Pine Chest of Drawers - A Great Storage Solution for your Bedroom

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By maystone

Making your bedroom as cozy as possible is one of the best ways to make your home look and feel like what it is--- a home! Hence, one of your main objective in coming up with the best room layout design and furniture arrangement is to maximize space without making it feel too cramped up. This is especially crucial when there is not too much floor space and room to work with.

One of the best ways to maximize space while maintaining a certain level of coziness is to use furniture pieces that are practical and stylish. One such piece of furniture that you can consider is the chest of drawers or, as it is sometimes referred to, the dresser.

A chest of drawers is basically storage furniture made up of several drawers. The drawers are arranged in a multi-layered configuration where the number of layers will depend on the overall design of the chest. Designs can vary but the most common types are made up of at least 3 layers with 1 to 2 drawers per layer. There are designs that have more than 2 drawers per layer. The configuration of the drawers can also vary.

Another consideration in buying this type of bedroom furniture is the material it was made from. There are different kinds of material that you can choose from like oak, mahogany, walnut but one of the most practical ones you can choose are those made of pine. Pine chests of drawers are durable and cheap and can be matched almost with any other furniture you have. Pine wood is very likeable wood because aside from its relative affordability, it is also relatively easy to work with because it is soft wood that can take a lot of punishment. It can also be finished in such a way that it can be used for outdoor furniture. It is also one of the most common wood available in abundant numbers (hence, its relatively cheap price). It can also easily be matched with any of your other furniture and your interior design.

Uses of Pine Chests of Drawers

Bigger items like clothes, gowns, pants, shirts are usually stored in closet storage systems designed for such purpose. Bedroom chests of drawers can be very useful in storing smaller items like your underwear, towels, socks, handkerchiefs, towels, neck ties, etc. You can also use it as storage for your other stuff like shoes, jewelry, books, etc. When it comes to how you use them, the sky is the limit. They are so versatile they can be used for storing a lot of stuff.

Size, Design and Structure Considerations

The fact of the matter is there are a lot to choose from. Size, of course, will depend on how much space and stuff you have to put in it. It can serve as a small bedside lamp table (you can choose the smaller ones composed of 3 layers of small drawers). Or you can go for the bigger and taller types that can accommodate 5 layers and drawers or more.

Structures are sometimes notated by how many drawers and layers are designed into the chest of drawers. For example a 3x2 is a chest composed of 3 layers with each layer having 2 drawers side-by-side. A 4x2 is a 4-layered chest of drawers with 2 drawers side-by-side. But these are not the only structures available. Some are designed to have different number of drawers at different layers. For these types, they are simply referred to by the total number of drawers. The picture to the right is referred to as a 9 drawer chest.

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