BH | Studio Conwy Geometric 4-Door Sideboard

In the 1960s and 1970s, some furniture makers began treating cabinet fronts as sculpture, building them up from blocks and planes of wood so the doors cast their own shadows. It was a bold, architectural look, and it still gives a room a strong focal point.

This sideboard has four doors built up from raised rectangles of different depths, like a wall of stacked stones in a mid walnut tone. There are no handles to break the pattern: press a door and it opens, then soft-close hinges bring it shut quietly. Behind them are roomy compartments with adjustable shelves, and three cable holes with covers let a television, speaker or router plug in neatly and close up when not in use. The case is a sturdy wood blend set back on a recessed plinth with wide panel legs, and glides beneath protect the floor.

It makes a fine buffet in a dining room, serving dishes inside and candlesticks and a bowl on top, or a media console beneath a wall-mounted television in a living room, game controllers and cables hidden away. In an entryway it is a storage credenza for keys, mail and a big jar of branches, with hats and gloves stowed below. The geometric front looks bold and architectural with a gallery wall above.