Gulnaz Wooden Chest of Drawers

The best furniture earns its keep by doing less, not more, and the Gulnaz Wooden Chest of Drawers is one of those quiet, useful pieces. It's solid teak with a warm brown finish, showing the natural colour and grain of the wood, unpolished and unadulterated, with a slightly rough surface that tells you it was put together by hand. The simple cup-style iron pulls, the splayed tapered legs and the gently worn edges give it a vintage feel, the kind of look you usually only find on a piece that has spent a few decades in someone's home.

This small cabinet is compact in shape but generous in function, with two large drawers one above the other, offering useful storage in a footprint that fits easily next to a bed, a chair or a sofa. The drawers slide open to hold books, glasses, paperwork or the small things of everyday life, while the flat top gives you space for a lamp, a cup of tea or a pile of magazines. It works just as well as a small storage cabinet in a hallway, a study or the corner of a living room.

It's a vintage-style wooden cabinet that does its job without fuss and looks better for the years it spends with you, well suited to anyone furnishing a bedroom, a guest room or a quiet reading corner. Use it as a bedside table, a side table next to an armchair, or simply somewhere to keep the small clutter of daily life out of sight. Each one is handmade by skilled artisans, so slight variations in tone, grain and texture are part of the deal, proof that a human, not a machine, made it.