...besides the bedroom. Dressers are super-versatile pieces that provide a lot of storage, and they don't have to be relegated to clothes-keeping. In the dining room they can store napkins and silverware, in the family room they can store DVDs, and in a hallway they can store linens. Click below for 8 spots to put a dresser.
In a hallway, a dresser can store out-of-season clothes or extra linens. Image: 6 Drawer Narrow Leg Dresser from West Elm, on sale for $559
Narrow pieces like these Danish Modern chests could fit in several spots: behind a sofa, next to an armchair against the wall, or even in a kitchen. Pair of chests from Modern Times, $4,800.
In a study a dresser can store papers, books, and binders. Image: Copenhagen Dresser from Room and Board, $1,099
A natural spot for a dresser is on a landing strip or at the top of the stairs. Image: Reve Dresser at Design Within Reach, $2,500
In a TV room, a dresser becomes a media console. Image: Sussex Credenza (similar to Sussex Dresser), $3,300 at Design Within Reach
In a bar area, a dresser can store cocktail napkins, a corkscrew, and even booze. Image: Slatwall System by Muunto
In a dining room, a dresser becomes a buffet. Image: Aiko Cabinet from Room and Board, $1,299
Make it a focal point in a living room. Image: Decades Chest of Drawers by WIS Design
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I stumbled upon this concept years ago when I didn't have room in my bedroom for a fabulous chest of 5 huge drawers I had found on the street 20 years earlier. It is solid wood, simple clean lines and holds tons of stuff. As I was about to deposit it sadly back on the street (this time in Brooklyn) I realized that it fit perfectly in a nitch in my kitchen (where I had nowhere near enough storage. It has been there ever since, nicely painted, and holds pots and pans, baking items, mixing bowls, and lots of linens. I love it.
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I bought a 1920's oak dresser 25 years ago, and it's traveled all over the country with me. In our latest apartment, there's no room for a dresser in the bedroom but it does fit in our foyer. It's great to have that storage space, both in the drawers and on the surface.
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I've been dragging around the same dresser for the last 20 years. It was given to me, it's incredibly well-made, and it has almost never held any clothes. It's been an office, pantry, entertainment center, room divider, and headboard, LOL
It's not that I LOVE it, (it's actually pretty sad....badly refinished in the 70's). But it's AN INCREDIBLY WELL-MADE DRESSER, and those don't grow on trees.
I finally gave up wishing I could get rid of it, and now I accept it as a fact of my life :-)
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i'm in love with that Decades Chest of Drawers
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I have a huge 6 drawer chest of drawers that has traveled around with me too, and it has been everything but a place to store clothes. I just refinished it (again) and put new hardware on it, and it's now living in in my dining room. Much needed storage space, and a great place to serve buffet style dinners! The best 50 bucks I ever spent.
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i have a dresser in my bathroom with an over counter sink!looks great :)
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Design Within Reach? I hope they dont mean more affordable, because I don't know anyone, design fan or not, that can afford (or wants to) to dish out $2,500 for one dresser. Yikes.
That said, the furniture looks great.
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oh dressers are the best storage! ...and they take on the look of the room when simple enough- I have an 8 foot retro one i picked up for $50 at a thrift store for my living room... it holds my record player and TV and then another distressed one in my kitchen that i found on the curbside- i store food in it.
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it's probable that no one is reading this post anymore, but just in case: WHAT is that houndstooth chair in the sixth picture down? i'm kind of in love with it.
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