A chest goes up where a dresser goes wide. That single difference is why plenty of bedrooms need one of each: the dresser under the window for folded clothes and a surface, the chest on the short wall for everything the dresser cannot hold. Seldens carries them from Lexington, Stickley, Hooker Furniture, Modus and the Seldens Collection.

Vertical Storage in a Room With No Spare Wall

A tall chest gives you the drawer count of a large dresser in roughly half the footprint, which is often the only way to add storage to a bedroom that is already full. The trade is reach. Top drawers on a tall case sit above eye level for some people, so keep the things you use daily in the middle. A gentleman's chest solves the problem differently, combining drawers with a hanging or shelved section behind doors.

Where a Chest Lands Outside the Bedroom

These pieces are not confined to one room. A chest works in an entry for gloves, leashes and mail, in a dining room for linens and serving pieces, or inside a closet as the drawer bank the builder never installed. Most of what we stock is wood with metal hardware, so it reads as furniture wherever it goes rather than as storage.

Shop Chests in Tacoma, Bellevue and Olympia

Height is hard to judge on a screen, and a chest that looks tidy online can dominate a small bedroom. Stand beside one at our Tacoma, Bellevue and Olympia showrooms, open the top drawer at your real height and see how it feels. Our designers will tell you honestly whether your room wants a chest, a dresser or both.