BH | Studio Castine Woven-Front Sideboard

Woven rush and grass have given country furniture its seats and panels for centuries, in farmhouse kitchens from Provence to New England. Set into cabinet doors, the weave brings a little of that handwork and texture to a dining room.

This sideboard is built of solid hardwood in a pale natural finish, with four doors faced in hand-woven seagrass laid in a diamond pattern, which keeps a long cabinet looking light. It stands on small turned ball feet. Behind the doors, the shelves adjust to take stacks of dinner plates, folded table linen or media boxes, and cable management lets electronics sit inside with the cords out of sight. The top is rated to hold 346 lbs, enough for a large television or a row of heavy stoneware, and each shelf holds 20 lbs.

It earns its place in a dining room as a buffet, holding the everyday china and the serving bowls, with ceramic lamps and a plate of quinces on top. In the living room it stores ornaments and electronics, or serves as a long console under a wall-mounted television in a beach house, and it makes a fine dresser in a bedroom. Pale wood and weave suit white walls, sisal rugs and blue and white china.