BH | Studio Pickering Scalloped 4-Door Media Cabinet

The long, low cabinet for music and television has its roots in the radio and hi-fi consoles of the mid-century living room, built to sit below eye level and hide the machinery. A front cut in rounded vertical ribs, like the fluting on a classical column, and round bun feet, a feature of late seventeenth-century chests, give this one an older accent.

The longer media cabinet stretches its carved, rippling front across four doors in solid hardwood in a Chestnut or Almond finish. Finger pulls cut into the door edges open onto shelving for speakers, game consoles, records and books, and covered holes in the back route the cables so the wiring stays out of sight. Its long top takes a television of up to 80 inches, and it is rated to hold 176 lbs, concentrated in one spot. Round bun feet fitted with adjustable levelers carry it low and steady on any floor.

It suits a big screen in a den or family room with leather chairs, and it works just as well as a long, low storage cabinet in a living room or under a window. Its top has room for a turntable, a lamp and a few favourite pieces of pottery. The carved ribs come alive against an ink or forest green wall, with a sheepskin on the floor and a tall leafy plant at one end.