Cabinet with Drawer and Cupboard

There was always 1 chest in the house that came in with the first baby and never left. It held the small clothes first, then the school clothes, then whatever the family needed it to hold for the next 30 years and it did all of that without a single joint going loose, because it was made from solid wood at a time when a baby's chest was expected to outlast the baby's childhood and then some. We make this one the same way, solid wood right through, heavy, square and built to be the chest that stays.

• 3 drawers on the left, 1 cupboard on the right with a shelf you can move up or down.
• Solid wood throughout, cherry stain, no particle board anywhere.
• Width 34.5 inches, depth 16.5 inches, height 30 inches.
• Pink and purple knobs fitted for the nursery, easy to swap later.
• Made in our workshop.

The Knobs Are The Only Part Meant To Change

They come fitted in pink and purple because a nursery wants colour and for the first years that is exactly right. When the child is 8 and wants nothing pink in the room, the knobs come off with 1 screw each and plain brass or black ones go on and the chest is a different piece without anything else changing.

After The Nursery

The same chest goes on to be the child's own dresser through school and after that it does a second job somewhere else in the house, a hall cabinet for the shoes and the letters, or a chest in the spare room for the towels and the winter quilts. The cupboard shelf moves to fit whatever goes in and the drawers are deep enough that a 12 year old can lose things in them for a week.