Depending on the size of your hand-painted accent chest, you’ll be surprised how much you manage to store inside of it. A typical three-drawer chest can range dramatically in size, but a unit with three drawers, each measuring 6'' H x 19.8'' W x 9.75'' D, can hold approximately 25 lbs.
To put this into perspective, 20 lbs. of laundry might include 4 pairs of jeans, 8 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts, 9 pairs of underwear, 2 towels, and 8 pairs of socks. If you’re hoping to store other materials in your accent chest, consider that a baseball, a football, 20 AA batteries, a cell phone in a hard case, and a small bag of coffee beans all weigh roughly 1 lb. each. This should give you a general idea of how much you can fit in your storage chest based on its weight capacity.