The new master bedroom closet doesn’t have as much space as our old one, so I’m planning to buy a dresser. At the top end of the price range, I like this one from Wayfair, mostly because it’s very, very big (58 x 20 x 66 –> 76600 in^3).

However, it’s also $2400, which seems like a completely insane amount of money to spend on a dresser.

This one, from Ashley furniture, looks similar but is $1200 and 49,000 in^3, probably plenty big. However, I just don’t like the look of it as much. It looks much more rustic. Perhaps switching out the door handles would help?

I also like this dresser, also from Wayfair:

It’s much smaller: 40 x 61 x 16 –> 40,000 in^3. That’s only slightly bigger than half the other one. However, at $680, it’s much more affordable. We could try it and see if we had enough space and buy a second if need be.

I have had mixed luck with Ikea. I absolutely love some of their bookcases, the narrow one especially, but some of their stuff just looks cheap and shoddy. It’s hard to know what you’ll get. I guess I’d have to trek down there to pick it up anyway.

I like the idea of wall papering the front of the drawers like this.

I wouldn’t paint it white, but maybe with wall paper like this? Or maybe something subtle in beige. My experience as a knitter, quilter and sewer has been that it never, ever makes sense to craft something in order to save money – only for the fun of it. And while this seems like a fun project, I am up to my eyeballs right now with house stuff and not really in the mood. I haven’t been exercising or crafting or really doing anything other than facilitating our move and house upgrades lately, so the last thing I need is a “fun” project.

Thoughts? I think maybe I need to let the desire for lots of volume go and just get rid of more stuff. How many clothes do we really need?