Torino 6 Drawer Chest: six drawers across 128 x 40 x 78cm

The Torino 6 Drawer Chest is listed at 128 x 40 x 78cm. Read the usual way round, that makes it the wide, low one of the three chests in this range: six drawers spread sideways rather than stacked up, which gives a long surface at a useful height instead of a tall case. The listing is that single measurement, so the eight photographs on the product page carry the finish, the handles and the drawer layout.

1.28m of wall, and what it buys

Take the figures as the listing prints them, and note that it labels none of them. The middle figure is 40 on all three Torino chests, and the pattern across the range reads as width, depth and height in that order, which is how this post uses them. It matters more here than on the other two: 128 and 78 the other way round would describe a tall, narrow case rather than a wide, low one. Confirm the orientation with the shop before you order to a measured alcove.

At roughly 1.28m wide this wants a wall to itself. Measure the wall, then what has to share it: a radiator, a door that opens back against it, a socket you still need to reach. Allow the depth again as clear floor in front so a drawer can come fully out with someone standing at it, which puts the floor requirement nearer 80cm than 40cm. The name says six drawers; the listing does not say whether they run as two columns of three or six full-width, so check the photographs.

The 78cm top is the reason to choose it

78cm is about dining-table height, well below a kitchen worktop, which makes the top a surface you use rather than a shelf for a lamp.

• Room to lay clothes out flat while you pack, instead of on the bed.
• A workable spot for a mirror, standing up.
• A low television sits at a sensible height for a bed, but the listing quotes no load rating for the top, so ask first.
• It will not double as a desk: a chest has no knee recess.

How the three Torino chests differ

All three list the same 40cm middle figure, so on that reading two of them on one wall would sit flush at the front.

Getting it in, and what the listing omits

Of the three, this is the one most likely to be stopped on the way in. Walk the route with a tape first: front door, hall turn, stair quarter-landing, bedroom doorway. Measure the narrowest point in both directions, since a case can often go through on its side, and say so when you order if anything is tight. Nothing else is stated, so ask about material, finish and colour; drawer layout and internal sizes; runner type; handles; and whether it arrives assembled and with an anti-tip fixing. This is a range the shop supplies rather than one of its own, so those answers come from the supplier's specification, as does the current lead time.

What it sits with

For a surface to sit at, the Torino Dressing Table is listed at 107 x 44 x 75cm, close to this chest in height and from the same range. At the bedside, the Torino Bedside 3 Drawer at 47 x 37 x 62cm keeps the drawers going at a lower line. There is more in chests of drawers and across bedroom furniture. Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond.

If you have the wall and want the drawers wide and low, the Torino 6 Drawer Chest is the one to measure for: 128cm against the wall, 80cm of floor in front, then the route up the stairs.