| Behold the chest of drawers with a colorful history | | | | the woods in some shed or abandoned spot. Yet |
| behind it. Among an array of decorative pieces for | | | | there are individuals who are avid collectors of unique |
| your home, a storage chest - whether formal, | | | | items for the home who really search and participate |
| vintage-inspired, painted or stained - can serve as an | | | | in auctions to find the ultimate prize, like a Hadley chest |
| accent piece that creates an interior travelogue of | | | | of drawer originating from the 1700s. Robust and |
| lands far away. | | | | beautiful, a Hadley drawer in pine or oak had been a |
| Long used as a storage place for valuables, a chest | | | | furniture item that a young woman brought to her new |
| of drawers dating to the 1700s or 1800s mirrors the | | | | abode when she settled into married life. In the |
| skill of village furniture makers centuries ago. You'd be | | | | contemporary age, a Hadley drawer with an antique |
| awed at the earliest piece of American colonial | | | | finish offers a warm and cozy feel suited for a rustic |
| furniture falling under the William and Mary (named | | | | vacation home or country-inspired family house. |
| after Mary Allyn, the secretary of the colony's | | | | Opt for a retro-inspired chest that echoes the era of |
| daughter), or the more decorated styles during the | | | | the earliest furniture craftsmen. Take your pick from a |
| Queen Anne era, or the Chippendale versions from | | | | charming selection of simple to artful to unusual |
| 1750 to 1780. | | | | decorative and functional storage chests and accent |
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| the luck to find such furniture items while trailing through | | | | |