BH | Studio Rovinj Carved 4-Door Sideboard

Carved doors have been the pride of the storage cupboard for as long as people have had something to keep in one, from the painted and incised marriage chests of old Europe to the long, relief-cut cabinets of the 1960s. A carved front turns plain storage into the best-looking thing in the room.

This sideboard is made of solid hardwood in a warm mid-brown, with four doors carved in long, flowing lines that meet in shallow points, like the grain of driftwood. It rests on a low plinth that lifts the case slightly and gives it a firm, stable footing. Behind the doors, shelves take dinnerware, media equipment, table linen or the decorative pieces that come out for holidays, and the cabinet is rated to hold 275 lbs, so a heavy lamp or a stack of art books on top is no concern. Assembly is required.

Give it pride of place along a dining room wall as a buffet, with a large painting above and the serving platters inside. In a living room it becomes a media cabinet with the electronics behind carved doors; in a hallway or entryway it holds a ceramic lamp, a bowl for keys and the umbrellas out of view. It sits as easily in a mid-century room as in a rustic one, with rough linen, stoneware and dried wheat.