Page 2: Seven ways to use this functional piece of furniture
Look at some of the ways you can use this simple, yet functional, piece of furniture:
Chest of Drawers
A bedroom is the usual place for a chest. It often works best if placed near your closet. Fill it with the usual items -- socks, T-shirts, hosiery, jewelry, sweaters.
Entry Table
Storage for hats, mittens, umbrellas, coupons, mail. Hang a mirror over it and set a beautiful plant on top next to a basket for the mail.
Sewing Room Storage
Organize your sewing supplies with thread in the top drawer, notions and trims next, and fabrics, mending or ironing in lower drawers.
Buffet
Chests make a great sideboard in a dining room or breakfast room. Stuff with napkins, placemats, serving pieces. Display some china on top. Hang a mirror, art, or decorative plates on the wall above it.
Mud Room Cabinet
A great place to store those last minute items needed as you walk out the door. Assign each family member a drawer for mittens, hats, library books and supplies. Top with a basket for papers and mail. Hang a bulletin board on the wall for calendars and schedules, messages and notes. Add a chair next to it, so you can sit down while you put on boots. Placing coat hooks on the wall nearby will hold your coats or a child's backpack.
Sofa table
A longer chest of drawers can be used behind a sofa or loveseat as a sofa table. Lamps, plants, books, decorative objects are at home here. This is an option when the sofa is placed away from, or perpendicular to, the wall, the drawers of the chest are available for storage.
End table
Set a chest next to a sofa, chair or loveseat, for more storage and bigger display surface than a typical end table. A lamp, flowers, books, collections, and a telephone can go on top. Cocktail napkins, coasters, remote controls, videotapes, party games can go inside the drawers.
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