Saturday 11 June 2011

Not just for kitchens

Multifunctional furniture has always been in demand. The early 20th century kitchen presented new challenges for furniture designers; people wanted efficient ways to store both food and an expanding array of culinary contraptions.

With more and more people now having less and less domestic living space to play with, multifunctional furniture is as important as ever.

This vintage oak kitchen cabinet/larder would make a neat addition to a living room or home office. Dating from the 1930s, it's in excellent condition and still has the original enamelled work surface. It has a very useful, and compact, combination of drawers and storage cupboards, especially for the amount of floor space it occupies.



We've also added more kitchenware to our stocklist - we've got plenty of stripes on the go at the moment...


This retro two-tone painted plywood kitchen cabinet has an array of useful storage cupboards and drawers. Dating from the 1950s it has a handy fold-down Formica work surface. A potential mini home-office?


This formica-topped beech kitchen table has aluminium trimmed edges making it extra-classy. These tables continue to be very popular, especially for small ('bijou') London flats where space is at a premium. The drop-leaf sides allow it to be stowed into the corner of a room when not in use.