If there ever were an object that far out-performed its expectations, it would be the humble Shaker peg rail. It’s a simple design, originally devised by the Shakers to keep communal households organized and to streamline cleaning the floors. But almost every time, hanging a peg rail transforms a room, instantly corralling clutter and adding an artful place for display. Plus, they’re often available for cheap. Here’s a look at a few favorite in-situ peg rails from the Remodelista archives.
![an airy summer bedroom in designer twig hutchinson\2\17;s garden shed ma 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Twig_Hutchinson_Lorn_Road_Summerhouse_02-733x489.jpg)
![the small \2\20;post supper\2\2\1; rooms at one leicester street 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/one-leicester-bedroom-remodelista_0.jpg)
![rows of shaker pegs display wares inside a rotterdam shop. for 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/PANTOUFLE-shelves-remodelista-733x489.jpg)
![peg rails keeps brooms at the ready in a shaker schoolhouse. see in the dw 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/canterbury-shaker-village-erin-little-brooms-on-peg-rail-733x1100.jpg)
![shaker style in an unexpected place: a japanese restaurant in the ninth ar 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tokki-restaurant-france-lsl-architects-2-733x489.png)
![a length of peg rail corrals a few cleaning essentials in the laundry room. see 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/v-zug-whiting-architects-melbourne-laundry-room-733x489.jpg)
![peg rails in a real shaker bedroom, at canterbury shaker village in new hampshi 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/canterbury-shaker-village-erin-little-dwelling-house-bedroom-733x489.jpg)
![one of first peg rail sightings: at high road house in london, where they line 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/High-Road-House-Yellow-Chairs-Remodelista hero_0-733x486.jpg)
![black peg rails hold dried flowers in a dallas shop; see shopper’s 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Set-and-Co-Dallas-Remodelista-14-733x733.jpg)
![peg rails keep summer essentials at the ready in a chic fixer upper on fir 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Ann-Stephenson-Fire-Island-A-frame-Kate-Sears-photo-Remodelista-7A-733x1026.jpg)
![a peg rail makes a versatile assistant in the garden studio of london designer 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Twig_Hutchinson_13_06_09_07_1-733x523.jpg)
![peg rails gone monochrome: we like this interpretation at killiehuntly farmhous 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/killiehuntly-farmhouse-scotland-birch-room-shaker-rail-733x498.jpg)
![an illustrator and graphic designer installed a peg rail along an empty wall in 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/swantje-hinrichsen-repurposed-ikea-kitchen-4a-733x697.jpg)
![i\2\17;ve long wanted black peg rails in my own bedroom and diy ed mine 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sferra-alma-sheets-bedroom-peg-rails-2-annie-quigley-mel-walbridge-cropped-733x591.jpg)
![an easy summer bedroom: peg rails in the canadian summer cottage of jon baker a 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mjolk-cottage_remodelista-20-733x1100.jpg)
![a peg rail from another country at the the craftsman’s cottage: a h 32](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/craftsmans-cottage-hall-733x489.jpg)
For much more on peg rails, see:
- Object Lessons: The Shaker Peg Rail (Plus Five to Buy)
- Remodeling 101: How Shaker Peg Rails Saved My Summer Sanity
- In the Dwelling House: 16 Design Ideas to Steal from the Shakers.
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