Author: Arlene J. Clark

A dresser gets a different name depending on its style and era — Queen Anne, Edwardian, French Provincial, Shaker, Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco, and Vintage are the 7 main types. Buy without knowing the difference and you might end up with a dresser that clashes with the rest of your bedroom style. This guide breaks…

A dresser is wide and low with multiple open-front drawers, built for easy, eye-level access to everyday clothing, while a cabinet is taller with doors and shelves that conceal items and take up less floor space. Put bulky bedding in a shallow dresser drawer and it jams and wont close, while cramming daily-wear clothes into…

A dresser has drawers for folded clothes, a wardrobe is a movable closet built for hanging clothes with no drawers, and a closet is fixed wall storage with a door. Pick the wrong one for a small room and you either waste floor space or run out of hanging room fast. This guide breaks down…

Sealing inside of dresser drawers is an essential task for old furniture. It is especially used for baby clothes dresser drawers to protect the clothes from harmful outside things. Sealing is also designed to remove odor and keep the inside environment fresh. For a related storage or furniture fix, How to Fix a Dresser Drawer…

A dresser is wide and low with multiple drawers and often a mirror, a chest of drawers is tall and narrow with one column of drawers, and a bureau means either term depending on region — a dresser in the US, a writing desk in the UK. Picking the wrong one means a bedroom eats…

Cover the gap between a dresser and wall with caulk for a quick fix: clean the seam, cut the tube tip, load the caulking gun, and run a smooth bead along the gap before it dries. Leave the gap open and it becomes a magnet for dust, dropped items, and pests, worse than the small…