I think it’s common to look in the industry of coat racks, there’s one clear winner: coat racks. Now, don’t think I’m not giving enough credit to the standing coat rack, for all its merit. It’s a tried and tested procedure of coat hanging, serving both the effective purpose of safeguarding your cost and keeping it off the ground. And Fred Astaire established he’s pretty light on his feet too. But the coat rack is a step ahead of even Fred Astaire in technological wonder: it beats gravity!

What a better way to display the intelligence of man than a small piece of plastic, porcelain, or wrought iron that merely sticks out from the wall, allowing you to place a hat or a coat in suspended free-fall? They say Newton’s apple was a decisive moment in man’s history, but I say better than the dropping of the apple itself is gaining wisdom how to catch it! And how advanced we’ve made the cost hanger in our limited existence: What once was a pole in a corner now has more variations than ever. They can stand, suspend, be installed in closets or in bureaus, or they can be placards, clasping mirrors, pictures, or even help as a mantle for your trinkets. What once could be put together with the mere handful of tenons and mortises has now emerged into a piece of art, with penchants and styles to satisfy any hunger.

So how do you opt which is best, or better yet, how can I adjudge the wall coat rack the clear winner, if it’s nothing but a battle of preference? While I banter that the wall coat rack’s ability to defy gravity is its power, it’ true that this characteristic vastly increases its uses. Rather than necessitating a base on which to put legs, these racks can be fitted into walls and later bound to them your most personal attire. It doesn’t take up floor space, making it even less difficult to fit it into the foyer of a house, where a standing rack might causetrigger traffic jams.

But even better is the truth that this rack alone displays the agility of the whole coat rack form. Sure, you could pictures or a mirror in a standing coat rack, but then if you start putting coats on it, the pictures would be hidden. Or worse, you’d have to put the picture on top, and then you’ll have to start considering not only floor space but ceiling height for your treasured coat rack. A wall mounted coat rack doesn’t have this problem. It has no base or pole, so the coats hung on it won’t be concealing any art that may be part of the rack. But also, it’s keenly adapted by its very design to include art. By being wall-mounted, it comes with a trait required of any wall-mounted picture, painting, or mirror. And because the coats drop downward, a rack can be affixed to or below any existing art piece without obscuring it.

Mastervision’s etched mirror wall coat rack is the chief of the coat rack’s artistic form, a rack that not only hangs coats, but above the coats includes a laser etched image on a mirror. There are dozens of engraved designs available, or if you feel like flexing your own creative wings, you can use your own custom etched glass. So sure, you could just use any old standing coat hanger, but what’s going to happen the next time someone asks “How do you defy gravity?”