Description & Key Features
Bring authentic 19th-century homestead warmth and enduring storage utility to your home with this handcrafted solid pine lift-top mule blanket chest with two drawers. Built from thick, solid wide-plank native pine, this piece is made to last for generations—offering the honest durability, grain, and warmth that modern composite furniture simply cannot replicate. Known historically as a "mule chest," this functional design combines a spacious top lift-lid trunk compartment with two full-width lower drawers.
The deep upper well is ideal for storing bulky patchwork quilts, extra pillows, and wool blankets, while the smooth-gliding lower drawers keep fresh guest towels and linens neatly tucked away. The lid is reinforced with sturdy interior wooden batten cleats, and the entire chest rests upon graceful cutout bracket feet. Accented with pierced brass batwing bail pulls and decorative keyhole escutcheons, its compact 38-inch width makes it an ideal fit for guest bedrooms, mudrooms, or beneath a sunny country window. Handcrafted Solid Native Pine: Heavy-plank timber construction built to endure for generations.
* Classic Mule Chest Silhouette: Combines a deep lift-top blanket well with two lower drawers.
* Generous Multi-Tier Storage: Holds quilts and pillows in the well, with drawers for towels and guest linens.
* Reinforced Cleated Lid: Underside wooden batten cleats preserve lid alignment and prevent timber warping.
* Period Brass Hardware: Ornate Chippendale-style batwing bail pulls and pierced keyhole escutcheons.
* Shaped Bracket Base: Gracefully arched cutout apron and bootjack feet elevate the cabinet with early American charm.
* Compact Guest Room Dimensions: Measures 34" H × 38" W × 18" D to maximize small-space storage.
Returns Policy
You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).
If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.
Shipping
We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.
When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.
Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.
