Stalking: Mid-Century Tallboy

I've been looking for a dresser for the guest room for months. While I occasionally dabble with the idea of a waterfall dresser, something sort of squat with wide-spaced handles, like this:

or something square but stacked at the top, like this blonde heywood wakefield-esque piece:

mostly I think I want something more classic midcentury, up on legs, to go with the midcentury desk that's in the room. One big problem: the dresser will go in a sort of niche next to the closet, and the space is only 36" wide, ruling out all the standard 36" dressers, like this absolutely gorgeous specimen.


I've had a few get away, too, either because I waited too long or because a dresser was part of a larger set that sold together.

I'm going to see this one later today, and hoping the finish is nice--it's hard to tell in this photo--because the dimensions are perfect and the hardware will work very nicely with the desk. I also kind of like that it looks like it has two eyes and four smiles.


I just have to say, it is amazing what a treasure trove of mid-century furniture I have encountered on craiglist over the past 6 months. I see listings for crappy new dressers for twice as much money and wonder who would buy them.

But maybe that's just me.