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When you need to store a lot but the floor space is limited, a tall chest is the sensible answer. Four or five drawers stack storage upwards rather than outwards, giving you serious folded-clothing capacity from a narrow footprint - which is why the tall chest is a bedroom mainstay for anyone who wants a wardrobe's worth of drawers without a wardrobe's width.
Our tall chests come in oak, painted, grey, black and gloss finishes to coordinate with your bed, bedsides and wider bedroom furniture. Below is clear guidance on capacity, sizes and safe placement - with fast UK delivery and 30-day returns on every order.
Four and five drawer chests are built for volume in a slim footprint, so they suit storage-hungry rooms.
A 5 drawer chest is the tallest of the pair and the pick when one person's entire folded wardrobe needs to live in a single unit. Ours include the slim Pepe chest of 5 drawers (70cm wide and just over a metre tall, in black or oak with white gloss), the Paris 5 drawer chest in matt grey, the Oslo in white and oak, and narrow designs like the Bohol and Naia that squeeze five full drawers into an even slimmer gap. Five stacked drawers put the top surface at a comfortable dresser height, so it doubles as a spot for a lamp, mirror or trinket tray.
As a guide from our current range: 4 drawer chests typically run around 80-96cm wide and 68-87cm tall, while 5 drawer chests are slimmer and taller - around 70cm wide and a little over 100cm tall, with narrow five-drawer designs slimmer still. Depths sit around 40-48cm, so they tuck against a wall without crowding the room. Exact dimensions are listed on every product page - measure your gap width, and remember to allow clearance in front for the deep lower drawers to pull out fully.
The extra drawers add up fast. A four-drawer chest comfortably holds one person's folded clothing - t-shirts, jumpers, jeans, loungewear and underwear - while a five-drawer chest adds another full layer for accessories, spare bedding or seasonal items you rotate. Many tall chests graduate the drawer depths, with shallower drawers at the top for socks, underwear and small items and deeper drawers below for chunky knits, jeans and folded trousers. It's a big step up in capacity from a compact two or three drawer chest.
A tall chest trades width for height, so measure the ceiling clearance and the wall space, and picture the top drawer at eye level or above - reachable, but higher than a low chest. Because these units are tall and can become top-heavy when upper drawers are loaded, it's important to secure them to the wall with an appropriate anti-tip fixing, especially in homes with children. Leave clearance in front so every drawer, including the deep lower ones, pulls out fully.
With four or five stacked drawer fronts, a tall chest is a real feature, so choose a finish that ties into the room. Oak and oak-effect is warm and durable; painted whites, greys and cashmere tones suit traditional, country and coastal schemes; black, matt grey and gloss read sleek and contemporary; and two-tone oak-and-white designs bridge both looks. Matching the tall chest to your bedside tables or wardrobe in the same range keeps a storage-heavy room feeling coordinated rather than cluttered - and if you've gone for one of our 6 door wardrobes, a tall chest in the same finish completes the wall.
A four-drawer chest comfortably stores one person's folded clothing, while a five-drawer chest adds a further layer for accessories, spare bedding or seasonal items. Graduated drawer depths let you keep small things up top and bulky knits and jeans below.
Choose four drawers for one person's everyday wardrobe, and five when you want extra capacity for accessories or seasonal rotation and have the ceiling height to spare. Five-drawer chests are taller, so check your reach and clearance.
In our range a 5 drawer chest stands a little over a metre tall - around 102cm - and roughly 70cm wide, with narrow designs slimmer still. That puts the top surface at a handy dresser height. Exact dimensions are on each product page.
Our 4 and 5 drawer chests come in white, black, matt grey, cashmere, oak and oak-effect, white high gloss and two-tone oak-and-white combinations, so you can match them to your bed, bedsides and wardrobe.
Tall chests can become top-heavy when the upper drawers are loaded, so they should always be secured to the wall with an appropriate anti-tip fixing. This is especially important in children's rooms and family homes.
Yes. Tall chests stack storage upwards from a narrow footprint, so they fit slim gaps and smaller rooms where a wide, landscape chest simply would not. Measure the width, depth and ceiling height before you buy.
Most of our tall chests are flat-packed for safe transit and home assembly, with fixings included. The format is listed on each product page.
Every chest is carefully packed for fast UK delivery and covered by our 30-day returns policy, so you can order with confidence.
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