Organise Your Bedroom with a Chest of Drawers

Chests of drawers (otherwise known as dressers, or tallboys) are a functional furniture essential for every bedroom. From clothing to bedding, a chest of drawers is the perfect place to organise and access your everyday items with ease. Styles and sizes differ greatly when it comes to this bedroom staple. That’s why Amart offers a wide range of options, allowing you to choose a chest of drawers that suits your bedroom storage needs. Whether you’re looking for a sleek, handle-free 5-drawer tallboy , or a coastal-inspired rattan chest of drawers  to match your bedroom furniture, we’ve got you covered! Choose from a variety of styles and materials to suit your décor, such as solid wood, or trendy MDF panel finishes, or light wash timber for a Scandinavian theme.

How to maximise bedroom storage space

Investing in a chest of drawers is essential for bedroom storage, especially if you’re tight on wardrobe space. Although tallboys and chests of drawers are typically used to store clothes, there are many functional features of a dresser that allow you to organise any leftover items or trinkets that need a dedicated home. At Amart, our range of drawers and dressers allow you to choose the style and storage capabilities that best suits your space. You can find tallboy drawers that come with a pair of smaller drawers in the top row, perfect for storing underwear and socks, or you can choose a dresser with larger draw space for fitting clothing and bulky items such as bed linen and winter quilts.

Our bedroom furniture varies so greatly in style and size that you may even find our chests of drawers are interchangeable with other pieces of furniture in your home, making them suitable for living rooms, hallways or even for use as a sideboard or buffet in your dining space.

What should you look for when buying a chest of drawers?

When choosing a chest of drawers or dresser, there are several factors to consider ensuring your chosen piece meets the style and functional needs of your space. By understanding your unique style preferences, sizing requirements, and storage needs, you can choose your chest of drawers with confidence. The following considerations can help determine which Amart dresser would work best for your home.

Find your style.

Consider the existing furniture around your bedroom and home to determine which style and material to choose. What style is your bedhead? What materials make up your bookcases and other storage furniture? Would a wooden chest of drawers suit the space, or should you be looking for something in a detailed synthetic mid-century finish?

Amart’s stylish collection of chests of drawers are put together by a team of leading Australian interior designers to ensure that our customers have access to beautiful furniture at affordable prices.

Choose the right size.

Like most pieces of furniture, there is a variation in both the width and height of a chests of drawers. It pays to measure the available floor space in your bedroom and browse our wide range of tallboys and lowboys to find the dimensions that work best with the available space in your bedroom.
For example, the following designs with quite different dimensions:

• Spacesaver Tall Narrow Chest of Drawers measures 1114mm tall x 600mm wide
• Tully 6 Drawer Tall Chest measures 1060mm tall x 860mm wide
• Lantana Tall Chest measures 1384mm tall x 1016mm wide.

Tallboys generally have a several drawers stacked in a configuration of eight, six, five or four. Sometimes the top row of drawers may feature two smaller drawers’ side-by-side, commonly used for storing socks and underwear. A 6-drawer chest of drawers would be considered a large chest of drawers and therefore called a ‘tallboy’ due to its height.

In comparison, lowboys otherwise known as a dressing tables are built to stand lower with less storage and fewer drawers, however these are typically a great height for home décor or tv displays.

Understand your storage needs.

Tallboys and chest of drawers are popular furniture staples for a variety of purposes including:

• Nurseries - where baby clothes and linens are stored and the top is used either to display accessories such as stuffed toys and photographs, or somewhere to sit a lamp, baby monitor and everyday items such as lotions and nappy creams.
• Children’s bedrooms - providing easy access to clothes for children who dress themselves and a place to put a floor lamp, books, and favourite toys.
• Bedrooms without built-in robes - providing essential storage for clothes.
• Bedrooms with built-in robes - providing extra storage for clothes and bigger individual drawer space than typically found in a built-in robe.

What is the difference between a chest of drawers and a dresser?

A dresser or dressing table is lower and wider than a chest of drawers. Dating back centuries, dressers were often referred to as lowboys. Originally designed with a mirror and room for a stool, a multi-drawer lowboy is where ladies sat to apply makeup.
Dresser drawers are typically an even number set in pairs, but occasionally a row of smaller drawers will be set across the top.

Shop for a stylish chest of drawers at Amart.

Discover our wide range of designs in a variety of heights, widths, and depths along with contrasting styles to suit all sorts of bedroom décor , including:

• White chest of drawers for a fresh, contemporary look especially popular in a nursery
• Black chest of drawers for bold, modern appeal - also loved by teens.
• Wooden tallboys and chests of drawers boasting classic style.
• Scandi, Hamptons, retro, minimalist, contemporary, coastal, rustic, and French provincial designs to complement a wide range of bed styles.

Find your favourite dresser and chest of drawer style when you shop wardrobes and more bedroom storage furniture online. Or head into your local Amart Furniture store to see them up close and chat to our friendly, expert team about product details, warranty, and delivery information. Simply enter your postcode into the store locator to find a showroom near you . We have 67 stores throughout Australia.

Why not browse the rest of our high-quality furniture and homewares while you’re there? From home office furniture to sofas, there will be plenty to pop on your wishlistwish list.