Hat Storage

[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.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

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

Max; I tip the brim of my hat in your direction tonight. Your solution to storage reins supreme! I have some storage challenges to work out at my houses.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Max; I tip the brim of my hat in your direction tonight. Your solution to storage reins supreme! I have some storage challenges to work out at my houses.

Eric, I love Max’s hat safes, but your pile of hats makes me smile. Love it.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Those will be filled by my next Texas haul

 

[steur]

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

Your sense of order kind of makes me nervous and jealous at the same time. My collection is more like Eric's. It has the added advantage of never finding the hat you're looking for, but a few dozen other nice ones instead.

 

[steur]

Those will be filled by my next Texas haul

And onward to the next safe...

 

[Steve Henderson]

If you are storing hats on open hat racks, a high-quality air filter (NOT the spun glass kind) in your furnace/A/C unit goes a long way toward minimizing dust build up. And it goes without saying...if you smoke indoors, it will ruin EVERYTHING. Hats included. I learned this the hard way years ago.

I store most of my hats in plastic 4-drawer units. They are like a wooden chest-of-drawers, but much less expensive. I can get about 4 hats in each drawer if I stack them in groups of two. If it's a downturned-brim hat, it goes on the top of a sturdier hat to keep the brim hanging down. Just my two cents...

 

[drmaxtejeda]

Your sense of order kind of makes me nervous and jealous at the same time. My collection is more like Eric's. It has the added advantage of never finding the hat you're looking for, but a few dozen other nice ones instead.

I get really frustrated when looking for something I can't find. Patience is a virtue I don't have. Besides, I am a dentist; I better be able to find stuff quickly in my office.

 

[drmaxtejeda]

I got a fresh batch of custom band blocks today, made from a conformateur tracing. Art Fawcett used to have that service; maybe Dave, his succesor, still does it. They aren't just my size; they are actually made to the shape of my head.
After a week or so, the sweatband adapts to the wooden block. Also, after you wear the hat for a while, the sweatband tends to shrink a little bit, so the next time you put the hat on it will feel tight.
If you store the hat on a block, it won't.

 

[johng70]

So my collection is somewhat meager. But, we got rid of the TV inside the armoire in our bedroom and I was granted most of the space inside So, now I'll rotate my fedoras and panams: