Dog Coat Rack

Hallways are where a house gets untidy fastest, and a rack by the door is the oldest fix there is. This one takes the dog as its subject, so what would otherwise be a row of plain pegs becomes something with a bit of character above the shoe pile, holding coats, leads, hats and the bag that never quite gets put away. It comes as a multi-part kit, the usual arrangement for a wall piece of any size. Painted or left plain, the canine theme carries it, and it suits a hallway, a back porch or the wall beside a utility door. For dog owners it makes an easy present, and it earns particular affection in houses where the lead hanging on it belongs to the animal the rack depicts. A practical thing with a joke built into it, rather than an ornament pretending to be useful.