Hat Storage

[St.Ignatz]

I heard the Outlet store in Garland, TX sells Stetson boxes for $5. You could give them a call & see if they will ship too. [huh]

Thanks Tom, Tom.

 

[Falcon Park]

Hello all--

A couple of good sources for storage type hat boxes with the appropriate inserts, although you will need to call to order as neither lists hat boxes on their websites:

www.levinehat.com
www.hats-plus.com

Cheers!

 

[RobFedoraField]

Thanks, Mike - I will go with mothballs and plastic bag.

what kind of plastic bag? like a "disposable" shopping bag?

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

So with the weather turning warm I have placed my Fur felt hats away for the summer month's.
After my Mallory 15 came up with a bad stain last year I am trying a new method of storage this year.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?53487-You-Don-t-Wear-Dirty-Socks.-Why-Would-You-Wear-A-Dirty-Hat-!

A six shelf covered organizer that my wife found. It hangs in the closet and zips up the front.

Here is the package. She purchased it at Bed Bath and Beyond for 20 bucks
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=10207622&RN=303&

Here is how the zipper part works.

Close up of a couple of my Disney hats in the vault.

These shevles my Dove Mallory 15 then my brown Mallory 15 and a Daily OR.

Will be picking up more of these to put the rest of my hats in the vault.

 

[HatsEnough]

Good solution if you only have a small number of hats, I think. For me, I have over 40 fedoras so I'd never have enough space to hang six at a time. In fact, I am getting to the point where I don't have room for what I have in boxes! I am sadly ready to force myself to stop buying hats. I just don't have any more room to put them.

 

[HamletJSD]

Nice plan...

 

[SgtRick]

Good solution if you only have a small number of hats, I think. For me, I have over 40 fedoras so I'd never have enough space to hang six at a time. In fact, I am getting to the point where I don't have room for what I have in boxes! I am sadly ready to force myself to stop buying hats. I just don't have any more room to put them.

If they are 7 3/8 you can send the extras to my house!

 

[HatsEnough]

If they are 7 3/8 you can send the extras to my house!

Waaay to large for me!

 

[Aureliano]

Good solution if you only have a small number of hats, I think. For me, I have over 40 fedoras so I'd never have enough space to hang six at a time. In fact, I am getting to the point where I don't have room for what I have in boxes! I am sadly ready to force myself to stop buying hats. I just don't have any more room to put them.

At some point I had a little over 40 hats. What I did at that time is that using foam rings I got from a hatter friend I stacked them (sometimes 2 or 3 at a time). The rings allow the hat to rest highier above the crown of the hat below it avoiding marks or rings. I still use these shelves but, as you can see, now they hold less hats Some in these pictures have also been sold.

 

[Lefty]

and many more

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Aureliano good idea using the foam rings to stack the hats. The hanging rack is about the same size as your shelfs. As you can see in the second picture I have a open hanging rack for sweaters. My wife is an orgaization nut she grew up with a Navy senior chef for a father. Who still thinks we are all still in the navy. So everything MUST be ship shape at all times. If I leave a hat out of its place for too long it drives her nuts.
So with your foam ring idea I can get say 18 hats in each rack. In to order 5 more I quess. I have room in the closets for them all.

 

[Aureliano]

Aureliano good idea using the foam rings to stack the hats. The hanging rack is about the same size as your shelfs. As you can see in the second picture I have a open hanging rack for sweaters. My wife is an orgaization nut she grew up with a Navy senior chef for a father. Who still thinks we are all still in the navy. So everything MUST be ship shape at all times. If I leave a hat out of its place for too long it drives her nuts.
So with your foam ring idea I can get say 18 hats in each rack. In to order 5 more I quess. I have room in the closets for them all.

I'm like your wife and that drives mine nuts! glad to hear my idea helped you.

 

[HatsEnough]

My problem is that many of my hats are in boxes matching the hat model or manufacturer. I have about 20 hats in their original box (like the Strato, or the Penny Marathon box, or the Flagship, etc.). They take up a ton of space.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

I have the boxes for some of my hats I Just stack them on top of the bookcases in my den which is where my hat closet is. More for Deco than storage. Hat boxes have so many different shapes that they become hard to use if storage is an issues. We moved into a 4 bedroom Patio home an there are just two of us at home now so I have all the closets I need.

 

[Serial Hero]

Thanks for the great ideas. I've been looking for a good dust free way to store my hats.

-SH-

 

[hasselhoff]

I keep my hats on my drawer. Not very elaborate, but for now it does the trick!
I keep my tools on a nearby shelf.

 

[Oldsarge]

Gosh, what a lot of great ideas! I'm going to clear out a couple of shelves in the closet in the "library" for hat storage when I start acquiring better quality hats. Right now my wool felts and straws are more or less on their own!

 

[alanfgag]

self control

While I was out of town last week, my wife made me an anniversary gift... kind of an "us" present. I'd been looking to find some way of collecting my hats in one place - also keeping them out in view so I can see (remember) what I have and encourage a varied wearing rotation.

We have a spare bedroom that Donna uses as a sewing room and library for her costume design resource books. Years ago we had two shelving units in there but after a while sold one at a yard sale. Donna ran into the fellow that had bought the shelves years before and asked if he was still using them. She wound up buying them back and setting them up in the sewing room for my hats. She put a ribbon on it and surprised me on my return home, adding a small sewing box for my hat repair tools and brushes. It was a great present. For you young guys, we all reach a point in life where empty space (physical and mental) is worth it's weight in gold.

This past weekend I spent a little time getting organized. I wanted to get most of the hats out of boxes because I tend to forget what's in them. I left in boxes only the rare and fragile hats and the few where the box is clearly original. Donna got me some 1/2 foam, which I cut and stapled to make a support ring. It helps shoulder the weight of the stacked hats and protect the ribbons from damage.

It's a work in progress. There are still some additional hats scattered around the house. And I need to do a better job storing the summer straws. But now I can see what I have and decide what to wear a little better. Did I mention that I love my wife?

 

[HatsEnough]

Neat. Now beware that they get covered in dust.

By the way, the way I remember what's in a box (and I use mostly the tall three hat boxes) I put a slip of paper with the hats inside written on it tucked into the box and sticking down out from under the lids. I usually group the hats the best way I can. This three-hat-box is all Whippets, that one is all Open Roads, etc.

 

[alanfgag]

It's a concern. I think the best defense is to handle the hats regularly and to wear them. For me, wearing is where the pleasure is and I wear the hats in boxes less.