How Do You Handle Guest Coats Without a Closet?

[Anonymous]

Lay them on a bed in a guest bedroom or your bedroom.

That is what we do (servers for private parties/events) when there is no closet or a very small closet.

[Anonymous]

Here is your hack: over the door hooks. Get a few, place them over doors. Should be enough to meet the need.

[Anonymous]

Over door hook examples: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=567ab18d067741e3&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ADLYWIKPENpeMX0qifrSMpUkEpTZRysy7g:1737161443697&q=over+the+door+hooks&udm=28&fbs=AEQNm0B3WNFCYvaBrNDHYAL-6rQS6KYCfg7rXRKIwBLvFbxOrU_ptJEeGAEeqTAWwzj5eCnCEGpCYBSQSDiwvUeu0YHkwtsF7uAvqpXmmEssoqY3oWaZZvhAML3fCCODzgXTmBhNyO0KpugCfjDcHWer-XAJvnm9JWErAb9M-xkVEC20disrziJgI82Y_Fhfp8DLkaVWYIQl8D9UVnrwU3C0tj2mJF5bp18nFtAX_6ENMcfolZCOiCY&ved=1t:220175&ictx=111&biw=520&bih=860&dpr=3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have some coat trees from IKEA. They unscrew and are stored most of the time as a pile of poles in the furnace room. When we have parties, we put them in the hallway near the pantry or in my 1st floor office.

Same!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your solution is what people have done for ages. They go on a bed in the most easily accessible bedroom. Close all the other bedroom doors.

As much as you’d like to control this, someone will go upstairs without you knowing and get their own coat.

I have memories of helping out at my grandparents' annual Christmas party. This would be back in the 1980s. Even in comfortably off houses, the hall closet was nowhere big enough to accommodate everyone's coats. Especially not the heavy fur coats the older ladies always wore. So my job was to ferry the fur coats upstairs to a guest bedroom and lay them on the bed. And then later we kids would sneak upstairs and the girls would have fun trying on the fur coats. Mink was always the favorite. And there was always that one discreetly departing guest who'd come upstairs for her coat and catch us in the act and she always laughed and pretended to scold us.

To this day the musky smell of a full length mink with the hint of Chanel #5 and the face powder that was popular back then is something I always associate with ladies of a certain generation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son takes them and puts them on his bed. Not sure how, but he internalized that as his job at a young age and he is very good at it. He likes remembering which coat belongs to which person.

This is endearing.

My 10 yr old has internalized that anything that needs a battery change is his job.

Aww I love both of these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't have a foyer with a closet in yiur house?!

Np. Lol but no. I hope you're being sarcastic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your solution is what people have done for ages. They go on a bed in the most easily accessible bedroom. Close all the other bedroom doors.

As much as you’d like to control this, someone will go upstairs without you knowing and get their own coat.

I have memories of helping out at my grandparents' annual Christmas party. This would be back in the 1980s. Even in comfortably off houses, the hall closet was nowhere big enough to accommodate everyone's coats. Especially not the heavy fur coats the older ladies always wore. So my job was to ferry the fur coats upstairs to a guest bedroom and lay them on the bed. And then later we kids would sneak upstairs and the girls would have fun trying on the fur coats. Mink was always the favorite. And there was always that one discreetly departing guest who'd come upstairs for her coat and catch us in the act and she always laughed and pretended to scold us.

To this day the musky smell of a full length mink with the hint of Chanel #5 and the face powder that was popular back then is something I always associate with ladies of a certain generation.

What a great and specific memory. My parents bedroom was the coat room during their parties. My memory is of the strong smell of leather coats and cigarettes. All of the coats smelled like cigarettes. Which is interesting because everyone just smoked in the house back then. They didn't need to huddle outside in their winter coats to smoke.

We don't have a coat closet but we have a row of hooks on the wall that I clear for gatherings. I love the collapsible coat tree idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have some coat trees from IKEA. They unscrew and are stored most of the time as a pile of poles in the furnace room. When we have parties, we put them in the hallway near the pantry or in my 1st floor office.

Same!

+2 Ikea racks

I rolled around in the fur coats on the bed back in the day (I still have not confessed to my mother). I support not doing fur anymore but I remember the feeling as a little kid and it was pretty great

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I remember growing up as a kid with big events at my grandparents house, which only had a small coat closet. Coats went on the master bedroom bed.

Now, as an adult, I find that kind of gross--some people don't wash their coats frequently enough, coats will brush against other gross things (like the walls of a subway car, etc.) I don't want that on my bed!

You could buy something like this
https://www.target.com/p/heavy-duty-garment-rack-brightroom-8482/-/A-87373732#lnk=sametab
and some hangers. You might even know someone who has one and will let you borrow it for your event.

Oh my gosh! I'm a grandmother and have never before thought about what you said. Have been putting guests' coats on our bed for years. Will definitely need to come up with another plan!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I remember growing up as a kid with big events at my grandparents house, which only had a small coat closet. Coats went on the master bedroom bed.

Now, as an adult, I find that kind of gross--some people don't wash their coats frequently enough, coats will brush against other gross things (like the walls of a subway car, etc.) I don't want that on my bed!

You could buy something like this
https://www.target.com/p/heavy-duty-garment-rack-brightroom-8482/-/A-87373732#lnk=sametab
and some hangers. You might even know someone who has one and will let you borrow it for your event.

Why not just cover your bed with a spare sheet, or take the bedspread off, then just wash the top sheet all the coats were on once it’s over?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm hosting an event at my house with 15 guests on a very cold day, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to manage their coats. I don’t have a closet for storage and want to avoid a pile-up. What strategies or creative solutions have worked for you in similar situations?

My thinking is to collect them as they arrive taker them upstairs and bring them down as they leave.

Out on the deck??

[Anonymous]

Can't they leave their coat in their cars for what like 30 seconds? kids and elderly's go on a chair by front door. So answer is a chair or bench by front door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have some coat trees from IKEA. They unscrew and are stored most of the time as a pile of poles in the furnace room. When we have parties, we put them in the hallway near the pantry or in my 1st floor office.

Same!

+2 Ikea racks

I rolled around in the fur coats on the bed back in the day (I still have not confessed to my mother). I support not doing fur anymore but I remember the feeling as a little kid and it was pretty great

Fun!

[Anonymous]

Old school humble method: Coats can be placed in a master bedroom bed. New school Amazon reality: Buy am an accordion collapsable coat rack on Amazon you keep in a closet or under that bed till the day of the party.