There is a slight difference in understanding the `Chest` and the various `Vanity drawers` of furniture as chests of furniture are those that has been in use or in fashion for many years till today. It is a rectangular shaped wooden cabinet structure hanging by the side of the wall either up-side down or is been placed downstairs for fixed non-moving purposes. The interior space of the `Chest` was the ‘coffer’ that included storage of fine cloth, weapons, foods and valuable items. A term called `caissons` were used often to carry the dowry goods in a marriage ceremony. Low chests were often used as benches while taller chests were used as side tables. The inner opening lid can be used as for reading or writing purposes whereas `Chest drawers` or `Bureaus` is a piece of furniture with multiple parallel and horizontal chest drawers stacked one above each other. A `Chifforobe` is the combination of wardrobe (Elmira for hanging clothes) with chest of drawers.

Chest drawers are usually been produced for hiding confidential items or to have extreme privacy for lingerie or undergarments especially socks, underwear’s and other hanging items made upon for different genders according to their usage of the privacy. Various personal sundry items are also often stored in a dresser or in a private room where others have restrictions for entering the premise of the room. A rectangular short leg posture of a chest drawer makes it easily comfortable to shift the drawer from one place to another with the help of draggers. The size of the drawers comes in 5-7 drawer varieties in total with either a single or a split top drawer. The specialty of chest drawers are that the inside pulling or sliding drawers opens when front drawer is opened upon that turns out to be an additional security to the Confidential items, Accessing to the back portion of the drawer is impossible or hard-to-reach area due to complete coverage by wood base. External color tones with additional decorative ornamental items are used for chest drawers in certain homes.

There are mainly two types of `Chest drawers`:

1. Waist-high or bench high chest drawers

2. Shoulder high or full human height chest drawers.

Drawers are famous for their `Mirrors`! The mirrors are attached vertically to the top of the drawer of the drawer assembly. While an individual could groom himself/herself in the mean time that person could look into the mirror. There are varieties in mirrors for ex: Short or medium sized mirrors that are inconvenient to view full poster have gone out of fashion whereas full body poster outlook is in rapid demand in international as well as in domestic market. Some users keep lamps for lighting on top of dresser, and decorative items or photos add for absolute appearance. A `Tallboy` is the long wardrobe chest drawer, the topmost drawers of the tallboy could only be reached by the use of bed steps, and the disappearance of high beds for consequent disuse of steps exercising brought upon in modern preference characterized this piece of furniture as a modern art form to many and benefiting many.