Furniture has a tendency to get pigeonholed into one particular function. Most pieces of furniture like chairs, beds, desks, and armoires naturally fall victim to this because they are built with one specific purpose in mind. One of the few versatile pieces that allows for some creativity is the pine chest.
A pine chest, at its core, is just your every day wooden box. Its main function is to meet your various storage needs and keep your room and closets tidier. However, if you put your mind to it there is much more you can do with a pine blanket chest than just put your junk in it. You can use it in many interesting ways if you just start to think outside of the box.
Here are just a few innovative ways a pine wood chest might be used:
A Coffee Table with Added Storage Space
One of the great features of the pine chest is its size. Generally, these chests are built to stand about knee height and sit about 3 feet long. Their rectangular size makes them perfect for use as a living room coffee table. You can save your money on furniture by mixing your storage needs with your footrest, coffee table book, and television dinner hosting needs.
Just plop your makeshift pine coffee table in between your sofa and your television and you have a perfect place to store all of your DVD’s, magazines, oversized books, various remote controls, and whatever else you might find hanging around a living room.
Make a Seat by the Window or Kid’s Room Bench
The flat top surface and sturdy pine frame of your chest is great for lounge furniture. You can outfit the cover of your chest with pillows and fabric to make it a comfortable seat and station it in an area that can’t accommodate anymore chairs or couches. A cushioned pine bedroom chest is the perfect place for people to sit during bustling dinner parties and movie nights. You can even put one in your child’s room for them to use as a window-side bench.
Turn it into a House for Your Pet
Even though you might have to drill a few holes in the top of your chest to make this idea a reality you can still realistically make a fantastic little house for your pet dog, cat, rabbit, or ferret. The solid pine chest is large enough to fit any midsized dog or cat and can be equipped with a water feeder and lined with plushy pillows and blankets to give your animals a perfect place to take a snooze and get out of your hair. To make it even more accommodating you can outfit the chest with a little door on the side so that it truly becomes a miniature house.
Feel free to browse the other articles at Pine Bedside to discover more interesting uses for quality pine furniture.