The fanciful array of hats on parade at the royal wedding would have been at home in a surrealist painting, adding a little wit and flavor to the pomp and circumstance of the event.

What happens to all those hats at the end of the day—-do they end up in the royal recycling bin?

via mlive.com

When displayed in the home hats can take on a new life.  

via Apartment Therapy 

Vintage hat blocks and hat stands are a great way to display hats and can even look interesting grouped by themselves.

Granville Millinery Company via le chic studio blog

via Goorin Bros. Hat Shop

The irreverent placement of a hat in an unlikely spot can add a touch of that British wit.

Gauthier-Stacy Design via New England Home magazine

Orange can be vibrant and intense like a tropical sunset, or subtle and subdued like candlelight.

Even the slightest touch of orange in the interior adds a little life to the party.

http://www.nhwoodworking.com/Shaker-peg-racks-Classic.html

Shaker style peg boards are a simple and classic

http://www.paleandinteresting.com/products/french-cafe-style-hooks

French café style hooks

1./3. http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/category.jsp?navAction=jump&navCount=15&id=HOME

Porte Dauphin Mirror in the French Art Nouveau style and an old fashioned key for a place to any key (even keyless ones)

2. shttp://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=284647&cur_tab   

original bent wood Thonet Coat stand from Austria from the early 1900a @ 1^stDibbs

1. http://www.cb2.com/storage/accessories/fold-key-hook/f6479  Fold Key hook

2. http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product/detail.do?productGroup=19248&catalog=room&category=rm_accessories&subcategory=acc_org

Designed by Charles + Ray Eames in 1953

3. http://www.cb2.com/storage/accessories/sven-coat-tree/f5884  Sven Coat Tree

4.  http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product/detail.do?productGroup=5613&catalog=room&category=rm_accessories&subcategory=acc_org