No closets, no wardrobes, no privacy! This is how it was in the typical early 19th century homestead. People lived together in one or two rooms that also had to act as kitchen, dining, sleeping and sitting rooms. So where do you put your stuff? How do you keep some things private and safe? The answer was ubiquitously the wooden box. Boxes for Blankets and Clothes Before wood peg racks appeared on walls to hang clothing, all clothes were stored in boxes. Remember, they didn