Old antique closets are made of wood. Well, most of them anyway. I have yet to see an old antique stone closet but that does not mean that one does not exist! A closet is meant to be used as a storage space so it doesn’t really matter what it is made of, as long as it works. But wood has always had an artistic value to it. Different hardness, texture, grains and color opens up a plethora of possibilities when it comes to designing and building wooden closets. I am guessing that this would be a good reason why antique closets were mainly made from one kind of wood or another. Even with today’s modern materials, wooden closets can still hold their own in the market.
A good old antique closet is usually one huge, hulking piece of finely crafted wood bits. They normally made with solid wood so if you plan to buy one, get some really strong friends over to help you get it into the house. Antique closets come in several pieces that you assemble to make up the final majestic unit. A wide, three-door antique closet would possibly be made of a base unit to set everything else onto. Then the three separate closet compartments would rest on the foot unit and you top it all off with the head unit. A simple enough assembly but being of solid wood really makes assembly a little tricky. A little polishing every so often can make an antique closet last through to another few generations.
Interestingly, closets are not only used to store stuff in. The water closet is not a closet built to store water but is actually for a very different purpose. When I tell you that the water closet is also better known as the toilet, you get the picture immediately. A water closet is usually a room with a toilet and sometimes a washbasin. I am guessing that in the early days of the toilet, the amount of space that one had to house a toilet and a washbasin was no bigger than a large closet. You probably had to bring in water regularly to refill the tank. I guess that is why it is called a water closet. It looks like a water closet does store water after all…
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