BH | Studio Lerici Tall Display Cabinet

The glass-fronted cabinet came into its own in the 1950s and 1960s, when slim, low furniture on tapered legs filled new houses and the china and glass were put where they could be seen. It is a form that keeps things in order and on show at the same time.

This tall cabinet pairs two glazed doors above with four drawers below, each opened by a simple cutout pull. Behind the tempered glass are four open shelves for plates, books or collected pieces, kept on show and free of dust, and the shelves are rated to 264 lbs. The drawers take napkins, candles, cutlery and chargers, the small things that clutter a counter, and are rated to 88 lbs. It has a warm wood-grain laminate finish and stands on slim tapered legs.

Use it as a china cabinet and hutch in a dining room, as a pantry by the kitchen door with jars behind the glass and tea towels in the drawers, or as a bookcase in a study where favourite hardbacks stay clean. It suits a narrow wall between two windows. Chestnut gives the tall shape a warm, settled presence that suits a mid-century house with teak, mustard cushions and a few trailing plants.