Where can I order a dresser with deep drawers

[Judy]

I need a new dresser, bed, and nightstand for my bedroom. There are very few furniture stores in my little town in Northwest Colorado and none of them carries the kind of furniture I'd like. Denver is a long drive over a mountain pass in winter weather, so I want to order something online and have it shipped. I thought I had found what I wanted at atlanticfurniture.com and cymax.com, but I discovered that although their websites said the drawers were 15.5 inches deep, they were actually only 13.5 inches deep. Not even big enough for a woman's tee shirt folded in half. I also tried sears.com but they post very little information and I never received an answer to my inquiries. We have a sears here, but they don't carry furniture.
I'm beginning to think that furniture manufacture has been outsourced to China where people wear smaller clothes

Any suggestions?

 

[b2bailey]

When you said 'deep' I was imagining drawers that were 'deep' from top to bottom -- I like those, as compared to 'shallow' drawers.

 

[csxjohn]

Have you looked at Ikea?

This one is 19 5/8" total depth so the drawer is pretty deep.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90239276/

 

[pjrose]

Ditto, we have this http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60239268/ in white (doesn't seem to be in the catalog, but I did see white in the store the other week).

The drawers are huge.

No idea what they'll hit you with for shipping, though

Wayfair.com is another option; much or all of their furniture ships free.

 

[Judy]

When you said 'deep' I was imagining drawers that were 'deep' from top to bottom -- I like those, as compared to 'shallow' drawers.

I meant front to back.

 

[Judy]

Have you looked at Ikea?

This one is 19 5/8" total depth so the drawer is pretty deep.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90239276/

Thank you. I will look at that one. Sadly, the dresser outside dimensions can be misleading. I have a dresser now that is 18 inches deep (front to back), but the drawers are only 13 1/2 inches deep. There are several inches of wasted space behind the drawers on the inside, while the piece of furniture takes up more space in my room than it needs to. The one I was looking at from Cymax is 17 inches deep, but its drawers are only 13 inches deep. I can't imagine why they build them like that

 

[Judy]

Ditto, we have this http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60239268/ in white (doesn't seem to be in the catalog, but I did see white in the store the other week).
The drawers are huge.
No idea what they'll hit you with for shipping, though
Wayfair.com is another option; much or all of their furniture ships free.

I don't want white, but I'll look at that dresser anyway. Maybe they have it in another color. cymax offers free shipping, but I don't think ikea does. I think wayfair carries similar inventory to cymax and atlanticfurniture, but I'll check out their site again. Thanks for the ideas.

 

[Passepartout]

You piqued my interest with this question, so I took the tape measure to our dressers. They are Drexel- Declaration pattern- (from the 60's/70's) that we found on eBay. Outside front to back they are 20" and the drawers are 17 1/2" inside front-to-back.

These are still not freebies even on eBay, but for solid wood furniture with dovetailed corners this is not a bad way to go.

This is heirloom quality furniture- unlike throwaway IKEA.

Jim

 

[Judy]

You piqued my interest with this question, so I took the tape measure to our dressers. They are Drexel- Declaration pattern- (from the 60's/70's) that we found on eBay. Outside front to back they are 20" and the drawers are 17 1/2" inside front-to-back.

These are still not freebies even on eBay, but for solid wood furniture with dovetailed corners this is not a bad way to go.

This is heirloom quality furniture- unlike throwaway IKEA.

Jim

I'll look for those too. Thanks.

 

[pjrose]

. . . The one I was looking at from Cymax is 17 inches deep, but its drawers are only 13 inches deep. I can't imagine why they build them like that

I think because if the drawers had the same depth front to back as the dresser, once the drawers were pulled out the dresser would be unstable.

 

[pjrose]

You piqued my interest with this question, so I took the tape measure to our dressers. They are Drexel- Declaration pattern- (from the 60's/70's) that we found on eBay. Outside front to back they are 20" and the drawers are 17 1/2" inside front-to-back.

These are still not freebies even on eBay, but for solid wood furniture with dovetailed corners this is not a bad way to go.

This is heirloom quality furniture- unlike throwaway IKEA.

Jim

Admittedly IKEA is far from heirloom......but it's far from throwaway. It's quite well made and sturdy for the price, and long-lasting too. A far cry from WalMart and Souder. We outfitted our kids' rooms with Ikea everything 20 years ago - dressers, desks, shelving units, cabinets, day bed, etc - and it's all like brand-new.

Question about buying the "real stuff" on eBay - isn't shipping a fortune? How does furniture get shipped?

 

[Passepartout]

My descriptive term for IKEA probably should have been 'assemble yourself.' We own some. The 'Betty' bookcases that nearly line my den are very serviceable and attractive. Apologies to IKEA. It IS good furniture for the price. Under the veneer though, is chipboard, and pegs and cam-bolts hold it together. It is not solid wood, put together with anything resembling craftsmanship. That it lasts as long as it does probably reflects more on the care it is given than the quality of the furniture.

As to shipping, I inherited some of my Drexel/Heritage pieces. We filled out our bedroom with another 'hers' dresser and the nightstands, and memory fails me on what it cost to get them here. I remember they came common carrier, but have forgotten what it cost.