I just leave my jackets hanging in a closet, in this climate many of them will collect mold. I frequently go on Mold Patrol, and if I find any that are starting to mold or smell off, I wipe them down with distilled vinegar and water, condition them with Pecards, or lately just vaseline, and then put them out in the sun, as much as possible.

All leather molds here, even shoes, boots and belts. Softer leather like lamb skin/capeskin, cow hide and veg tanned jackets mold more than a chrome tanned heavy horsehide, and much of my goatskin seems to do pretty well too.

I have to get the jackets out of the closet, wear them if weather permits, which isn’t often, and get them out into the open air. Coming into the rainy season I’m cleaning them all off, conditioning them, and putting many of them outside in the sun, albeit briefly as it can and does rain off and on all the time.

It was cloudy and rainy today, so I got all my jackets out of the closet to put them out in the open with better air circulation. While I was at it I decided to do some re-decorating of my small apartment.

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I stopped hanging my leather jackets in the closet for the same reason too many jackets and not enough airflow. I have a spare small bedroom I use for storage and keep the bind down to prevent sun damage