| One type of furniture chest I hadn\'t heard of is the | | | | could open one thing and at once see all your |
| "door" chest. At one point, I mistakenly thought a door | | | | belongings on several shelves. With a chest of |
| chest had something to do with doors to the rooms in | | | | drawers, however, you would have to open two, three, |
| my house. From the limited initial evidence, I believed a | | | | or four drawers to search through the same amount |
| door chest is similar to a lingerie chest in appearance | | | | of belongings. Thus, there is an advantage (albeit small) |
| and height, but only wider. Because the door chest I | | | | of time savings. |
| was looking at was tall and wide like I door, I thought a | | | | Is there a downside to having a chest with doors? The |
| "door" chest is one that you place near a door, or | | | | only thing I can think of is that with most furniture |
| hides a secret door, or who knows what. Silly me. | | | | chests of drawers, you can remove the drawers |
| Now that I\'ve gathered more evidence, the answer | | | | entirely from the chest. So if you need to transport the |
| was more obvious than I thought. Here are some pros | | | | chest, whether to another room or to another city (due |
| and cons of furniture chests called “door” | | | | to a move, etc.), you can make the chest much lighter |
| chests versus furniture chests of drawers. | | | | by removing all of the drawers. The drawers then |
| Turns out a door chest can be any shape or size as | | | | serve as boxes for the contents of the chest. You |
| long as it has at least one of its compartments | | | | can easily leave the contents in the drawers, transfer |
| accessed through a door (as opposed to a drawer). | | | | them, and then insert the drawers at your destination. |
| That leads us to the next question: Why do people like | | | | (I\'ve done this with more than one of my moves.) |
| doors in their furniture chests? Why would they | | | | However, with a chest with one or more doors you |
| choose one chest over the other when they are | | | | can\'t easily remove the doors. Of course, you may |
| basically identical, except one of them has a door (or | | | | not be a person that moves a lot for it to matter, or |
| doors) and the other does not? My guess would be | | | | even if you do move, it may not be a big deal to make |
| that it\'s simply a matter of personal preference in the | | | | the chest lighter. Keep these factors in mind when |
| appearance of the chest. Doors give a different | | | | considering the kind of antique furniture chests of |
| overall look. But could there be a practical reason as | | | | drawers you may have an interest in. |
| well? Having a door in the furniture chest means you | | | | |