What is a Cedar Chest?
The cedar chest has an extensive history that includes their use by the Ancient Egyptians to store precious things. These chests continued to be a valuable piece of furniture, and now are usually thought of as hope chests. Hope chests became a popular piece of furniture to store things a girl would use in her home after her marriage. Though the modern woman typically doesn’t enter a marriage with a dowry or all her worldly possessions in a hope or cedar chest, they can still be lovely pieces of furniture with hidden storage capacity. There are many types of cedar chest and size can vary with each style. The typical chest is made of the fragrant cedar wood, which keeps things on the inside smelling fresh and sweet, and supposedly repels moths. The chest usually has a large compartment for storage, may feature a few drawers that can be removed, and it has a flat lid. Some lids are rounded but flats lids are usually more practical, because you can then use the chest for sitting when it is
The cedar chest has an extensive history that includes their use by the Ancient Egyptians to store precious things. These chests continued to be a valuable piece of furniture, and now are usually thought of as hope chests. Hope chests became a popular piece of furniture to store things a girl would use in her home after her marriage. Though the modern woman typically doesn’t enter a marriage with a dowry or all her worldly possessions in a hope or cedar chest, they can still be lovely pieces of furniture with hidden storage capacity.
