credenzas

Low storage furniture

Credenzas are sideboards or cabinets, typically low and long, used for storage or serving.

In dining rooms, a credenza holds dishes and linens; in offices, it sits behind or beside a desk to store files and supplies: She kept the printer on the credenza behind her chair.

The piece usually has doors or drawers and a flat top surface.

furniture

buffet

Self-service meal display

storage · dining · mahogany · walnut · oak · veneer · drawers · shelving · midcentury · antique

office

filing

Storing documents systematically

conference · reception · media · organization · supplies · documents · modern · laminate · modular · sliding

design

midcentury

Around the 1950s

modernist · Bauhaus · teak · rosewood · retro · vintage · designer · iconic · Knoll · Herman Miller

media

entertainment

Agreeable diversion of attention

electronics · cables · components · speakers · AV · home theater · gaming · streaming · devices · ventilation

Categories
Opposites
height/verticality

credenzashutches

Animal enclosures or cabinets

armoires · highboys · tallboys · bookcases · china cabinets

furniture openness

credenzasopen shelving

Unenclosed horizontal storage surfaces

ladder shelves

Family

credenza

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G