BH | Studio Uppingham 4-Door Sideboard

The sideboard took its place in the English dining room in the late eighteenth century, a long cabinet where the meal could be laid out and the silver and linen kept close at hand. Give it a stepped profile, edges built up in receding bands in the manner of late-1920s Art Deco, and it becomes the architectural anchor of the room.

This one is long and low, with four doors set within a stepped frame and fluting, closely spaced vertical grooves, running down each end to the floor. The doors open in pairs onto two compartments, each with a shelf that moves to any of five heights: raise it for wine bottles, lower it for stacks of dinner plates. Four cable openings in the back let it work as a media cabinet beneath a wall-hung television. Square pulls in the same tone sit at the centre. The top is rated to 110 lbs and each shelf to 44 lbs, and assembly is required. The finish comes in Chestnut, Oyster or Jet.

Run it along a dining room wall with a pair of candlesticks, a fruit bowl and a large painting above. Inside there is room for serving dishes, table linen and the good glasses. In a living room it becomes the media wall, with a record player or a lamp at one end. Each finish reads classic and quietly Deco: pair it with cream walls, an antique brass lamp and a mirror in a gilt frame.