Every piece of furniture contributes towards enhancing the beauty of our home along with solving the functional purpose whether it is a sofa – set or a centre table or dining table. That is why it is important to select every piece carefully and as per the interiors of home. Dressing table is one such piece of furniture that is an essential and quite significant for the lady in the home. Girls love to have a specific dresser in their bedroom designed to suit their requirement yet beautiful and attractive in looks. It is not a new tradition to have dresser in the bedroom. The tradition is being passed from generation to generation and still it is the most favourite piece of furniture of today’s woman in the bedroom. The styles may have changed, the size or shape has changed but the dresser is still very existent in the homes.Today you find a variety of dressing tables in the market ranging from old antique dressers to very mod and fashionable ones. A bedroom is not complete without a dressing table. While choosing one needs to think about the other furniture in the room as it should go well with the remaining items in the room. If you are buying the dresser alone then the colour, style, design and size should synchronize the other pieces in the room otherwise an expensive dresser too can take away the charm of room by mismatching the theme of room. There can be two types of dressers. One is customized while other is ready made. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. In customized order you can create a dressing table as per your choice with your own design, number of chests and not to forget those hidden places in the dresser to hide your jewellery or stones. You can choose the colour of dressing table, the material to be used and the mirror which is the most important part of a dressing table. You can have as many drawers or sections as per your requirements if you are choosing customized option. The disadvantage here is that you have to put efforts to get the piece made up as you want it to be as it is difficult to make the carpenter understand what exactly you want and how it should look like. There may be some variations in the finished product sometimes if the person is not an expert in the field. It is a bit time consuming process as today people have everything except time.If you go for the ready made one you have a variety of options just in front of you on display from metal to stone and wooden to a mixture of wood and metal. You may not get everything you want when you go for a ready piece as you may have to compromise on number of chests or the size of mirror etc. But whatever is displayed will be there so you will not regret later. If you have a small room size then go for a slick model of dressing table which will not cover much of your floor space. If you don’t have even that much space then opt for a dresser inside your wardrobe to save floor space or a wall hanging mirror dresser with few sections on both sides will also look elegant in a small sized room. These kinds of dressers add beauty to your room. While choosing a dresser just keep in mind the factors like floor space availability, storage requirement, the furniture pieces in the room and the theme of room. It will look awkward if the room is totally new fashioned but the dresser is an antique heavy piece. While buying a dressing table its functionality should also be given importance. I would prefer to have a long clear mirror over wide mirror as you can comfortably sit on the stool and still can see yourself completely if the mirror is long. It is better to have many small sections instead of big drawers in a dressing table in order to arrange jewellery, bangles and other small items separate and easy to locate when needed.Nowadays new luxurious apartments are coming up which provide a separate space for dresser or a dressing room to accommodate all your dressing requirements. Dressing table is incomplete without a sitting stool. A sitting stool may have variations like fixed one or foldable or pull out and push back stool, etc. If you are deciding to customise your dressing table then you can have a stool that will vanish in the table and when you need to use you can always pull it out. You can also add the hidden chest inside the sitting stool under the seat. In such a way it can work as a seat as well as a chest that is hidden. You do find attractive designer pieces in a variety of sizes, shapes, material and colours to choose from as per your taste and requirements in the market. So go for the one which suits best for your room and budget as ladies cannot resist to have such an important piece of furniture in their homes.Ruchi Mahajan