Considering the intensive use of chests of drawers, much attention is paid to the high quality of the frame of chests of drawers and drawers, as well as the use of high quality fittings. To make drawers easy to pull out, furniture companies use high-quality guides; for luxury chests of drawers, guides that are complex in design ensure automatic closing of the drawers.
Chests of drawers as pieces of furniture have accompanied people since time immemorial and, as historians suggest, they appeared in everyday life as a result of the improvement and modification of even more ancient objects – various boxes and chests.
For a long time, chests of drawers and various types of cabinets and bedside tables have been successfully used in the interiors of both wealthy people and the wider population in many countries around the world. Modern chests of drawers are made in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, designs and from a wide variety of materials. Chests of drawers and cabinets fit harmoniously into the interior of any room or space. They perfectly complement the interior of the living room, bedroom, nursery, dining room, hallway. In the living room, chests of drawers and cabinets are a good addition to cabinets and furniture walls for storing various small household items and accessories. In the bedroom, chests of drawers are successfully used for storing bedding and other linen, as well as for storing a variety of small items. The working surface of the chest of drawers can be used to install a dressing table or other
Chests of drawers play an indispensable role in arranging children’s rooms due to their versatility and ease of use. At first, chests of drawers are used to store baby’s linen, and the work surface is used as a convenient changing table. Over time, chests of drawers can be no less successfully used for storing not only children’s linen, but also for children’s toys and other small household items.
In hallways, chests of drawers are used for storing a wide variety of things and accessories – gloves, umbrellas and many others. Another advantage of chests of drawers, especially in small spaces, is that they can be placed in various niches or corner spaces. In this case, any niche will be optimally used and chests of drawers will not be a hindrance to the living space and will not be discordant with the overall interior of any room. A chest of drawers in a dining room would be a good addition to a china cabinet for storing table linens, cutlery and other tableware.
A wide variety of modern furniture materials are used to make chests of drawers for mass consumption. First of all, in order to reduce the cost of furniture, including cabinets and chests of drawers, natural wood from common less expensive wood species is widely used for their manufacture. Wood provides high mechanical strength and reliability of furniture, and its finishing with natural veneer of valuable and rare wood species is almost identical in its aesthetic appeal to luxury furniture.
For budget chests of drawers, modern furniture materials such as laminated chipboard, MDF and various plastics are widely used. The use of such materials provides cabinets and chests of drawers with the necessary strength and reliability, and lamination with artificial veneer almost completely imitates natural veneer of a wide variety of species, including noble and rare species.
