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Master bedroom without dresser or chest?

6 years ago

Hi all we are moving into a new house. Our master bedroom is a little smaller then the one we have now, but the closet is huge. My husband would really like to decrease the clutter by not using our bedroom furniture, specifically the chest and dresser and just putting all of our clothes both folded and hanging in the closet. is this a thing? I fell a little hung up on not having that furniture in the room.

Comments (16)

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Its not uncommon. Depending on the size and height of the furniture you could always move it into the closet, or use only one piece in the room for items like socks, underwear etc. and put everything else in the closet.

  • 6 years ago

    I’ve done that in my guest room, the room is large enough but walk-in closet large too. instead of a dresser in the room I added a large upholstered bench where the dresser was & I like the spacious uncluttered look of the room better.

  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    We have done the same thing, not due to the size of the room but for a nicer decluttered space. We have closets which have added drawers, you can go to CA Closets (more expensive option) or The Container Store (more affordable option) and either can add drawers and organization to any walk in closet.

    Like jwap I have added two large 3 drawer nightstands, mine are from RH, and they hold things like socks, pjs etc. and it works just perfectly. Best of luck to you in the new home pthibo5.

  • 6 years ago

    I've done that in my house. It's wonderful! All my clothes are in the large walk-in with build-ins so it's more like a dressing room. Everything in one place. So much more convenient! Plus the bedroom is less cluttered, more roomy.

  • 6 years ago

    We installed closet drawers from IKEA in our previous house and I loved them. Sometimes more than my current custom ones. We used their online closet design software to configure it all and we installed it ourselves over a weekend.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    If your master closet is large enough you can get a closet company to design built in drawers. If you have the closet dimensions I can an idea on the CAD for you. The trend now is less furniture. The home I live in now is an older home (1972) have very little furntirue in the master. Instead we have lots of drawers in our closet.

  • 6 years ago
    The bedroom in our new house was too small for our old bedroom furniture (space between end of bed and dresser was simply not big enough to fully open dresser drawers)....so, we kept the bed and nightables (which have drawers), moved the dresser, without mirror, into another room where it provides storage , and put a bookcase where the dresser would have been. The walk in closet has drawers, and pretty much accommodates all our clothes.
  • 6 years ago

    I LOVED not having all that big furniture in my last bedroom and having all of my clothing in one spot (rather than a closet and a dresser in another room). We now are living in a space with a much smaller closet so we have a dresser - the next home we buy will have a large closet and no dressers!

  • 6 years ago

    Makes sense to me. Less stuff to clutter up and dust. Would love to be able to do this in ours! :) What are the dimensions of your new master bedroom? Are you worried it will look too bare without furniture or do you simply appreciate your furniture? Instead of storage, perhaps you'd have room for a chair or a bench? Or a nice leaning wall mirror?

  • 6 years ago
    I love bedrooms without a lot of case goods. I have the bed, several large oueces if art, two integrated nightstands, a chair and ottoman, and a bench in mine. still looking for the right console table for one wall.
    Everything else is in the closet. I find it very restful . And less dusting.
  • 6 years ago

    I love having everything in my closet!

    Uncluttered is the way to go. You won't regret it.

  • 6 years ago

    I love a minimalist man! Let him have his way!!!

  • 6 years ago

    I too have everything in the closet. I’ve actually never had a dresser and I like it that way. Other interesting things you can do in the bedroom without having to have a dresser.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    I have dressers in my walk in

  • 6 years ago
    We are going to try to downsize to one dresser in our new house. In our old house we each had a dresser plus our shared closet. New house closet is about the same size - maybe smaller. However, we’ve been living for 11 months with 1/3 of our clothes- the rest in storage. It’s been eye opening - so many clothes & shoes we don’t miss!! Our plan is to donate the bulk of what’s in storage when we unpack and eliminate a dresser. Wish us luck!
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