Coat Hooks

Coat hooks that lean decorative more than utilitarian

Search "hooks and knobs" and this coat hooks collection is a fair chunk of what turns up. Know what you're getting before you order: this leans heavily toward decorative and novelty hooks rather than the plain, single-purpose kind sold by the dozen at a hardware store. Two brands supply nearly everything here: Myterra Gemstone Hardware and Anne at Home.

Two very different hook styles

Anne at Home's contribution includes a pewter fish-shaped hook, tagged as an animal style — the kind of single accent hook you'd mount near an entryway rather than line up in a row. Myterra Gemstone Hardware takes a completely different approach, building bolt hooks out of actual mineral stone: rose quartz, smokey quartz, pyrite, labradorite, septarian, carnelian, and crystal quartz, some cut as disks and others left in a more natural bolt shape. Every Myterra piece carries an Expressions style tag, and no two stones look quite alike since they're cut from natural material.

Where a bathroom coat hook fits

A single gemstone or animal-shaped hook works well as an accent near a bathroom mirror or robe hook, mounted alone instead of grouped into a matched set of six or eight. For a full mudroom or closet needing several identical hooks in a row, this collection's novelty pieces are a harder fit than a plain, repeatable hook shape would be.

Buying one gemstone hook

Since Myterra's stone hooks are cut from natural material, expect the color and pattern to vary from the product photo. Order one to see the exact stone before you commit to buying enough for a whole room of hooks. The bolt-style mounting on these hooks is straightforward to install into an existing wall anchor, but the stone itself adds weight beyond what a standard plastic or resin hook carries, so check the wall anchor rating before hanging anything heavier than a light jacket or towel.