I think a cottage white might look good perhaps the impressive ivory or a companion to that maybe with an anitique effect.

Hi, My sister happened to have a furniture repair person at her house yesterday and also sometime last week b/c when they moved over the summer, some of the furniture was damaged by the moving company. I asked my sister to show him the pictures and ask him what he thought as well. He actually worked in NC for many years for the NC furniture stores doing exactly what I am having an issue with...repairing furniture before it is shipped to the customer. He eventually left b/c he did not like the deceitfulness that goes on in NC to the end-consumer and says it is actually a fairly common practice unknowingly to the consumer. In my case, it just happen to have split again too early for their liking. In conclusion, as most have said here already... He said it is not a crack from a wood knot. They rarely use pine in manufacturing furniture these days and I agree since American Drew states they "xxx" woods and pine is not listed. What he did say is that it is called a climatic crack and that the wood that American Drew used to make the piece was not dried out (enough). He did say that the red stain is definitely a primer and the piece was already repaired once before. He told my sister that the wood may not dry out for another 2-3 years and that the problem can and most likely will occur again if I settle for the repair. He said do not settle for a repair, you need full replacement. Regardless if it is due to wet wood or shipping damage from AD to Boyles, it has been repaired already. I probably can get a thousand testimonies to that from people in the field like you. I did NOT pay for a repaired piece of furniture!! I would not be so defiant if it was there upon delivery and we did not notice it, but it was not there upon delivery or when it went through Boyles QA Dept. To Duane and Mogator88 - knowing yet another confirmation that this piece has already been repaired once, I am now 100% confident that if I was to send the chest back without a full replacement being dropped off at my house at the time of pickup, I would get the same exact piece back AGAIN. They have already done it once. Now would you call AD and tell them what is going on since it was obviously repaired before. If Boyles repaired it b/c they did not feel like putting in a claim and AD knows nothing about this it is AD's reputation on the line. Or perhaps, it was a Boyle's customer that declined delivery/acceptance b/c it was damaged when it got to their house. Yes hundreds of scenarios, but one common conclusion. Again, how can Duane and the furniture repair man at my sister's house look at the picture and say it has been repaired once before, yet Boyles cannot make that determination without the actual piece in their possession. Fishy to me and you know I will be getting the same piece back, claiming by them it is a full replacement. I guess we just cannot determine if it is wet wood or just shipping damage, but I am not taking the chance. I will not dispute the charge. I agree it will probably agitate them so they will not accomodate me, but I will keep on fighting for a full replacement and will not settle for anything less after all of these confirmations of prior damage that I am receiving. Once this may-hem is done, my review of Boyles in this forum and to others by word-of-mouth will not be very favorable. Thanks again for your support and solid expertise.

I realize it could just be me, but I enjoy the look of non-matching furniture in a bedroom, so many of the total suites I've seen remind me of hotel rooms. I'd much rather see things you've accumulated, love, blended, and as long as they speak to each other in some way, or speak to you. Years ago when I needed bedroom furniture all at once I bought a 4-poster bed and nightstands (not identical nightstands/lamp tables, one in one style and the second in another) in whitewashed pine, then two bachelor chests with mirrors and a highboy in natural pine. I'm using those in our new master now and have added a small dark Drexel lamp table with a bit of hand painting on the front. It used to be in my former living room and I loved it, scale was too small for this house living area and now I'm enjoying it in my bedroom with my pine.

Yes sold on CL there are several similar - it was listed for $175, but the woman who wanted it was sweet and her husband was in Iraq, so I let her have it for less ;-). My goal is a close to even exchange. I love CL! Anyway, the current finish on the furniture is almost peachy with white in the edges and distressed areas, so I want to eliminate that with the refinish, the table I did is a bit richer brown than shown but not super dark either.