Raneem Wooden Cabinet

Most furniture is built fresh. This one is built from what was there before. The Raneem Wooden Cabinet is made from pale, lightly limed reclaimed wood, with two antique doors salvaged from old carved panelling that keep their original studwork, iron banding and faded traces of paint. A band of floral carving runs the length of the top rail, and a pair of iron ring pulls opens onto storage behind. The point is the contrast: the fresh, soft-toned body against the weathered, rust-marked doors. Old and new in the same frame.

Behind the doors, two interior shelves offer generous, hidden storage for folded linens, books, glassware, board games or the household things you'd rather not have on show. The flat top sits at a useful height for a lamp, a tray, a trailing plant or a row of framed photos. As a wooden cabinet it anchors a hallway or living room, and as a small storage cabinet it works just as well in a dining room, a study or an entryway where it can greet you with a bit of history.

This is a piece for the lovers of salvage, the traces of old hands, the doors that were obviously something else once, the feeling that the story started long before it came to you. Set it against a simple wall so the carved doors can carry the room, or layer it into a space full of textiles and warm light. Each one is crafted by skilled artisans from genuinely old materials, so colour, carving, ironwork and wear will vary from piece to piece, proof that a human, not a machine, made it.