My new 130 year old house has 9.5 ft ceilings. It also has a weird dead-end hall way that used to be a servants staircase to the kitchen. I have a large collection of heavy vintage textiles. These racks were flexible enough to make maximum use of this odd space because the width is adjustable and they are single racks. Be careful to not over tighten the brackets. They will split. Otherwise I would have given a 5 star.