A tall pine chest of drawers can be a stunning and practical addition to any living room, bedroom, dining room or for example, a hallway where floor space is scarce. The advantage of a narrow pine chest of drawers is that it could have almost the same volume as a wide chest of drawers, but taking up merely a little bit of the overall floor space. A narrow pine chest of drawers (if also tall) will also add length to a low-ceiling room such as a bungalow, and in light colours can make a room appear more airy and spacious. Unpainted pine is naturally a neutral colour; therefore it will go well with warm or cool tone decors. This makes a narrow pine chest of drawers ideal for most people’s decor, with the additional benefit of being very low cost. The shape makes a narrow pine chest of drawers ideal for filling in areas of the house where there is limited wall space, for instance, a small strip of wall space next to a doorway that other size chest of drawers cannot fill up.
Pine is also a very durable and cost effective material. Different types of pine give a different amount of durability. For example, yellow pine is very resistant to rot and wear. Scandinavian pine is known to be durable because the pine grows in extreme cold conditions, thus making the trees grow slowly, making the grain more compact and making the resulting wood denser or painted pine chest of drawers.
A narrow pine chest of drawers will also be beneficial for those who want to keep items in more numerous separate compartments. Instead of having three or four wide drawers, having seven or eight compartments suits some people’s organisational style much better.
As they take up less wall and floor space, there are also more options to rearrange your bedroom with a tall, narrow pine chest of drawers if you decide on moving around your furniture! For more pine chest of drawers see our main chests category.