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How to Use Vintage Sideboards

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Relevant categories: French Boulle Furniture,Cabinets and Chests,Dressers and Sideboards,Chinese Porcelain,Art Deco

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21
2021

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(Above photo - Pair Antique Chinese Tables - Mahogany Sideboards Console Tables Cabinet)

​Do you have a vintage sideboard, or are you planning to buy one? These pieces of furniture can serve different purposes in the home limited only by your imagination. Of course, you can use a vintage sideboard for its traditional sense in the living room or completely repurpose it. Here are suggestions of how you can use these furniture pieces without completely altering them:

1. Improving Your Home’s Aesthetic Value

(Above photo - Vintage Art Deco Sideboard - 1930s Buffet Server)

Vintage sideboards have a high aesthetic appeal no matter where they are used in the home. You can take advantage of that and use them to create a focal point in the living room. Apart from providing the apparent benefits of more extensive storage space, they have mirrors to light up the room. Some of them could be decorated with inlaid wood with carved details, marble tops, or serpentine fonts.

2. Welcoming Foyer Pieces

(Above photo - Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vases Urns - Ming China)

You don’t have to confine an antique sideboard to the living or dining rooms. They can act as great foyer pieces for welcoming visitors into your home. You can use them to hold keys, scarves, mittens, and gloves so that you don’t have to enter with them into the house. On top of the sideboard, you may display flower vases and other pieces of art to create a great welcoming experience. The drawers are also great for storing paper clutter and mail.

3. A Home Bar

(Above photo - William IV Side Cabinet - Rosewood Sideboard Antique Server)

Instead of holding the traditional silverware, you can use a vintage sideboard to keep your precious drinkware, snack trays, ice buckets, and serving tools. When party time comes, you can lay an array of drinks and snacks on the top. With that, you’ve got no need to buy separate furniture pieces to host your buffets.

4. TV Cabinets

(Above photo - French Boulle Cabinet - Marquetry Inlay Antique Sideboard Server)

With a vintage sideboard, you have ample space to hold your TV. It doesn’t matter how thin your television set is. Instead of hanging it on a wall, you can place the TV on top of the sideboard. Inside the drawers, you can keep other elements such as remote controls, DVDs, speakers, extension cables, and so on.

5. Changing Table

(Above photo - Sheraton Revival Sideboard - Mahogany Server 1860)

Why would you want to use an unsightly changing table in the baby’s nursery? With a sideboard, you have a more appealing piece of furniture, more storage space, and so on. When the baby grows, you can revert the sideboard to the original use, such as a buffet.

6. Kitchen Island

(Above photo - Satinwood Regency Cabinet Half Round Marqeutry Inlay Sideboard)

Do you have a kitchen island in your home? This essential element can act as prep space or serving surface. Therefore, you can leverage the beauty of the vintage sideboard to create a fancy kitchen island. You may want to install heavy stone or butcher blocks to create the perfect kitchen island.

7. Sink Bases

(Above photo - Antique Regency Sideboard - Satinwood Server Buffet Brass Gallery)

Another great use for vintage sideboards is as sink bases in the bathroom or kitchen. You can use it to install a single or double sink vanity, which may require some work. There is no better way to improve the looks of your bathroom.

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