Home Interiors: The many uses of the sideboard

Considering multi-function when buying furniture can make the piece more versatile around the home and even save money in the process

The Roller buffet from French furniture designers and retailer Roche Bobois includes lighting, rotating doors, and shelves with a choice of finish in matte or glossy lacquer in a choice of nine colours for €7,260.

I have a topic I love revisiting to see what’s developing with my favourite furniture, an item I’ve been fascinated by since childhood days of playing house, and something I now love to play house with, grown-up style.

It’s the sideboard, with its variety of fascinating compartments, ripe for exploration of its drawers, sectioned to segregate knives from forks on a furry baize lining; to stash freshly laundered table linens, and its cupboards dedicated to the good wares, venturing out only for special occasions.