Fedora Hat storage

[Tukwila]

You guys must have bigger vegetables than we do here. Our produce bags aren't big enough for even my stingy brim Knox.

 

[Héctor Fernández]

Interesting, Belfastboy. Can you show photos?

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Trying to catch up with topics at the Lounge. I found yours very interesting.

This is a dilemma I feel we all have to face at some point. I store my hats in their original boxes, and the ones missing I build them up or just wrap them in plastic.

I like what you did with your apartment space, it looks cool and it seems very practical.

As to the understanding wife, I have to admit, my lovely wife don't get it, won't get it, but still tolerates it[emoji1]

The problem is I have many hobbies and when I get bored, I just jump on the next new thing. This upsets here greatly and I don't blame her.

At this moment I have them all over the place in the basement.

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[Steve1857]

Trying to catch up with topics at the Lounge. I found yours very interesting.

This is a dilemma I feel we all have to face at some point. I store my hats in their original boxes, and the ones missing I build them up or just wrap them in plastic.

I like what you did with your apartment space, it looks cool and it seems very practical.

As to the understanding wife, I have to admit, my lovely wife don't get it, won't get it, but still tolerates it[emoji1]

The problem is I have many hobbies and when I get bored, I just jump on the next new thing. This upsets here greatly and I don't blame her.

At this moment I have them all over the place in the basement.

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Thanks for the reply, Héctor. My apartment is quite small, so a basement would come in handy.
It's very rare to find a hat in a box here. Only my vintage top hats have ever come in boxes/leather cases. I envy the wonderful boxes you folks on the other side of the Atlantic have.
I'm sure your long suffering wife is secretly glad for your hobbies. They keep you out of mischief [emoji6]

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[Hat and Rehat]

Most in boxes. Many on hat blocks or stretchers, some on stands, some on hooks and some on each other.

Some on whatever is handy.

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That looks like a five or six hat rack to me, Bob.

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Trying to catch up with topics at the Lounge. I found yours very interesting.

This is a dilemma I feel we all have to face at some point. I store my hats in their original boxes, and the ones missing I build them up or just wrap them in plastic.

I like what you did with your apartment space, it looks cool and it seems very practical.

As to the understanding wife, I have to admit, my lovely wife don't get it, won't get it, but still tolerates it[emoji1]

The problem is I have many hobbies and when I get bored, I just jump on the next new thing. This upsets here greatly and I don't blame her.

At this moment I have them all over the place in the basement.

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Over the years I have switched enthusiasms as well, Hector. In fact, the evidence is still around cluttering up the joint.
Because of that my wife has been very resistant to my collection of hats. After it created serious tension between us for quite a while she seems to have mellowed considerably. That may be because new hat purchases are now few and far between, and she doesn't know about most of them.
My hats are stored all over the place, in different ways. I bought hooks in bulk on the Bay, mounted them on boards, then screwed them to walls. My bedroom walls are covered everywhere there isn't furniture or a picture and I have to use one of those 2.5' squeeze grabbers to get the ones up high. There are 34 hats on hooks in the bedroom and eight more on a cool hat/belt/tire rack (tree). Outside of the bedroom are seven more above two doors. My bedroom closet shelves hold hat boxes. I just walked through the house and four are on the dining table. I'm a carpenter and remodeled the main floor and finished most of the basement over the years. The only part that is still basically unfinished is the entry hall which runs across the front of the house and also includes the stairs to the basement as well as the downstairs space beneath it. That's because it will involve widening and reengineering the basement stairs so they're less steep. A door to an unfinished walk through the attic is also in that hall. Boxed hats are stacked willy nilly utop other materials and things stored up there. Walking down to the basement a U-turn leads you down a hall with the stairs on one side and a wall covered with hats on the other. A left turn brings you into a wider hall where I have set up my sewing station, which is across from double doors leading into my woodshop on its way to becoming a hatter's shop. The sewing station wall is covered with hats. I just counted 37 in that L shaped hall area. I have a tall barn-shaped shed outside with lofts built in it. Half of the biggest loft is filled with boxed out of season straw hats, multiple hats to a box. The quality ones have rings of the small bubble wrap protecting them, made by cutting strips about 1 1/4". Cheap ones are squeezed into the boxes so they can hold as many as possible, only sorted by progressive size to give some level of care.
I started out using wire hooks with pretty broad curves to not be too hard on the hats, and I try to keep my better hats on those. I then found much less expensive rustic hooks and switched to those. The plan is to order soft rubber balls, maybe from China in bulk, to put on the rustic hooks. I plan to market these hat hook boards as I get my hat business off the ground.
You just have to use your imagination.

I just tried to upload a pictorial tour but must of the jpeg files were too large for the server. I'll have to figure out how to reduce them and edit them in later.

 

[Héctor Fernández]

Over the years I have switched enthusiasms as well, Hector. In fact, the evidence is still around cluttering up the joint.
Because of that my wife has been very resistant to my collection of hats. After it created serious tension between us for quite a while she seems to have mellowed considerably. That may be because new hat purchases are now few and far between, and she doesn't know about most of them.
My hats are stored all over the place, in different ways. I bought hooks in bulk on the Bay, mounted them on boards, then screwed them to walls. My bedroom walls are covered everywhere there isn't furniture or a picture and I have to use one of those 2.5' squeeze grabbers to get the ones up high. There are 34 hats on hooks in the bedroom and eight more on a cool hat/belt/tire rack (tree). Outside of the bedroom are seven more above two doors. My bedroom closet shelves hold hat boxes. I just walked through the house and four are on the dining table. I'm a carpenter and remodeled the main floor and finished most of the basement over the years. The only part that is still basically unfinished is the entry hall which runs across the front of the house and also includes the stairs to the basement as well as the downstairs space beneath it. That's because it will involve widening and reengineering the basement stairs so they're less steep. A door to an unfinished walk through the attic is also in that hall. Boxed hats are stacked willy nilly utop other materials and things stored up there. Walking down to the basement a U-turn leads you down a hall with the stairs on one side and a wall covered with hats on the other. A left turn brings you into a wider hall where I have set up my sewing station, which is across from double doors leading into my woodshop on its way to becoming a hatter's shop. The sewing station wall is covered with hats. I just counted 37 in that L shaped hall area. I have a tall barn-shaped shed outside with lofts built in it. Half of the biggest loft is filled with boxed out of season straw hats, multiple hats to a box. The quality ones have rings of the small bubble wrap protecting them, made by cutting strips about 1 1/4". Cheap ones are squeezed into the boxes so they can hold as many as possible, only sorted by progressive size to give some level of care.
I started out using wire hooks with pretty broad curves to not be too hard on the hats, and I try to keep my better hats on those. I then found much less expensive rustic hooks and switched to those. The plan is to order soft rubber balls, maybe from China in bulk, to put on the rustic hooks. I plan to market these hat hook boards as I get my hat business off the ground.
You just have to use your imagination.

I just tried to upload a pictorial tour but must of the jpeg files were too large for the server. I'll have to figure out how to reduce them and edit them in later.

Nice write up.[emoji106] I can tell you, my wife will not have it, I could never have hats hanging all over the place, not happening [emoji1]

Frankly, I don't have that many hats in comparison to other members, mainly because this isn't a hobby for me in the strict meaning of the word. I use every single hat I own and that's what keeps the peace around the house. Also, my wife understands hats are not an investment and are not part of our present or any future retirement income, that also make things much easier.

I'm looking forward to see your future work station.[emoji106][emoji106]

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[Hat and Rehat]

Nice write up.[emoji106] I can tell you, my wife will not have it, I could never have hats hanging all over the place, not happening [emoji1]

Frankly, I don't have that many hats in comparison to other members, mainly because this isn't a hobby for me in the strict meaning of the word. I use every single hat I own and that's what keeps the peace around the house. Also, my wife understands hats are not an investment and are not part of our present or any future retirement income, that also make things much easier.

I'm looking forward to see your future work station.[emoji106][emoji106]

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Hats hanging everywhere actually looks pretty cool. It beats paintings bought at events in Hotels hands down!

 

[Héctor Fernández]

Hats hanging everywhere actually looks pretty cool. It beats paintings bought at events in Hotels hands down!

[emoji1][emoji106][emoji106]

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[Hat and Rehat]

Nice write up.[emoji106] I can tell you, my wife will not have it, I could never have hats hanging all over the place, not happening [emoji1]

Frankly, I don't have that many hats in comparison to other members, mainly because this isn't a hobby for me in the strict meaning of the word. I use every single hat I own and that's what keeps the peace around the house. Also, my wife understands hats are not an investment and are not part of our present or any future retirement income, that also make things much easier.

I'm looking forward to see your future work station.[emoji106][emoji106]

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For me it's more than a hobby. I hope to turn it into a business to supplement retirement. There are more ducks to get in a row than I first realized, and life's surprises seem to get in the way, but I'm hoping to enter this from a different angle than most modern hatters.
I'd like to have a hat booth with some blocks and a steamer, as well as hats on display for sale as well as accessories like brushes, replacement pug bands, framed hat art and even hat posters. I want to offer quick brush cleaning and hand blocking at a reasonable price as they wait, using the time to dialog and build relationships as well as educate people about poor, mediocre, a bit better, better still and best hats. Pass out cards and take contract jobs home with me.
So, my 500 odd hats are in all kinds of grades and sizes, because I see most of them, after improvements, as merchandise, which can come in at different price points.
Initially most of the hats, a lot for women, didn't even fit me.
At one point it hit me that I better sport good hats if I wanted people to purchase from me, so I did a lot more shopping for my personal hat harem.

 

[Hat and Rehat]

From a tent or booth at festivals and events, I think I could eventually be happy with a small storefront, perhaps with lodging upstairs like in times past.

 

[Héctor Fernández]

From a tent or booth at festivals and events, I think I could eventually be happy with a small storefront, perhaps with lodging upstairs like in times past.

IT sounds like a good plan![emoji106][emoji106]

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[Hat and Rehat]

Hi fellow Loungers.

How do you guys store your hats when not on your head?

I've been wondering about the best or at least a good way to do this.

I've seen some of you pack them in plastic, while some have them stored on top of one another on flat racks. Others have them lying around the place like me.

The problem is, the more hats you acquire, the less space to store them. Especially when you have a small apartment like mine.

I thought I'd start this new topic so we could inspire and learn from each other.

I bought this hat stand recently and set it up today. It's my current solution.

I have another plan of screwing old wine bottle corks on my walls and hanging my hats on them.

Looking forward to hearing and seeing fellow FL'ers solutions.

Best hat wishes - Steve

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You really shouldn't be outside without a hat, brother. The sun will get you every time.
There are several caveats, including beach time, but we'll let the lawyers work that out. Come to think of it, there are few Loungers that admit to being lawyers.

 

[Hat and Rehat]

Sounds really warm and cozy, doesn't it?
Just wait until I figure out how to make my images smaller for upload. You'll be thinking, "This guy needs a barn out back."

 

[drmaxtejeda]

OK! I finally finished ordering my hats! It took a while!
The first safe, on the left of the first pic, with a 55-hat capacity, stores the narrow brims and the first section of the homburgs, each hat covered in a plastic bag with its name, and they are all in alphabetical order. Two hats in front of each shelf, three in the back

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Ithe second has a 114 hat capacity, starting with the rest of the Homburgs on top, then the straws, then the felt Forties, Fifties, and One Hundreds, and then the start of the rest of the felt hats, three in the front and four in the back of each shelf

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Then the third safe, with a 114-hat capacity, starting with the names starting in "C"
Five hats in front and 5 in back of each row

 

[drmaxtejeda]

The fourth safe, also with a 140-hat capacity, ending with the Zs

 

[drmaxtejeda]

The fifth only has in-store bought-Optimos. 14 hats

 

[SteveFord]

I see room for a couple more.
Just an observation...

 

[belfastboy]

The fifth only has in-store bought-Optimos. 14 hats View attachment 221081

Damn, I go into overwhelm just looking at the pictures. With my modest 55 hat collection I have trouble deciding most days which one to pick.