Modern Sideboards & Buffets: Functional and Visual Benefits for Your Dining Room

There are only a few pieces of furniture that are as timeless and versatile as sideboards and buffets. Besides providing extra storage, serving space, and display surface, sideboards and buffets offer the perfect opportunity to showcase your favourite decorative pieces. Historically, sideboards and buffets were made from wood and only the stain varied colour existed. Today, you can find modern sideboards and buffets in a variety of materials, colours, and finishes, which means they can be the element you need to take your dining room décor to next level.

Beautiful Display Areas

Although sideboards and buffets are intended to free up your hands when entertaining and serving, they are generally left free of clutter. You can add visual interest to your dining room when the sideboard or buffet isn’t used to display decorative vases, candles, pottery or small collections. Just make sure you don’t clutter the sideboard with too many things so that it does not lose its aesthetics. Just adding a few unique pieces is all you need to make your sideboard or buffet a beautiful display area.

Hidden Storage

Featuring doors that have shelves or drawers inside, modern sideboards and buffets act as the perfect storage space for all your dining room essentials. You can use this area to store table linens, candles, seasonal table settings and other things that don’t need to be constantly displayed. Closed storage is so great because your things don’t always need to be neatly folded and organized – you can leave them however you want and just close the doors.

Although a sideboard or buffet that has open shelving may emit a lighter feel, before choosing one, remember that you will need to keep the things stored on the shelves looking nice and organized at all times.

Also, consider hanging complimentary wall shelving above the sideboard if you need additional storage in your dining room. Use the wall shelving for storing and displaying vintage dining room accessories and family heirlooms as well.

Creative Pieces

While most sideboards and buffets tend to be long and rectilinear, some of them can have very creative and unique forms. Choose a style that suits your décor and fits your existing furniture. And since the dining room table is often the centerpiece in the dining room, decide how noticeable you want your sideboard to be and then choose the design. Simply put, when a furniture piece has so many benefits, both functional and visual, adding it to your home’s interior design is a smart way to transform its visual appeal.