BUY
• Commercial Garment Rack from Container Store, $49
Leave it to a store that specializes in managing our stuff to sell one of the best garment racks. This rack scores great reviews and it's a great price too.
• RIGGA Clothes Rack from IKEA, $15
This probably isn't a rack you'd want sitting out in your room but for its affordability it'll get you by in a pinch.
• Chrome plated rolling rack from Robert H Ham, $60
The extra storage on the bottom of this rack could be utilized for shoes, folded clothes or even a small hamper.
• Handcrafted Galvanized Steel Garment Rack from AC Pipe Designs, $230
The beautiful thing about etsy is you can get the handcrafted look without the blood, sweat and tears. This garment rack is on trend with its modern industrial design.
• Medium Duty Garment Z-Rack from ClothesRacks.com, $110
The splash of color on this rack could help liven up the room - and a neutral wardrobe.
• Made to Order Industrial Garment Rack from Tyler Kingston Wood Co, $200
Another shortcut to the DIY look, this rack is also available with a double shelf.
• Boutique Raw Steel Salesman Rolling Rack from StoreSupply.com, $68
If it works for a salesman, it should work for your everyday wardrobe.
DIY
• DIY Rolling Rack by HrrrThrrr
We love this rack as shown in yellow but it could be adapted for any color scheme.
• Split The Lark's Cool & Colorful DIY Clothes Rack on Apartment Therapy
With detailed instructions and supply list, all you need is the sweat equity to build this DIY option.
• How To Make a Rope Wrapped Hanging Clothes Bar on Apartment Therapy
If you can't spare the floor space for a garment rack, this DIY suspended rack keeps your fashion off the floor.
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Very Neat! But, must say...Clothing above a space heater BIG no no. I love the piping idea...
Looks like a regular radiator, not so big of a deal.
It's only going to look good in your example (with monochromatic, minimalist clothes). Can you imagine a jumble of color and pattern in a REAL closet hanging in one's bedroom? :)
Yeah, I have to agree with LMSD1963, that these examples are far from realistic. Who only owns 8 articles of clothing that all happen to be in the exact same color pallette?
@LMSD1963
No, it's not going to look good, but sometimes you have no other choice. I'll be moving soon, and my room has no closets and I'll probably end up buying the cheap ikea one
We used the cheap ikea one while renovating, and it "racked" all the time, slumping over at an angle. I would spend the extra $35 to get the container store version.
I just can't imagine all the dust settling on your clothes. It happens in a closet, but to a lesser extent if you keep the doors closed. Now - are there any DIY mobile closets? That might be more practical - you move it into a circulation space when you need to open the doors, then move it back.
Really like the Robert H Ham one, but shipping fees would be brutal.
I recently bought two double-rod garment racks at Bed Bath & Beyond and they are holding up quite nicely to the load of clothes I have and my constant moving/turning of them. I moved into an old house with next to nothing for closet space so I turned a small closet-less bedroom (w/out a dormered roof) into a walk in closet using two of these garment racks.
RKTRIX, we got a clothing rack with a canvas cover on Amazon to address that issue.
unless someone has an obsessively cohesive and sparse wardrobe, exposed hanging clothes has to look messy. if it has to be done it appears from the last photo that the best way to prevent the appearance of clutter is to orient the rack so that only the first or last item is exposed. this way the viewer doesn't see crowding or clashing patterns and colors.
The IKEA rack is garbage.
Our rental home has zero storage so we have to use these hanging racks/wardrobes. In 2.5 years we're on our third rack, it's the best of the three. We chose this rack because it has two rails and it's white (my fave color). I'm thinking of using garment bags for uniform color and dust issue.
http://www.bigw.com.au/home-garden/storage-laundry-washing/clothes-airers-hangers/bpnBIGW_0000000124232/mobile-clothes-rack
I am wondering if he screwed the bottom of that to the floor? Not so sure I'd trust it on its own.
Having only one tiny closet in our apartment. I've been using a sturdy clothes rack . The clothes are contained in 3 large size canvas clothing bags hanging from the rack. The clothing bags protect them from dust, cooking smells and moths as well as making the whole arrangement look neater. I'd rather have a closet but for now this is a working solution.