Sideboards present an opportunity to create a gallery of objects you’ve created. Consider taking an unorthodox piece—like a great crate you found—and adding doors to make it a sideboard. There’s plenty of stuff out there that’s being used to protect other things being shipped that can easily become a really nice piece in the house.
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