5 drawer chest dresser: tall and narrow
Most 5 drawer pieces are chests: the drawers stack up instead of across, so you get a full set of storage on a short stretch of wall. The slimmest here is a gray chest 28 inches wide, and the fluted natural dresser is 30 inches wide with cabinet storage alongside its drawers. Both fit beside a closet door, in a corner or in a second bedroom where a wide dresser will not go.
5 drawer tall dresser sizing
The chests stand 43 to 51 inches high, which puts the top at a handy height for keys, a lamp or a tray without bending. Depths stay between 15.5 and 17.5 inches, so the case does not crowd a walkway. If you would rather have a surface for a mirror or a TV, the low walnut dresser is 47 inches wide and 32.5 inches high, with fewer, deeper drawers that suit jeans and sweaters.
5 drawer wood dresser finishes
Every finish here is a wood tone or a soft neutral. Walnut covers three mid-century pieces, oak gives a lighter, warm chest, gray suits a transitional room or a kid's room, and the fluted front comes in a natural finish with vertical grooves that add texture. On the walnut dressers and the fluted dresser, tapered legs keep the floor visible underneath, which makes a tall case look lighter.
5 drawer dresser solid wood and construction
The gray chest and the two walnut dressers are solid wood, with a wood veneer surface on the walnut pair. The walnut chest pairs solid wood with engineered wood panels, and the oak chest and the fluted dresser are engineered wood. Weights run from 40 to 115 lb, so most of these can be carried in and placed by one or two people.
How to organize a 5 drawer dresser
Keep everyday items in the top two drawers, where they are easy to reach, and save the lower drawers for jeans, sweaters and spare bedding. Fold clothes upright in rows so you can see everything at once. Tall, narrow cases can tip when the top drawers are open, so anchor them to the wall; the two walnut solid wood dressers include an anti-tip kit.
Specifications
- Drawers
- 5
- Widths
- 28 to 47 in
- Heights
- 32.5 to 51 in
- Depths
- 15.5 to 17.5 in
- Shapes
- tall chest, low dresser
- Finishes
- walnut, oak, gray, natural
- Materials
- solid wood, solid wood with wood veneer surface, solid wood with engineered wood panels, engineered wood
- Features
- tapered legs on select models, fluted fronts on select models, cabinet storage on select models, anti-tip kit on select models
- Weight
- 40 to 115 lb
- Mirror included
- No
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