Comments on: Hangers, hangers, hangers!

By: John Weise

John Weise — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:50:34 +0000

Let’s not forget satin padded hangers for the delicate clothing in our closets. My company has been in the hanger business for almost 100 years. Check out our website: http://www.hangerstore.com/satin_hangers.php

By: RBC

RBC — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:30:46 +0000

Does anyone know of a resource for petite-sized hangers? I am “small shouldered”, I guess. I use wooden hangers for my work shirts (button-down cotton). My shirts all have bumps about 1″ down on the arm from the shoulder seam because that’s where the hanger ends. I would like to find hangers that actually fit my clothes, but I can’t seem to find anything except hangers for larger clothes. (BTW, I am a woman.

By: RT

RT — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:49:58 +0000

huggable hangers are still not wide enough for L, XL, XXL+
and they are flimsy. you’d be better off doing a search for wide hangers, XL hangers, or XXL hangers.

By: JPP

JPP — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:40:32 +0000

My husband and I have just finished building a new home and are sharing a large walk in closet with no doors (his design, not mine!)The installation of the closet rods and shelves were just completed, and with anticipation of moving my wardrobe into its new home, I spent $115 to purchase 96 Huggable Hangers, along with skirt clips, 3 tie/belt hangers, and several other accessories! A friend of mine shared this wisdom with me and I am so glad she did! MY side of the closet (with only Huggable Hangers) looks beaufiful…much like a classy boutique! My husbands side, is still being converted to Huggable hangers and it looks like a total mess with all the different wire and wood hangers! Hint: pick a color of hanger (many to choose from) and hook (chrome or brass)and keep everything the same for a uniform look! I, for once in my 49 year old life, can say I love my closet and by organizing my clothes by season and color will make packing a suitcase a breeze! Spend a $100 on yourself…you won’t regret it!!

By: RT

RT — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:39:07 +0000

I’ve found that straight (non-contoured) hangers are best for shirts, tops, dresses, anything except suit jackets that have more material in the shoulders. And they take less closet space.

arm thickness is also not important except with suit jackets or padded jackets.

but width! as in wingspan, that is the most critical for any shirt L or larger. Avoid the shoulder lumps – there are many available if you search for wide clothes hangers or XL hangers, etc.

By: gypsypacker

gypsypacker — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:52:18 +0000

I use recycled clip hangers for almost everything except coats. Bell’s Outlets had some interesting tie hangers with rounded hooks that I use for panties.
I have decorative hook racks hanging off a closet shelf for nightgowns and robes, and a set of deer antlers near the bed to keep my robe off the floor.
I use vintage/antique dovetailed wooden packing boxes (the kind with burnt-on fancy brand names) for such items as sweats, winter underwear, and socks.

Space bags hold off-season clothes. These almost always start sucking air somewhere, sometime so I pack them in blue plastic totes to keep them compacted.

I’m learning to think of clothes as clutter, but I still have evening wear I wear every several years that is just too nice to sell and wardrobe in three sizes….

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:01:46 +0000

About six months ago I did a closet overhaul, getting rid of my assorted plastic hangers and converting almost my whole closet to those “flocked” ones from BB&B (although mine are tan). They looks gorgeous and you can fit lots more of them on the rack. I still use the “multi” hangers for skirts and dress pants (the kind with 5 sets of clips each). They’re ugly but I haven’t found a better option. I also have two sets of “sweater shelves” that hang in the closet (one for me and one for my husband).

Oh, and FYI – I got $5 on craigslist for the big bag of old plastic hangers.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:50:08 +0000

I use the plastic hangers because I have a large closet – it’s fairly empty because I’ve purged! I have a Huge pet peeve. My slacks get dusty – the part that goes over the hanger. I’ve tried putting the cleaner paper shoulder cover things over them but they still get dusty. Bugs me! I’m going to invent something and don’t say those plastic covers – they are gross!

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:11:16 +0000

P.S. I’ve tried the hanger ‘trees’ that are like stackable hangers but fused together. They were the biggest pain in the butt ever.

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:09:19 +0000

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these hangers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi.....tterer-20/

Almost all my clothes are on those stackable friction hangers (or similar stacking hangers like for skirts). I have the pole in my closet extra high, so I can easily stack half a dozen items from the top hanger. Not only can I pack a lot of clothes in the space, it’s easier to organize them by color that way.

By: Ellen M

Ellen M — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:23:34 +0000

I think that worrying about the type of hangers you have, and whether they all look the same, is taking the biz of uncluttering a bit far. If the clothes are off the floor, and on a hanger, you’re good to go.

In the interest of the environment, reduce/reuse/recycle, AND save a buck! We should take pride in conservation of all materials (plastic, wood, and metal), and we only be concerned about purchasing new hangers when we run out of hangers already on hand.

By: Marjorie

Marjorie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:42:43 +0000

I feel like clothes are just another form of clutter so I don’t have a very good attitude about paying a lot of money for nice clothes that would need to be kept in shape with an expensive hanger. I am a neat/clutter free person however I live with a messy person so for us the plastic hangers work just fine. I hang up all his clothes by type (polos, t-shirts, collard shirts, pants) however mine are done by color – why I don’t know.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:07:54 +0000

My husband and I recently moved to a small house with a single, teensy closet. So we’ve been using these tiered blouse and slacks hangers: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.co.....&RN=50

I especially like this style for skirts and strapless dresses: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.co.....&RN=50

That combo has made it possible for me to get almost all of our clothes into our closet without making it cramped.

My preference, some day when I have a walk-in closet, will be to have everything on matching wooden hangars like these: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.co.....RN=50&

By: AEL

AEL — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:17:44 +0000

I’ve been buying a type of wooden hanger that I’ve only seen at Target (can’t find it on the website). They have small sections of no-slip material embedded into each side, which works great for keeping my wide-necked shirts and jackets on. I prefer the wooden hangars over plastic or flocked because the width keeps creases from forming in the shoulders and also ensures that I don’t try to pack my clothes so close together that I have trouble finding what I want. The dark wood of the hangers also looks nice against the dark wood of my wardrobes, and makes the closet look classier to me.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:43:33 +0000

I dislike the vertical hangers–it’s too hard to find the piece of clothing I want when it has not only horizontal position somewhere in the closet, but vertical position down the hanger, too. One dimension is enough for my closet organization!

I will try the black flocked hangers, though–they look like they’ll help our closet immensely. I love hanging up my jeans, but I don’t like the duct tape reinforced white plastic hangers I’ve been using!

By: mamabigdog

mamabigdog — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:03:23 +0000

We just bought the black flocked hangars from BB&B about a month ago, and it was a great choice. No more blouses sliding off the hangar, no more poky shoulders from too-narrow hangars. These things are great, and I would recommend them to anyone. We previously had all plastic hangars, but oftentimes certain items of heavy clothing, like jeans, cords, jackets, etc., would bend and break them. We have the heavy-duty wooden hangars in the coat closet downstairs, but they take up too much room for regular clothes. We used to save the foam wrap that comes on dry cleaner wire hangars to keep things from sliding off the plastic hangars, but they rip and tear really easy. The black flocked hangars are the perfect hangar!

By: Samir

Samir — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:41:49 +0000

I disagree with the statement that wooden hangars are good for the coat closet or suit storage. I’d venture to say they’re good for EVERYTHING.

As people have mentioned, the look of uniform wood hangars is awesome, and as Stan said, it makes me feel like my clothes are much more expensive and designer than they actually are. I always thought wooden hangars would be expensive, but you can get 30 of them for like $20 bucks. As Stan said, $50 and you’ve got a total makeover.

Freecycle your old ones

By: Sara at On Simplicity

Sara at On Simplicity — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:26:34 +0000

I’m a convert to all white plastic hangers (heavier duty for pants, though). I used to think having different colored hangers added “excitement” to my closet. (Tells you how boring my life must’ve been, right?) At this point, it just adds to the visual clutter. I’m sloooowly moving towards all white, but can’t quite talk myself into spending the extra cash on something so unnecessary.

By: infmom

infmom — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:55:21 +0000

I really don’t like plastic hangers. They look flimsy and cheap no matter how much you spend on them. I’m not crazy about the wire ones, either, but after 35+ years we have so many of them in our closet (we have to share one, that’s one of the few down sides to owning a vintage house) that replacing them all with something else would cost a bundle.

We have only wooden hangers in the coat closet, except for the big wide-shouldered plastic one that holds my motorcycle jacket.

We recently replaced all our old, lackadasical skirt and pants hangers with nice new ones from the Container Store, so at least we are making some progress.

By: Splomo

Splomo — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:14:46 +0000

Our practical, scalable, and inexpensive solution:
White plastic tubular hangers hold all of my clothes and my husband’s shirts. I don’t worry about them damaging my clothes (or anyone in the house, if someone decides to pretend to be a majorette …)
Child-sized plastic hangers, also white, hold the little ones’ clothes.
Multi-packs of skirt clips are purchased as needed. (Side note: the ones from W@lm@rt are slightly less likely to misfire, sproing open, and fling plastic and metal components to the unreachable back of the closet.)
Very inexpensive wooden hangers from IKEA hold Dad’s trousers because they are too heavy for plastic. ($3.95 for 8!)
Now considering this appealing type of chrome slacks hangers that would be allow him to grab-and-go while taking up less space than wood.
The hall coat closet uses good quality wooden hangers (smooth, strong, and pretty).
A twist-to tighten shower rod above the washing machine stores empty hangers, sorted by type.