Discover a compact TV stand with sliding slatted doors

At 120 x 50 cm this is the small member of the range, sized for a flat that cannot give a whole wall over to media storage. The body is built in ash veneer with a dark finish, so the open, straight grain of ash still reads through the tone rather than being buried under it. Two sliding doors made of wooden slats run across the front, and because they slide rather than swing, no clearance is needed in front of the unit, which is useful when the sofa sits close.

The slats are the functional detail. Sliding one door across hides a shelf whilst revealing the next, so you choose what is on display and what is put away without ever moving the unit. The gaps between the slats also let a remote control signal through and allow warm air off a set-top box to escape, which a solid door panel would trap. Adjustable legs take up any unevenness in the floor, so a slatted TV cabinet still sits level on old boards.

Materials, emissions and placing the unit

The carcass uses E0 manufactured wood with low formaldehyde emissions, a classification that limits what the board releases into the air of the room it stands in. For a large piece of furniture in a space where people spend their evenings, that specification is worth more than it sounds. The whole thing is an exclusive design created by the Kave Home team, which is why the slat spacing, the leg profile and the door proportions relate to one another rather than being assembled from stock components.

Position it centrally on the wall it occupies. A compact TV stand looks intentional when the screen above it is roughly the same width or narrower, and awkward when the television overhangs at both ends. There is room behind the doors for a console and a soundbar, kept out of sight but not out of signal. Dust the dark ash veneer with a dry cloth along the grain, and run a cloth between the slats now and then, since open slatwork gathers more dust than a flat front.