Chest of Drawers normally comes in three to six drawers made with single chest or double chest known as the tallboys. Some chest of drawers comes with closet where you can hang up your clothes. This kind of chest of drawers is made explicitly for the bedroom.
Whatever type of oak or pine chest of drawers you have at home; whether you have craft drawers, sock drawers or utensil drawers, they all need to be useful and kept efficient, after all this is exactly the reason why we have it in our home; to keep our things well-ordered, right?
So, here are some tricks that you may want to try when categorizing your precious things in the most practical ways possible.
Ask yourself first, “is the chest of drawers used by all members of the family? Is it in the kitchen, bedroom, dining or living room?”
Let’s go to your bedroom first. To keep your chest of drawers clean and well-organized at all times, make sure that you arrange different items in different drawers. The bottom drawer can be used for your jewelry boxes or other accessories and things that you do not wear so often (accessories that you often used can be placed on top of the drawers matching with an oval-shaped mirror for a touch of sophistication). The second drawer can be utilized for casual wear where you can easily snatch whatever you feel like wearing such as denim, shorts, t-shirts and blouses. The third drawer from the base would be ideal to place your socks and stockings together with your underwear.
In your living room, do not leave the top portion of your chest of drawers unoccupied. You can put some of your favorite books, a lamp shade to match it as well as a photo frame to make it more stylish. The top drawer is normally where you organize your bills and letters. The other drawers can be utilized for your children’s toys to make the living room clutter-free and spotless making you free from anxiety. This actually works well with those with OCD.
Now, let’s go to your favorite place; the kitchen. Supposed you have the chest of drawers with three oak drawers. The top drawer is where you can definitely put cutlery; things for everyday use such as spoons and forks and knives. The second drawer is where you can leave your paper towels, cling wraps, Ziploc and other kinds of wraps. Now don’t make the bottom useless, let’s maximize what we got here. Why not place other kitchen stuff inside this bottom drawer such as new placemats that you haven’t use, new pot holder and other new stuffs you are not yet ready to use? There are many oak chests you can use in the kitchen, check out our listed oak chest of drawers on this page.