BH | Studio Stamford 18-Bottle Bar Cabinet

Keeping wine at hand in the dining room is an old habit. The Georgian cellaret, a lidded case fitted for bottles, often stood beneath the sideboard, and in the 1920s and 1930s the cocktail cabinet arrived to hold bottles, shakers and glasses together behind closed doors.

This one is long and low, raised on four splayed wooden legs. At its centre an open grid holds eighteen bottles on their sides, which keeps corks moist and labels on show, and to either side a slatted door opens on hinges to shelves that adjust for tall decanters, glassware and mixers. It is made of engineered wood, surfaced in a mid-brown wood-grain laminate; non-marking pads protect the floor, and it needs assembly.

Run it along a dining room wall as a sideboard that doubles as a cellar, or in a living room with a record player and a tray of glasses on top. It works in a kitchen as extra storage for stemware, or in an entryway as a handsome console with a lamp and a bowl for keys. The open rack keeps favourite bottles on display; style the top with a brass tray, cut-glass tumblers, a vase of autumn branches and a pair of candlesticks, ready for an evening with friends.