| Bedroom furniture that works wonders in function | | | | room corner. Dressers can be completely utilitarian |
| and design is the call of today's lifestyle. Dressers, | | | | with a straightforward, simple look or can also make |
| furniture with multiple parallel, horizontal drawers | | | | a style statement to match the bedroom furniture as |
| stacked one above the other, play a major role in | | | | one cohesive family. |
| organizing your life. Dressers can also stylistically | | | | Dressers generally have knobs (usually round but can |
| compliment your bedroom, as a comfortable bed and | | | | also be in geometric or any personalized style) or |
| the right dresser go hand in hand. | | | | handles to facilitate pulling them out. Besides, they |
| Traditionally, wood dressers were used in the | | | | come with sliders upon which the drawer slides as it |
| bedroom to store clothing (especially innerwear, | | | | is opened or closed. Good dressers have frames that |
| socks, and kerchiefs) and other smaller items that | | | | are corner blocked to ensure rigidity and the drawer |
| were not stored in a closet. Today, however, they | | | | boxes use full extension ball bearing drawer glides. |
| store almost anything that will fit inside, be it jewelry, | | | | This provides for a far smoother operation with no |
| picture frames, photo albums, sundry items, or | | | | chances of the drawers becoming stiff to open and |
| makeup, and may even be placed anywhere in the | | | | close. |
| house. | | | | Most dressers fall into one of two types: those that |
| A typical bedroom dresser is approximately | | | | are about waist-high or bench-high and dressers |
| rectangular in overall shape and generally has short | | | | (usually with more drawers) that are about |
| legs at the bottom corners for placement on the | | | | shoulder-high. Both types typically have a flat surface |
| floor. Dressers often come in 5-, 6-, and 7-drawer | | | | on top giving you the option of placing things of your |
| varieties, with either a single or split top drawers. The | | | | choice on top. Waist-high dressers often have a |
| inside of the drawers can be accessed by pulling | | | | mirror placed vertically on top and can serve as a |
| them out at the front side of the dresser. A dresser | | | | dressing table. Mirrors are often bought with the |
| is often placed so that the backside faces a wall | | | | dresser to keep the look of the furniture consistent |
| since access to the back is not necessary. The lateral | | | | and tasteful. Additionally, dresser tops can be used |
| sides of the dressers are also usually made such that | | | | for lamps, decorative items, or family photos. |
| they can be placed against a wall; for example, in a | | | | |