Our mid-century sideboards and storage collection includes vintage buffets, sideboards, cocktail cabinets, record cabinets, wall units, bookcases, writing desks, drawers, and dressers. These pieces were made for every part of the home — the dining room, living room, bedroom and home office — and...
Our mid-century sideboards and storage collection includes vintage buffets, sideboards, cocktail cabinets, record cabinets, wall units, bookcases, writing desks, drawers, and dressers. These pieces were made for every part of the home — the dining room, living room, bedroom and home office — and remain practical examples of mid-century modern furniture.
Mid-century storage for the dining room
In the dining room, buffets, highboards, and sideboards were designed as free-standing storage solutions. Australian furniture makers such as Parker, Chiswell, and T.H. Brown produced teak veneer sideboards and cocktail cabinets, while Scandinavian furniture makers often worked in teak, oak, and rosewood. Cocktail cabinets became popular for entertaining, often with mirrored interiors and compartments for glassware.
Mid-century sideboards, bookshelves and wall units
In the living room, storage focused on vintage record cabinets, wall units, and mid-century bookcases. Large Danish wall units could span an entire wall, combining shelving, cabinets, and fold-down desk compartments. Record cabinets reflected the importance of vinyl in mid-century homes, while teak bookcases and modular shelving offered flexible storage.
Mid-century bedroom storage: drawers, dressers and tallboys
For the bedroom, dressers, tallboys, and chests of drawers provided essential storage. The collection includes Australian designs including Hayson, Fler, Chiswell, and Parker made functional and stylish bedroom furniture: Parker’s Nordic bedside tables and dressers are particularly well known. Scandinavian furniture offered rosewood and teak tallboys and bedside tables, often with compact proportions and refined detailing.
This collection of mid-century modern sideboards and storage highlights the range of solutions produced during the period. From Australian furniture makers to Scandinavian furniture designers, these pieces show how mid-century furniture combined everyday function with durable materials, making them some of the most enduring examples of vintage furniture.
Vintage furniture Melbourne - available Australia-wide
Collectors Edit is a mid-century modern furniture store based in Melbourne, shipping Australia-wide — including Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Tasmania — for vintage furniture from trusted Australian furniture and Scandinavian furniture makers.
