Sadiya Wooden Chest Of Drawers

Not every piece of furniture sets out to be noticed. The Sadiya Wooden Chest of Drawers does. Hand-painted on solid mango wood, it's covered front and sides in trailing floral vines, rosettes and scrolling borders in pink, green, yellow and blue, the sort of detailed work that takes a steady hand and real time at the brush. The paint is lightly distressed in places, so the piece reads as vintage and well-loved, not freshly finished.

This chest of drawers is compact and upright, with three deep drawers, each with a small dark ring pull. The wooden drawers slide out for storing jewellery, scarves, stationery or the little things that tend to scatter, and the painted top provides a surface for a lamp, a book or a vase. It can serve as a bedside piece or as a colourful accent in a hallway or living room, adding warmth to a corner without taking up much space.

These chests are part of an assorted collection, which is why each chest and drawers set is hand-painted individually, so the exact pattern, colour balance and distressing will vary from one to the next. That's the idea. Each one is handmade and painted by skilled artisans, so no two are exactly the same, proof that a human, not a machine, made it.