The classic chest of drawers has many varieties, we will reveal from the pros and cons

With the right selection and arrangement of furniture in the room settles comfort, an atmosphere of comfort and relaxation. Such issues are especially important in small-sized housing, where there really is very little space. How to optimize storage issues, not to litter the apartment, but, on the contrary, to give it maximum functionality? A classic dresser made of wood will make an excellent solution to this issue.

Style features

Many people today are trying to give their homes an attractive look, preferring new stylistic decisions in their decoration. But fashion trends replace one another, and classic design techniques will always remain in trend, so more and more owners of suburban cottages turn to the classic style of home decor.

This stylistic trend is relevant for spacious rooms of the correct form with high ceilings, but if you wish, you can finish the hall in the classical style in a city apartment with a small area. The main thing is not to be mistaken with the color scheme, decorative elements, the most suitable pieces of furniture. Then the interior will turn out really luxurious, stylish, stately.

For classics, it is worth using light colors on the walls and for decorating window openings (for example, warm olive, peach, sand, terracotta tones), gilded decorative elements, stucco molding. And furniture for such interiors should definitely be selected from expensive wood species. It should be distinguished by special smoothness of lines, correct geometry.

Interesting in terms of external aesthetics and practicality is furniture such as a chest of drawers in a classic style. This is a cross between an old chest used by our ancestors to store things and all kinds of utensils, as well as a modern cabinet with drawers that can be adapted to accommodate absolutely any wardrobe items, documents, accessories, and so on. Such a piece of furniture will make almost any room as functional as possible. Living in a living room, bedroom, study with such a piece of furniture and decoration in a classic style will be very comfortable. Possessing high decorative qualities, a chest of drawers will help to organize storage of things without prejudice to the additional space of housing.

Varieties

The following photo shows a chest of drawers for storing things in a classic style. As you can see, a chest of drawers made of wood is an interior item with drawers for storing all kinds of things.

This is a surprisingly beautiful, stylish, sophisticated furniture, which is perfectly suited, by the way, for classic living rooms, bedrooms, workrooms. But what kind of furniture should you choose for a particular room? Let's describe the most popular types below.

Depending on the height, width, classic dressers are distinguished:

high, narrow - the second name of such models is linen, so they are optimal for storing oversized items;
low, wide with two drawers. Great as a bedside table or side tables, as the countertop is convenient for placing lamps, books.

Based on the purpose, dressers have certain structural features and are of the following types.

Appointment	Design features
For the bedroom	Boxes for such models are very deep, roomy. As a rule, there are many of them and they are of insignificant height. The product itself is made from more affordable wood species.
For the office	A classic chest of drawers for a study can have drawers of different heights. For example, the uppermost of them has the smallest height and is used to store various kinds of documentation; various kinds of accessories and a safe are placed in large wide ones.
For the living room	Often these are the most expensive models, the emphasis in the manufacture of which is made precisely on the external aesthetics. In the process of their manufacture, expensive wood, a unique varnish coating, and elaborate accessories are used.
For the dining room	In appearance, it is more like a curbstone of small height with hinged doors and lockable shelves. Ideal for storing small kitchen utensils.
For the bathroom	As a rule, such furniture is closed from the outside. To access the contents of the drawer, you need to pull the handle, which will lead to the extension of the facade with the lower section. Moydodyr chests of drawers are distinguished by the presence of an upper and middle shelf with a special recess for plumbing.

Bathroom

Bedroom

Living room

Study

Dining room

If we talk about the possibility of moving the classic chest of drawers, then there are:

stationary on legs - such a piece of furniture cannot be moved without significant effort;
mobile on casters - products are equipped with supports in the form of casters. Therefore, it is quite possible to move the structure without much difficulty. Only a palace can become an obstacle to this, and on a laminate, parquet or linoleum, the wheels will slip without additional difficulties.

Mobile

Stationary

Based on the features of the installation in the room, there are wooden dressers in the classic design style:

suspended - mounted on a wall surface, as if floating in the air. Such models are relevant for small rooms where there is extremely little space. For example, a hanging dresser made of natural wood in the entrance group of a private house, in a country house will be very functional;
floor - stand directly on the floor with the help of various kinds of supports. Often, floor models are distinguished by their statics and impressive dimensions, therefore they are spacious, functional, soundly. This option is suitable for a spacious living room, bedroom.

Floor

Suspension

Materials of manufacture

The modern selection of wooden furniture is very large. But is it all really wooden? To make a dresser in a classic style, today manufacturers use the following materials:

valuable wood species: pine, beech, alder, maple, oak, mahogany. These are expensive materials that can endow furniture made from them with high operational parameters. Wooden chests of pine, oak, maple are very durable, resistant to impact, durable, wear-resistant. Such furniture can please its owner with a ten-year service life. Although often with proper care, wooden dressers made of solid wood can last a much longer period without losing their original beauty and practicality. We only note a certain high cost of solid wood furniture: not everyone can afford such an acquisition, but the elitism of such a chest of drawers is beyond doubt;
MDF - is a more affordable material than a solid mass of wood. It is increasingly being used to make budget models of chests of drawers in a nursery or bedroom. The variety of textures and shades of this material is surprising; therefore, MDF dressers are very diverse in their aesthetics, even if they are made exclusively in the classical style;
Particleboard is a very cheap material with average operational parameters. It is used only to create dressers of economy class, which are not distinguished by luxury, but are quite functional and attractive in appearance. For a more interesting aesthetics of the product, its facades can be made of MDF, glass, and the frame of particleboard. This allows you to expand the design variations of the classic chest of drawers.

We add that often for decorating dressers in the style of a classic, wood carving, glass inserts, and original accessories are used. High quality decorative elements are necessary so that the design looks holistic. Harmoniously, was functional and durable.

Wooden

Chipboard

MDF

Color spectrum

The classic wooden chest of drawers is distinguished by the correct form, natural color. There are a lot of color solutions, the main thing is to choose the best one for finishing walls, floors, ceilings.

In the case of a spacious living room, noble shades of natural wood look great. For example, guests of the house will be pleasantly surprised by the saturation of beech, the brightness of the hornbeam or the tenderness of aspen. If the homeowners have sufficient budget, you can choose a luxurious mahogany chest of drawers in the study or living room, which will demonstrate the high financial capabilities and sophisticated taste of the family.

For a bedroom, it is better to choose a model that matches the interior of the room: the scarcity of natural lighting or an excessively dark finish on the walls requires the selection of lighter shades of a wooden chest of drawers, and the saturation of natural light in the room allows you to choose both light and dark tone of furniture. The main thing is that the interior promotes relaxation and restoration of strength, does not irritate the versatility of colors or their excessive contrast. In the room for rest and sleep, decorated in a classic style, such design techniques are better not to apply.

For the nursery, the best options for the colors of the chest of drawers will be milk oak, aspen. But the dark colors in the room for the baby should be abandoned.

You can add colors to the interior with the help of interesting textiles on the windows, bright pillows, paintings or frames with photos on the walls. After all, classic dressers are rarely painted in unnatural tones, since such a finish will hide the beauty and naturalness of a wooden surface.

The nuances of choice

Wooden furniture has a rather high service life, so you need to choose it without haste. A mistake will cost too much. When choosing a classic chest of drawers, it is important to carefully consider the place for its installation. It is advisable to pre-measure free space. In order not to be mistaken with the scale of the product. Use a measuring tape to do this, carefully recording the resulting dimensions on paper.

Remember that a chest of drawers made of wood cannot be installed near a battery, radiator, fireplace, or any other kind of heating system or structure. The fact is that an excessive amount of heat will adversely affect the state of wooden furniture: the surfaces will dry out, and the varnish will crack on them.

If there are uneven floors in the room, it’s worth choosing a model of the chest of drawers with the ability to adjust the height of its supports. This will smooth out the unevenness of the floor, setting the furniture as stable as possible. If there is no way to choose a model with adjustable legs. Choose your pendant. But here there are some nuances: you need to mount such a structure on a strong wall of optimal thickness. On a plasterboard wall with a minimum thickness, such furniture may not be able to stay.

Well, if there is an opportunity to pick up all the furniture for the room in a single set. Then you don’t have to think about whether the wooden chest of drawers is combined with other pieces of furniture. If this is not possible, it is worth choosing an option that would copy the shade and texture of other furniture in the room.

You should not save on accessories or decorative elements of a dresser, because these are important components of the durability of wooden furniture. Soon the handles on drawers that have fallen off soon will not give the dresser additional charm, but rather will completely ruin its external aesthetics.

You should not choose the model that is the largest in size if there is not enough free space in the room. Focus on functionality by carefully considering the number and size of chest drawers. It is also important not to opt for an overly small model that will look sparse and demonstrate low functionality.