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An oak cedar chest with its lid open to the red cedar lining, at the foot of a cherry four-poster bed in a Charleston bedroom.
Bedroom · Cedar chests & trunks

Cedar chests and blanket chests

Solid wood hope chests, blanket chests and storage trunks, handmade by Amish craftsmen and built to be handed down.

A cedar chest keeps the things you mean to keep: quilts, linens, letters and the baby blanket you could never give away.

Our hope chests, blanket chests and storage trunks are built to order in Amish family workshops from solid oak, cherry, walnut and other hardwoods. Cedar chests are lined with aromatic red cedar to keep your linens fresh. Choose a raised panel, Mission or Shaker design, with a flat or rounded lid, in the finish that suits your room.

Set one at the foot of the bed, in the entry as a bench, or in a child’s room as a toy chest. Come see them in our Charleston showroom, and a furniture specialist will help you choose the wood and finish.

A live-edge walnut king bed with a pearl resin river through the headboard, a walnut nightstand and tall chest, French doors open to a brick courtyard

A Pearl River in Walnut

Live Edge & Sculptural
A quartersawn oak Mission bed with vertical slats on headboard and footboard, and a matching five-drawer chest with black iron pulls, in an Avondale bungalow in West Ashley.

Slats in a Bungalow Bedroom

Mission & Craftsman
A brown panel bed with a stepped molded cornice over three recessed panels, a five-drawer chest and a one-drawer nightstand, in a downtown Charleston single house.

A Cornice Over Three Panels

Traditional
A low pale maple bed on slim tapered legs with a one-drawer nightstand over an open shelf, in a modernized West Ashley ranch house.

Pale Maple on Tapered Legs

Modern Organic
A walnut bed with softly arched headboard panels and flared legs, a three-drawer flared nightstand and an olive chenille bench, in a Kiawah marsh-front bedroom.

An Olive Bench at the Foot

Traditional
An upholstered bed with a horizontally channeled oatmeal headboard between walnut posts, beside a sage painted nightstand, in an Ansonborough courtyard room.

Sage Beside Oatmeal Channels

Modern Organic
A brown maple panel bed with square posts, two tall chests of different heights and a three-drawer nightstand, in an I'On raised porch house in Mount Pleasant.

Two Tall Chests, Not One Dresser

Shaker Heritage
An oak bed with a diagonal chevron headboard, a three-drawer nightstand and a six-drawer dresser on tapered legs, in an Isle of Palms beachfront bedroom.

A Chevron by the Dunes

Coastal Lowcountry
A deep cherry panel bed with a heavy two-panel footboard and a three-drawer cherry nightstand with bronze bar pulls, in a Georgian bedroom in downtown Charleston.

Deep Cherry in a Georgian Room

Shaker Heritage
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Questions we hear often

What is the difference between a cedar chest, a hope chest and a blanket chest?

They are close cousins. A blanket chest is a lidded storage chest for quilts and linens. A cedar chest is lined with aromatic red cedar. A hope chest is the traditional name for a chest given to hold keepsakes for a new home.

Are your chests solid wood?

Yes. Our hope chests, blanket chests and storage trunks are built to order in Amish family workshops from solid oak, cherry, walnut and other hardwoods.

Where does a blanket chest work best?

At the foot of the bed, in an entry where the lid doubles as a bench, or in a child's room as a toy chest. Measure the space and bring the numbers to the showroom.

Can I choose the design and finish?

Yes. Choose a raised panel, Mission or Shaker design, a flat or rounded lid, and the wood and finish that suit your room.

A hand-cut dovetail joint joining a maple drawer side to a walnut drawer front, with a wooden mallet, chisel and shavings on the workbench

This place never disappoints. The showroom is stunning with so many different choices of quality furniture.

Judi Hostetler Raber · Customer review
From our journal

Good to know before you choose

Quarter-sawn white oak ray fleckMaterials & Wood

Which wood holds up best in Charleston’s humidity

Finish samples held to the lightCraft & Process

How Amish furniture is actually built

Hand-planing a board in the workshopHeritage & Lineage

Inside an Amish workshop

A solid wood blanket chest with three arched panels used as a bench in a Craftsman entry hall.
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