Home help 6th April

The previous week spent removing all the thick winter coats from the hall has been a pleasure. But I must have yanked too hard on a heavy wool jacket because the wooden peg snapped. It can't be mended to take the weight required, so I am on the lookout for a replacement.

Who doesn't remember their school peg? I certainly do and Suffolk Latch Company has reproduced those sturdy old cast-iron hooks, complete with backplate for your name or number – a good idea for a family with children who want to draw little identifying pictures for their hooks (£2.99 each). The company has also reproduced rows of hooks mounted on an oak plate, which costs from £19.50 for three to £36 for six. It plans to introduce pine and painted backplates, plus a shelf on the top for hats and gloves.

Shaker pegs are perennially popular and always smart. Heal's makes a good-quality set of six oak ones at £50, and four at £38. It also sells a Charles and Ray Eames design from the 1950s called Hang It All (£194), which has coloured knobs in an irregular formation to hang coats, bags and hats on – though it seems a pity to hide it. Artisanti's four-arm nickel hook is great for a tight corner.

If it's hooks for the back of the door you are after, very pretty ones with glass knobs can be found from a company called Bombay Duck. Simple, single hooks with clear glass knobs, and rows of delicate hooks interspersed with crystal flowers are more for a lady's bedroom than the hall. For the gentleman's dressing room, Hicks, Sharp & Co has reproduced the traditional brass beehive design for his silk dressing gown (£6.75).