Get ready for muddy season in the garden. I grew up in Boston, where a number of British ways have managed to linger: We call our mothers Mum (and our bottoms bums), eat our share of fish-and-chips, and, at least in my house, refer to our rubber boots as Wellies (short for Wellingtons). But the boot rack, a simple, ingenious staple of British back entries and mudrooms, has mysteriously yet to be discovered in these parts. The time is right.
Here are 10 favorite boot racks for Wellies.
Above: With its tapered pegs, the Henderson Oak Wellington Boot Stand also shown in the top photo is £70; from Cotswold Co., it has a Shaker-esque silhouette. Wellies, by the way, get their name from the 1st Duke of Wellington, an early-19th-century style setter, who had his shoemaker model his footwear after Hessian soldiers’ boots. Above: Daughter- and mother-in-law duo Natalie Evans and Jacqueline Wilmington of Natajaq make racks in the Annie Sloan chalk paint colors of your choice. Their Two-Pair Welly Boot Rack, shown, is £55; and the Four-Pair Welly Boot Rack is £75. Above: French housewares company On Range Tout offers a White Wooden Garden Boot Rack for €37.90. Above: The two-pair Wellington Boot Stand by Creamore Mill (the same maker as Cotswold Co.’s designs) is £42.65 from the Stuffed Box. Above: Garden Trading’s Wooden Welly Rack, £50, has natural oak pegs and a charcoal base. Above: Wellyracks’ Countryman Boot Rack comes in six sizes, painted or in natural pine. This three-pair rack is £38.99. Above: The double-duty Welly Boot and Shoe Rack (three-pair) is £99 in pine from Boot & Saw, which offers larger versions of the design and a range of other standing and wall-hung boot racks. Above: Cotswold Co.’s standing rack, shown, also comes in a wall-hung version; the Henderson Oak Rack is £35. Above: Made in Germany, a 38-inch-long Wooden Boot Rack holds five pairs; for more information and pricing, see Gressco. Above: A Wall-Mounted Welly Rack is £59 from A Place for Everything, which has an extensive boot-storage department. For more footwear solutions, see:
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