Some pieces of furniture are destined to be a favorite with interior designers and decorators. As beautiful as they are practical, these pieces may be easy to decorate around, designed for function,able to create a focal point, an instant hit with clients… or all of the above.
Hooker Furniture’s chic and leggy ‘thin console’ silhouette, available in several styles, is one of those pieces.
Sanctuary thin console in Ebony finish
It’s no wonder that the Sanctuary console in Ebony finish is the company’s best-selling console. Like other of these type consoles in the line, the piece will fit in many tight spots at only 12 inches of depth. While the depth is space-saving, there’s no scrimping on the width of the piece; the console provides a full 72 inches across for decorating with accessories, photos or using to serve guests who are in for Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays. There are even four drawers for handy storage and a bottom shelf for more storage.
So why do so many designers love this piece?
For starters, consoles like the Rhapsody thin console with 3 drawers and 2 shelves, could go anywhere.
Rhapsody console
Imagine the possibilities – at a front entrance where there’s rarely enough room for a piece of furniture, between two windows or interior doors, behind a sofa, or in the dining room as a drink station or extra place for buffet plates for holiday meals.Measuring barely more than a foot at its widest part (some pieces are even less), and even shallower at the ends, this piece will fit in places where space is tight – even sprucing up a dull hallway or corridor.
At the recent fall international furniture market, Hooker Furniture added a new thin console to its Sanctuary Collection. The console features the new Amber Sands finish, a dry, neutral-colored finish on Primavera veneers with maple inlay. It is paired with a beveled mirror in the Pearl Essence finish, a creamy wood grain with pearlescent accents—to give a fresh casual rustic chic feeling. With the shaped base, what a focal point this piece offers.
New Sanctuary console & mirror
Adding to the appeal of these types of pieces are the drawers (three or four of them, depending on the style). They’re shallow and compact – ideal for storing small things that typically get lost or buried in a deeper drawer – pencils and notepaper for a quick note, keys, incoming or outgoing mail, stamps, tickets for an upcoming, event, magazines, portable electronics. You name it.
Creating a beautifully long horizontal line, this console creates the base for a beautiful display above – an elegant mirror or piece of artwork flanked by two buffet-style lamps or topiaries, or a collection of stacked art prints.
The long, elegant shelf below invites all kinds of decorating options – whether a beautiful silk flower arrangement, a row of baskets, or a row of books placed between bookends. But it could just as easily be left bare; it’s integrated enough into the design to be left alone.
Finally, and it must be said. This piece is just plain pretty. Its symmetrical design is divided into elegantly classic proportions, adding a slight look of formality. But its range of available styles and finishes offer options from elegant to relaxed, or somewhere in between.
Speaking of pretty, if you would like to add some sparkle and light to your home, you could try this Sanctuary antique mirror and gold console.
Sanctuary antique mirror console
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I like the wood finish on the rhapsody thin colsole