Tie storage solutions

[naturlaut]

What is your tie storage solution at home? For some strange reasons, my Sharper Image tie rack stops rotating after 40 ties or so even though it is supposed to hold 60 or 70 ties. Is there a better tie rack than the Sharper Image/Brookstone model or do you gentlemen have other storage facilities? Ideal = at least 100 ties.

[RWS]

I've nailed wooden racks, each with fixed wooden pegs, to the wall of my modest dressing room. But, had I my druthers, I'd commission a dresser with a few drawers more resembling those of a map case -- broad but shallow -- so that I could lay the ties flat.

[Cufflink79]

Dear Naturlaut:

About nine years ago I received a motorized tie rack from the Sharper Image and after a few uses the belt snapped off. Well, needless to say I was disappointed until I came arcoss Woodlore products.

http://www.woodlore.com/

They work well, keep my ties in good shape and make me happy.

I have two of these for my neckties.

http://www.woodlore.com/products_hanger ... e/tie.html

And this one for my bow ties.

http://www.woodlore.com/products_hanger ... eeper.html

Best Regards,

Cufflink79

[speedster]

I ALWAYS keep my ties rolled up, to keep them springy
So a drawer with casettes is perfect.

But when you roll them you can actualy keep them on the side as well, without sepperate comparments.

my2c

[HappyStroller]

Various gadgets were bought and tried. Unfortunately, all proved unsatisfactory, either because it was difficult to secure or release the ties due to the method of holding the ties, or the entire setup became quite unstable and ties kept dropping off if they were not held securely.

Finally, a simple clothes hanger which had a detachable lower rod for holding pants was used. The accompanying pair of small pegs were replaced by about 20 large pegs which had large rings as part of the spring system that held the pegs together. The large rings enabled one to slip the pegs onto the rod easily. The rod was reattached to the hanger, thereby securing the pegs. In turn, the ties were easily secured by the large pegs. Only the head of the large peg comes into contact with a flat part of the tie without crushing the small middle portion of the tie where the tie is folded over.

This solution works satisfactorily, and several rods were used to separate ties of different styles, e.g., striped ties, solid ties, club ties, repeated pattern ties.

[oldog/oldtrix]

I have found a two-bar towel rack like the one pictured at the link below to be the perfect solution:

http://www.towel-bars.net/moeniso.html

The one I use, like the one pictured, is twenty-four inches in length and provides plenty of storage room for my 100+ tie collection. True, for that many ties on a rack of this length, it is necessary to overlap the ties, but there is plenty of space between the top bar and the surface on which the rack is mounted and between the top and bottom bars to allow for that. The rack fits quite well on the back of the door to my clothes closet, but would also work nicely on any available wall space. Since these kinds of racks may be had in a wide variety of styles, materials, and finishes, it is even possible to coordinate the rack with other hardware/storage systems in one's closet (if one suffers from OCD as I do).

[DonB]

I'd rather opt for a box, as displayed on the webpage below:

http://www.shop.com/Oak_Neck_Tie_Storag ... 6-p!.shtml

Regards,
Don

[couch]

I'd rather opt for a box, as displayed on the webpage below:

http://www.shop.com/Oak_Neck_Tie_Storag ... 6-p!.shtml

Regards,
Don

So to accommodate a moderate collection of 96 ties you would spend $680 and take up six square feet of horizontal space? (They can't be stacked or the lids won't open)

[DonB]

I'd rather opt for a box, as displayed on the webpage below:

http://www.shop.com/Oak_Neck_Tie_Storag ... 6-p!.shtml

Regards,
Don

So to accommodate a moderate collection of 96 ties you would spend $680 and take up six square feet of horizontal space? (They can't be stacked or the lids won't open)

I am an euro kapitalist...

And you are quite right indeed that stacking and/or opening lids would be more practical.

That said, perhaps not that specific box, but I do prefer the solution over the others mentioned in this thread. A solution like this will last more than a lifetime (granted: a hanger would also go a long way), but it does make spending a larger amount of money justifiable to me.

Regards,
Don