Suggestions needed on master bedroom dresser.

6 months ago

Looking for recommendations on a dresser to go with the Vanguard Lillet bedroom set. I love the bed and the nightstands but I do not want the matching dresser. Can anyone please suggest a dresser to help break up the matchy matchy look yet keep a cohesive style? This is the bed and nightstands. Thanks for any help!

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mytwo cents

6 months ago

last modified: 6 months ago

Great! I recommend you browse Chairish to see if you can find anything you like. You can use their search filters to set an upper limit for price, and also click the filter for USA because I doubt you want to pay for shipping a solid wood dresser from Europe.

I furnished my entire house out of Chairsh online when I left Europe during the pandemic carrying nothing but my clothes and papers. So kindred spirit here about suddenly losing everything in these years of emergency and needing to go shopping! The Chairish process ships with reliable furniture movers and of course if you buy from a store nearby you can go pick it up yourself for free. I found dealing with the vintage vendors was a real pleasure. They are very upfront with pictures about any flaws on the items. They want to avoid returns as much as you do, they are happy to answer questions. I bought an old house with a rather cavernous master bedroom with fireplace but no closets and I bought 2 dressers via Chairish and they arrived flawless

$1500

$800

And since I never use the fireplace in the bedroom, I was overjoyed to find this firescreen from a Louisiana seller for $350, and it arrived in perfect condition via UPS parcel.

And it's not all ye olde curiosity shoppe out of date vintage. Like I said, I have a bed like yours (with wine colored fake velvet bedding from Amazon!) so I bought these 2 '''vintage'''chairs via Chairish -- $500 for the pair -- to have a place to sit to put on socks etc, There is a bit of pitting and scratches on the bottom rails, but it sinks into the high pile of my deep espresso carpet, so I'm fine with it

Anyway, here's the link to the Chairish website so you can look for a style that fits with your furniture and if you have any questions about using the menus and filters, happy to help. I'm a big supporter of re-using vintage furniture for the sake of the planet, and of course this is also well made beautiful stuff that is so fun to have

https://www.chairish.com/product/9545263/1970s-vintage-french-provincial-highboy-of-six-drawers

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Kendrah
6 months ago
I agree that this particular dresser has a lot of look to it and would be too overwhelming to have all of the pieces in the collection together. Have you looked at other Vanguard dressers from different collections to mix and match? I think the medley or millburn would look good, with simple handles and a complementary finish but not the same finish as you have on your nightstands and bed. https://vanguardfurniture.com/styles?PageSize=2000000000&Room=BR&ProdType=016
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BeverlyFLADeziner
6 months ago
Don't you have enough room in your closets to hold the clothes? Are their drawers inside the closets? Triple dressers are not selected as much as in the past because clothes are consigned to closet areas.
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mtm1
Original Author
6 months ago
Beverly, it would mostly hold my husbands tshirts, socks, etc. The closet isn’t overly large but let’s say we found a way to incorporate those items into a closet. That will leave a very long and empty wall where the dresser might go. Any suggestions as to what we can put there so that it isn’t just a long stretch of empty wall?
Louise Smith
6 months ago
last modified: 6 months ago
The Lillet nightstand is wider than many dressers. It's 44" wide!

For comparison, the 2 end tables by my bed are each 36" wide and those seem pretty big. They have four drawers each and are the only drawers in the bedroom. I have shelves in my closet. The shelves, combined with adequate hanging space, obviates the need for a large dresser.

I cannot imagine having a dresser in addition to two Lillet end table. That is a lot of dark wood and a lot of horizontal structure. Hopefully you will have significant vertical objects to break up the horizontal plane.
mtm1
Original Author
6 months ago
Louise, please make some suggestions for significant vertical objects. Design challenged person here and I truly have no idea on what to place on that very long wall.
dianabythelocks
6 months ago
Could you post a few pix of your bedroom? That would help with suggestions. Thanks.
mytwo cents
6 months ago
Hi -- I prefer dressers to closets and so does my husband. I have beautiful vintage ones in a bedroom with a master bed very much like yours. Would you be willing to go vintage? This is black. You could change the hardware

https://www.chairish.com/product/11160854/1990s-moderne-by-crescent-dresser
mtm1
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6 months ago
I LOVE vintage and am looking for reliable sources to fill several more needs. We had a total loss of our home due to a wildfire and have had to completely refurnish our new home. Most everything we bought arrived either damaged or with awful finish work. We didn’t buy inexpensive furniture, either. Our $200 Big Lot chairs we purchased just to have something to sit on are in better condition than the $3000 chairs. Sad.
RedRyder
6 months ago
Anything vintage will get my vote as well. Two thoughts: check out the dealers on Etsy. I got my antique dresser from a wonderful seller who also has a wonderful trucker. Second, if you can paint, FB marketplace may have a dresser with good size-shape-drawers and is the wrong color. But painting it black will work with your beautiful new bed.

And I second the idea about scouring Chairish. They are a wonderful website with great stuff.

Photo of my dresser from Etsy. Seller is ReFind Design.
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We think you could possibly look at a console, like in the second image, to go in your bedroom. It looks kind of vintage and might work well as a dresser/console. Note the night stand in the first image as well.
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dianabythelocks
3 months ago
Do you have a tv in your bedroom? The console, like above or such, would be a good addition.

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