| There are several things to consider when you buy | | | | when opened and closed and add no value to the |
| bedroom furniture. Bedroom furniture is an | | | | furniture. |
| investment, both in dollars and lifestyle. In the | | | | Drawers should be dust proofed. There should be an |
| furniture business we always ask; are you looking for | | | | internal divider in between each layer of drawers to |
| something for a very short term that you can throw | | | | keep dust or anything else from dropping from |
| away when you are finished or are you looking for a | | | | drawer to drawer. |
| quality bedroom set that you will treasure for years? | | | | Felt or velvet lined top lingerie or jewelry drawers are |
| Unless you are in a short term life-style situation, I | | | | not a necessity but a luxury. |
| believe that the only intelligent answer is quality. | | | | Cedar lined or cedar construction on drawers is the |
| Properly built solid wood furniture is the best long | | | | best way to protect your valuable clothing and adds |
| term solution and heirloom quality is always the | | | | value to the piece. |
| optimal approach. Here is what you need to look for | | | | The bed assembly should be secure to avoid |
| in heirloom quality: | | | | unnecessary noise. The optimal approach is to have |
| Solid tops on the case pieces that have wood more | | | | the headboard and footboard attach to the side rails |
| than 3" in width that are edge glued and have the | | | | via a screw assembly. |
| grain reversed. This will almost always prevent the | | | | Entertainment armoires should have wrap around or |
| solid tops from splitting due to various environmental | | | | pocket doors (the doors slide back into the unit). This |
| conditions. | | | | keeps them out of the way for viewing and for |
| Drawers should be made with French dove tail | | | | traveling through the room. |
| construction. This is time tested as the best way to | | | | Wire management should be included in the TV |
| assemble a drawer. Drawer fronts should also be solid | | | | armoire. You should not have to drill holes in your |
| and not be glued or nailed onto a box being called a | | | | furniture. |
| drawer. | | | | Follow these rules and your bedroom furniture |
| Drawer glides of wood are the way fine furniture has | | | | purchases will give you great comfort, and |
| been built for centuries. Many manufacturers are | | | | peace-of-mind while retaining their value for many |
| putting inexpensive metal drawer slides on the side | | | | years. |
| of the box drawer. Metal slides rattle and rumble | | | | |