A chest of drawers is the piece of bedroom furniture people replace last and regret waiting on. Wardrobes handle hanging clothes. Everything else, from folded jumpers to socks and paperwork, needs drawers, and a room without enough of them ends up with clothes on chairs and boxes under the bed.
When shoppers ask where they can buy one while spreading the cost, the honest answer involves clearing up some terminology first. The words used in furniture advertising cover several different products, and knowing which is which makes the decision much easier.
Financing, credit agreements and loans are regulated products offered by lenders. They involve an application, an assessment and terms that continue after the purchase. We do not offer any of those.
What we offer is a payment option at checkout. PayPal Pay in 3 is available as a payment option provided by PayPal, splitting the total into three payments. It is a way of dividing a payment rather than a way of borrowing, and there is nothing to arrange with us in advance.
Most furniture orders in Britain are paid with a debit card in a single transaction, and for a chest of drawers that remains the simplest route.
Any arrangement that divides a cost should be judged on the total. If nothing is added, three payments equal the price on the product page and the decision is straightforward. If a percentage is added, the total rises and the low monthly figure is doing the persuading rather than the value.
Include delivery in that total as well. Free UK delivery applies across our range, so the figure you see is the figure you plan around.
Start with what you own rather than with the furniture. Count the folded items that currently have no home. Two people sharing a bedroom generally need at least six drawers between them, and eight is more comfortable once bedding and out of season clothes are included.
Drawer depth matters as much as the number. Deep drawers suit jumpers, towels and jeans. Shallow drawers suit socks, underwear and accessories, and a chest that combines both is more useful than one with six identical boxes.
Have a look through the modern chest of drawers UK sale range and compare internal depths rather than only the external height, because two chests of the same size can hold noticeably different amounts.
A wide chest gives you a surface as well as storage, which is useful if the room has no dressing table. It suits a long wall or the space beneath a window, provided the window is high enough.
A tall chest holds a similar volume in a smaller footprint. It suits narrow rooms and alcoves, though it needs securing to the wall if children are around and it puts the top drawer above comfortable eye level for shorter users.
A narrow chest works beside a bed as an alternative to a cabinet, giving three or four drawers where a bedside table gives one. In a small room that trade is usually worth making.
Wooden and wood effect chests are the most forgiving. Grain disguises the small marks that furniture collects, and warm timber softens a room with a lot of white bedding. The wooden chest of drawers UK sale range covers everything from pale oak tones through to darker walnut effects.
High gloss reflects light and makes a small bedroom feel larger. It wipes clean instantly, which suits a room where cosmetics and hand cream live on the top surface.
Mirrored chests bounce light dramatically and suit glamorous schemes, though they need regular polishing and are best avoided in a childrens room where fingerprints arrive faster than you can remove them.
Look at how the drawers run. Metal runners are smoother and quieter than plain timber grooves and cope better with weight. Soft close mechanisms are a comfort rather than a necessity, but they prevent the slam that gradually loosens joints.
Check the back panel. A solid or thicker back keeps a chest square over time, whereas very thin backing allows a frame to rack once loaded. Look at the handles too, since a chest is opened thousands of times and cheap fixings are the first thing to work loose.
Weight is a reasonable proxy for substance. A chest that feels light in the box will usually feel light in use.
Allow at least sixty centimetres in front of the chest so drawers can open fully and you can stand comfortably. That clearance is the most common thing overlooked in a small room, and a chest that only half opens because the bed is too close is a daily irritation.
Avoid placing timber furniture directly against a radiator, since sustained heat dries and can warp panels over time. Under a window is fine, provided the drawers clear the sill.
Balance the room visually. If the chest sits on one wall, a pair of matching bedside cabinets on either side of the bed steadies the arrangement, and the modern bedside cabinets UK sale range includes finishes that pair with most chests.
A new chest solves the storage problem for about a fortnight unless the contents are given some structure. Rolling rather than folding jumpers and t shirts fits more into the same space and lets you see everything at a glance instead of lifting piles.
Fabric dividers turn one deep drawer into three usable sections, which is what stops socks and underwear merging into a single mass. Keep one drawer deliberately half empty as an overflow, because every household has a week where laundry outpaces putting away.
Assign drawers by frequency rather than by category. Daily items in the middle drawers at the easiest height, occasional items at the bottom, and seasonal items at the top where you rarely need to reach.
A chest of drawers is one of the few pieces that works almost anywhere. In a hallway a low three drawer chest holds gloves, chargers and post while giving a surface for keys. In a living room it takes the place of a sideboard in a smaller space and hides the clutter that shelving displays.
In a home office a chest holds stationery and paperwork without the institutional look of a filing cabinet. In a nursery it doubles as a changing surface, provided the height suits you and the top is wide enough.
That flexibility is worth remembering when you buy. A chest that leaves a bedroom during a future reshuffle rarely goes to waste.
Very few people furnish a bedroom in one go, and there is no need to. A workable order is bed, then storage, then bedside cabinets, then finishing pieces such as a mirror or a bedroom chair.
Note the exact finish name from the product page when you buy the first piece. Finish names are the reliable way to match later, since photographs vary with screen calibration and room lighting. If you would prefer everything to match from the outset, the bedroom furniture sets UK sale collection groups coordinated pieces together.
Chests of drawers usually arrive flat packed, which solves access problems in terraced houses and flats with tight stairs. Allow an hour or two for a six drawer unit and build it in the room where it will stand, since a fully assembled chest is heavy and awkward through a doorway.
Fit any supplied wall anchor if the chest is tall. It takes five minutes and it is the sensible precaution in any house with young children.
At Furniture in Fashion you can shop modern furniture for the whole bedroom with free UK delivery, and a wide selection of storage is on sale through the year. PayPal Pay in 3 is available at checkout if splitting the total suits you better than a single payment.
We do not offer financing of any kind. The option at checkout is PayPal Pay in 3, provided by PayPal, which divides the total into three payments.
Six as a minimum and eight for comfort once bedding and seasonal clothing are included.
At least sixty centimetres so the drawers open fully and you can stand in front of them.
Yes. They run more smoothly, stay quieter and cope better with heavier contents than plain timber grooves.
It should, particularly in a home with children. Most tall units include an anchor and fitting it takes only a few minutes.
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