BH | Studio Auray Rounded Sideboard

In the 1930s, streamlining moved from trains and ocean liners into the home, and sideboards and cabinets began to lose their corners. Curved ends made a long case easier to walk past and gentler on the eye, and the rounded buffet has stayed a dining room favourite ever since.

This one is a long, low case whose ends sweep round in a full curve, raised on two broad round plinths. At the centre are three drawers on full-extension runners, which slide right out so nothing hides at the back, flanked by two doors that close softly over adjustable shelves. It is made from engineered wood with a wood-grain finish, in Jet or Almond, letting the line of the grain show. The rounded corners make it easy to walk past in a busy room. Some assembly is required.

Put it in a dining room as a buffet for cutlery, napkins and serving dishes, with candlesticks and a big bowl on top. It is just as useful as a media console under a television, a storage cabinet in a living room, a credenza in a study for files and printer paper, or a long console behind a sofa. In Jet, its curves look sleek and quietly glamorous against a white wall, with a large mirror above and a cluster of white ceramics on top.