Menu
Search

Smart Storage Solutions for Every Room in the House.

You are reading

Five Favorites: The Useful—and Inexpensive—Accordion Peg Rack...

Close
Menu

Smart Storage Solutions for Every Room in the House.

From the editors of Remodelista Sites

Remodelista Logo Gardenista Logo
by Margot Guralnick - August 15, 2017

Five Favorites: The Useful—and Inexpensive—Accordion Peg Rack

Guest quarters with black-and-white tiled bath at Sunshine Stories, a surf and yoga retreat in Sri Lanka. Mitchell Fong photo via Indoek.

Yesterday’s tour of the Sunshine Stories tropical compound—see Two Swedish Surfers in Sri Lanka, Guest Camp Included—sent me on a surprise search mission. The Sri Lankan wooden accordion peg racks used for hanging towels and bathing suits looked incredibly handy, and I immediately wanted to introduce some on my own walls. As a longtime flea market hound, they also struck me as very familiar.

Sure enough: The accordion peg rack, a close relative of the wooden clothes drying rack and accordion wine rack, is widely available in both new and vintage versions, all extremely affordable too. Who came up with the concept for this ingenious expandable storage? I have yet to find a history of the design and am hoping one of you can fill us in. In the meantime, here are five to consider.

Junipers Expandable Wooden Rack
Above: Accordion racks come in a range of sizes and numbers of pegs. They can be hung horizontally, as shown here, or vertically—making them ideal for small spaces that are short on storage. This 10-Peg Wall Rack by Junipers expands up to 30 inches wide and is $39.95 for a set of two on Amazon (which also offers several other versions).
Junipers Expandable Wooden Wall Rack
Above: Accordion racks close up for easy storage. This 10-peg Expandable Wooden Wall Rack is 12 inches long and a mere 3.5 inches wide when folded; $4.99 from Walter Drake.
The Container Store Formbu 7-Peg Expanding Rack
Above: Made of bamboo, the Formbu 7-Peg Expanding Rack is $14.99 from the Container Store. Note that this one has visible screws, but most hang from concealed hooks in the back.
Accordion racks can be put to use all over the house: in the entry, for hanging coats, hats, bags, and scarves; in the kitchen, for organizing mugs and dish towels; in the bedroom, for keeping often-worn clothes, such as jeans, on hand; and in the bath, for storing towels and bathrobes.

Furinno Pine Natural Solid Wood Retractable Wall Mounted Rack
Above: Accordion racks also work well for hanging jewelry. This Pine Retrackable Wall-Mounted Rack by Furinno is $18.36 from Home Depot.
Prefer a metal rack? Terrain offers a Zinc Accordion Rack with hooks instead of pegs for $38. And Anthropologie’s handsome Metallic Accordian Peg Rack comes in pewter or brass-finished cast-iron; $98.

Remodelista five favorite wooden accordion peg racks: a vintage accordion rack via eBay from Judy30307.
Above: This Vintage 10-Peg Accordion Rack, approximately 12.5 by 34 inches when fully open, is awaiting bids (starting at $6.95) on eBay; it ships from Decatur, Georgia.

Vintage racks are easy to come by: Search “accordion wall racks” on sites, such as Etsy, eBay, Bonanza, and Chairish—and expect to be astonished by the range of variations, including elaborately hand-turned and painted accordion racks.

Obsessed (as we are) with simple storage? Browse our Storage & Organization archive for many more ideas. Here’s a sampling:

You need to login or register to view and manage your bookmarks.
Add to Collection
New Collection

Products in this Post:

Join us on Instagram Logo

Have a Question or Comment About This Post?

Start the Conversation

No more results!

Haven't found what you are looking for? Try seaching!

v5.0

×
Join the Remodelista Family of Websites

Become a Member at no charge

When you register as a free Member of the Remodelista family of websites (Remodelista, Gardenista, and The Organized Home), you gain access to all current posts plus 10 archived posts per month, our internal bookmarking tool, and the community bulletin board.

Member benefits include:

  • Access to all posts published in the past year
  • Access 10 archived posts (older than one year) per month on each site
  • Use of our internal bookmark tool, so you can save products, posts, and other pages for quick reference
  • Access to our community bulletin board so you can ask and answer design-related questions
  • Unlimited access to the Product Catalogs, Design Travel sources, and Architect & Designer Directory listings
  • Choose from our ten newsletters to keep up with the latest on the sites

Or Subscribe for Maximum Value!

For $5/month ($59.99 paid annually) you'll enjoy unlimited, ad-free access to Remodelista, Gardenista, and The Organized Home and all the benefits of Membership.



Subscriber benefits include:

  • Unlimited access to all three sites
  • Weekly access to subscriber-only content
  • Ad-free browsing environment
  • Unrestricted access to 30,000+ archived posts
  • Receive the full-text daily newsletters
  • All features that Members have access to
  • Annual subscribers pay 50% off the monthly subscription price of $9.99
×
Subscribe to the Remodelista family of websites

For $5/month ($59.99 paid annually) you'll enjoy unlimited, ad-free access to Remodelista, Gardenista, and The Organized Home and all the benefits of Membership.



Subscriber benefits include:

  • Unlimited access to all three sites
  • Weekly access to subscriber-only content
  • Ad-free browsing environment
  • Unrestricted access to 30,000+ archived posts
  • Receive the full-text daily newsletters
  • All features that Members have access to
  • Annual subscribers pay 50% off the monthly subscription price of $9.99
×
Sorry! As a registered member you get 10 free posts from our archive (posts more than a year old) every 30 days. You have reached your limit for this 30-day period. If you would like to access unlimited posts from the archive (ad free, too), become a subscriber today, and keep reading as many articles as you want.

Full Access Individual Subscription

Benefits include:

  • Unlimited access to Remodelista, Gardenista, and The Organized Home sites
  • Ad-free browsing environment
  • Unrestricted access to 30,000+ archived posts
  • Receive the full-text daily newsletters
  • All features that Members have access to
  • Annual subscribers pay just 50% off the monthly subscription price of $9.99


×
Sorry! You have reached your limit of three (3) free posts from our archive every 30 days. You can increase this to 10 posts by joining as a free Member, or read unlimited posts with no ads by becoming a paid Subscriber.

Subscribe to the Remodelista family of websites

For $5/month ($59.99 paid annually) you'll enjoy unlimited, ad-free access to Remodelista, Gardenista, and The Organized Home and all the benefits of Membership.



Subscriber benefits include:

  • Unlimited access to all three sites
  • Weekly access to subscriber-only content
  • Unrestricted access to 30,000+ archived posts
  • Receive the full-text daily newsletters
  • All features that Members have access to
  • Annual subscribers pay 50% off the monthly subscription price of $9.99

Become a Member at no charge

When you register as a free Member of the Remodelista family of websites (Remodelista, Gardenista, and The Organized Home), you gain access to all current posts plus 10 archived posts per month, our internal bookmarking tool, and the community bulletin board.

Member benefits include:

  • Access to all posts published in the past year
  • Access 10 archived posts (older than one year) per month on each site
  • Use of our internal bookmark tool, so you can save products, posts, and other pages for quick reference
  • Access to our community bulletin board so you can ask and answer design-related questions
  • Unlimited access to the Product Catalogs, Design Travel sources, and Architect & Designer Directory listings
  • Choose from our ten newsletters to keep up with the latest on the sites