A Guide To Sideboards - What To Look For When Choosing
Firstly, what exactly is a sideboard? 'Sideboards' is quite a broad term
, covering floor standing, reduced to medium higher cupboards, which can incorporate sliding or hinged doors or drawers, or a mixture of both. Strictly speaking, a chest of drawers & a sideboard are two different things, the term sideboard can be used much more to refer to the overall look, for example a long, reduced chest of drawers with legs is also a sideboard. Originally designed for the dining room, the sideboard was intended as a place to store cutlery, crockery, napkins, glasses & drinks, & is occasionally known as a buffet.
But now the sideboard has become incredibly popular, & is used in the living room as well or actually the hallway, as a cabinet to put the TV on, as a place to store the 'bits & pieces' of every day life, or even only as a drinks bar. The advent of thinner televisions has meant one can comfy fit a TV on a sideboard, with all of the wires hidden behind it.
Not only is a sideboard a extremely practical piece of living room furniture it is also designed to look great & enhance your decor first & foremost. As all of the storage is hidden away in the drawers &/or cupboards the makers can concentrate on the exterior, meaning some sideboards are a actual showpiece. The large top enables those with some design flair to display their objects, or for the rest of us a nice vase of flowers or a elegant bowl for keys, wallets etc next to a good lamp.
Many sideboards, particularly the Italian ones, have beautiful design detailing on the door & drawer fronts, including grooved wood, glass with etched patterns, mirrored glass, gloss lacquer in bright or pastel colours & textured finishes, all designed to add to the visual appeal. There is no doubt about it, the makers of sideboards tend to work hard to make sure they are gorgeous to look at as nicely as useful.
From modestly priced wood sideboards, to top of the line gloss lacquer sideboards from Italy there is something to suit nearly any budget. There is also a large range of styles open from sleek modern designs with chrome legs to sweetly traditional with special paint effects like limewashing or actually painted folk details. In fact the sheer variety of colours & designs in the market today mean that buyers can be very specific about what they want, buying a sideboard to suit their room, rather than trying to build a room around a sideboard. Although it has to be said, wood finishes, black & white still remain by far the most popular colours for sideboards are they are simply more versatile.
Once you have chosen your colour the next thing to look at is size. Sideboards are not built to standard sizes, so if you have an exact space to fill you will need to shop around - a lot. Available in a mind boggling variety of sizes, there is no such thing as a standard height, width or depth. Then there is the inside of the sideboard to consider. Often, when a sideboard is bought it is bought to store specific types of items, so the size & location of details like shelves is important. Sometimes shelves can be moved or removed, but not usually, so this is yet another factor to think about. Again, there is absolutely no standard internal format.
Whilst it's great to have so far choice, finding a sideboard with the right look, the right kind of internal storage, & to fit certain dimensions can be exhausting. So how, exactly, do you track down that perfect sideboard? The one that looks just right for your dining room, fits completely & has exactly the right type of internal storage?
A fine place to start is the internet. Searches can be made by style, so you can look for contemporary sideboards or traditional sideboards. Finishes can be searched, you could look up lacquer sideboards or wenge sideboards. Once you have narrowed the style down it becomes a lot easier to research dimensions & internal fittings, & the beauty of the internet is that you can do it all from the extremely living room you are buying the sideboard for!
by: Timothy E. Vera.
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