Hooks & Racks!

An outdoor shower by the pool has a minimalist faucet with simple, metal, peg-like hooks for hanging towels.

The entry hall is another snapshot of design experimentation with wood built-ins, open cubbies, and simple brass hooks.

A series of sleek wall hooks.

Foyer with oak wood paneling, lots of hooks for winter coats and ski gear

A narrow closet was removed to make way for a bench and coat hooks, so the front door isn’t crowded.

These gym hooks, designed by Staffan Holm for HAY, are most useful in multiples and add colorful punches without clutter. (A+R, $28–$48 each)

The bench Reilly made when she was a student at Rhode Island School of Design sits under industrial-style hooks in the entry.

The Ferdinand coat hook is a functional double coat hook, of which the design is based on the story of Ferdinand the bull.

Wall space in a hallway can easily be activated by a series of hooks for hats, coats, or scarves. If the hallway is particularly visible, you may hang items in an artful way, so that there's a mixture of aesthetic cohesion and functionality.

The firm swapped the door orientation and painted it sage green. They also preserved the surrounding lites to keep the natural light flowing inside. The original wall paneling on the right was painted a bright white, and new hooks corral coats.

Entry Coat Hooks

Foyer, custom designed and built oak veneer entry bench and coat hooks along with custom designed stair rail.

Locker

Due to the grade of the site, the front door opens onto a landing between staircases. A wall-sized pegboard made of Douglas fir plywood is used for hanging coats, bags, and other necessities. “The house is like a well-tailored suit that addresses a range of daily routines,” Cuddington observes.

In the closet stick-like wall hooks continue the rural motif.

IKEA’s Stolmen system holds the couple’s clothes in the master bedroom. Solid core maple doors from Lowe’s match the structure’s interiors, which are lined in wood largely sourced from Union Church Millworks.