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Where can I find that amazing dresser?

seconded!

thirded!!

i love that chest of drawers too. somewhere else on AT, someone called it a "decades chest of drawers"...

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what are 'unmentionables'? i'm intrigued.

Bozotown: Underwear.

I may be weird here, but I don't own a chest of drawers any more. I decided I wasn't going to fold anything any more. (Too many years of working retail. Yes, I can fold and face a t-shirt in a second and a half. No, I won't do it any more.)

Everything gets hung. Things that really really can't be hung (sweaters, underwear) get put into bins on a shelf in the wardrobe (which I admit is functionally drawers). Other things (hats, gloves, etc.) get put into boxes on top of the wardrobe (also functionally drawers).

But I have one less piece of furniture to place, fewer drawers for things to disappear into, and one less flat furniture top to collect clutter. Try it - it's freeing!

LOVE!

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morfydd- I did that for many years, but my husband kept yanking t-shirts off the hangers and ruining the necks. Now that he also doesn't rearrange his stacks, that's looking awful too. I guess the moral is that you should pick storage that suits you, but no storage will work unless you maintain it! (sigh)

I've always have had reasonably organized drawers in that each drawer is for certain items. My chest has a shallow drawer at the top that I use for sundry things, the next one down is for undies and socks, next one down from that t-shirts (summer), turtlenecks and mock T's (winter and even there I have room since I got rid of some that had seen better days last fall. I may end up re-arranging and putting my jeans on one side. The drawer below that is for sweaters (they are bulky) and below that for everything else, namely sweats work shirts etc.

While my drawers aren't the most TIDY, they are organized in that I can find what I need fairly easily in any event.

And I should add that my closet (where the chest is) is also kept reasonably organized too.

My drawers are shameful. Part of the problem is that I don't have enough room, at least in the winter when the bulky sweaters I wear daily can take up 1/4 drawer apiece. I shove things in and everything gets wrinkled and I get pissed off every day. But I don't have room for another chest and the closet is even worse - narrow, dark and hard to use. I do group my stuff in a reasonable way (bras and undies in the top drawer, tights and socks in the next one, sweaters, tops and jeans in the next two, and pjs and workout clothes in the bottom). But the clothes themselves are a mess.

I was so happy/inspired to start reading this list..so badly needed..but..as I continued to read..the same feeling..sighhhhhh 'oh I don't know..I try..sighhhh"....If I had that chest above.. I KNOW I'd do better!!! I know it!.. : )

I love the suggestion of using shoeboxes or tissue boxes as drawer dividers. I hate the idea of spending $15 on a piece of stupid plastic to organize my drawers. It offends my inner Cheap Polack and conflicts with my desire to consume less.

Oh my, I just love the contrast of the different size, colors and patterns of the drawers. What an interesting piece of furniture.

I completely agree with FiatLex. I have lots of boxes around the house - and no money for expensive pieces of plastic that won't be quite the right size. That's a great idea!