Pine is equally popular and the current choice of
pine blanket boxes includes everything from decoratively-styled Victorian to neat, modern-style blanket boxes. Creative or adventurous types love our
rustic blanket boxes and distressed blanket boxes in pine, while lovers of rich, warm colours go for the dark wood blanket boxes on offer. For something different, our ash blanket boxes offer hardwood furniture in smart, light colours and represent great value for money.
Blanket Boxes, or storage chests if you prefer, can be difficult to find so we are pleased to have so many examples on offer. These include the more usual
pine blanket boxes as well as oak and
ash blanket boxes. We also have a selection to match our collections of dark wood and
painted furniture collections.
These blanket boxes are great as
Bedroom furniture or living room furniture and come from top furniture manufacturers such as
Devonshire Pine,
CPW and
PD Global. If you cannot immediately see the exact box you seek, don't forget to pick a style you like and click on it to check what finishes are offered. Many of our blanket boxes are offered in several different wax, lacquer and even painted finishes.
More about Blanket Boxes
It is not difficult to imagine that the earliest type of furniture would have been simple wooden boxes or chests. These were the place to keep a family's valued possessions and would usually have been fitted with handles ready to be moved at a moments notice when threatened by attack or invasion. As time passed, the number of 'boxes' increased and they were used for more specific purposes. Blanket Boxes, as the name indicates, were originally used to protect valuable and expensive blankets from damp – hence feet to keep them off the ground – and from the predations of moths and other insects.
Dovetail joints and Mule Chests
The latest technical developments in the Tudor/Stuart period included the invention of the dovetail joint. This brilliant invention meant drawers could be made successfully without having to rely solely on the strength of animal glues or expensive hand-made nails to hold them together - neither of which had been totally satisfactory. Furniture makers could now add drawers to the bottom of the simple chest and this gave rise to the Mule chest and, ultimately, the chest of drawers. The mule chest meant people no longer had to remove the entire contents of a chest to get to the valuable items placed in the bottom.
Ottomans for putting the feet up
Ottomans were footstools that acquired their name because because 18th Century Europeans believed that reclining with the feet up was an oriental habit – and therefore of the Ottoman Empire. Hollow ‘Ottomans’ could also be used as Blanket Boxes.
At Right Price Furniture we offer blanket boxes and Ottomans in various styles, made from traditional hardwoods such as oak and softwoods such as pine. All are solidly built and designed to withstand a lifetime of normal use. If you cannot immediately see the exact box you seek, don't forget to pick a style you like and click on it to check what finishes are offered. We also have a couple of mule chests that might be of interest. Many of our blanket boxes are offered in several different wax, lacquer and even painted finishes - which can make a big difference to their final appearance.