Inspired by a riveting Designer Pages conversation on the difference between a credenza and a sideboard, this week’s top ten looks at our favorite low slung storage units, whatever you might call them.

1. Peep
DESIGNER: Note Design Studio
PRICE: Inquire for pricing

An experiment in color and form, perforated metal lightens up the Peep credenza allowing passage of light and an open storage unit.

2. Shift
DESIGNER: Scholten Baijings
MANUFACTURER: Pastoe
PRICE: Inquire for pricing
56 cm H x 210 cm W x 45 cm D

Shift combines a minimalist shape with an expressive use of colors. Thanks to its colored, translucent sliding doors, an intriguing play of colors occurs when the cabinet is opened and closed.

3. Eames Storage Unit
DESIGNER: Charles and Ray Eames
MANUFACTURER: Herman Miller
PRICE: $1,649
32.5″ H x 16″ D x 47.5″ H

This modular storage system is an icon and classic. The wire and birch combination will never go out of style.

4. White Lacquer Credenza
DESIGNER: Volk Furniture
MANUFACTURER: Volk Furniture
PRICE: Inquire for pricing
32.5"H x 68"W x 20"D

Volk’s White Lacquer Credenza mixes white oak and white lacquer for a look that is both tailored and inviting.

5. FWD Credenza
DESIGNER: UM Project
MANUFACTURER: UM Project
PRICE: $4,600 – $7,600
64″ x 19″ x 28.75″

A signature piece from UM Project, the FWD Credenza mixes playfully colored powder-coated steel with natural wood for a unique profile that is distinctly UM.

6. Printed Token Sideboard
DESIGNER: Token
MANUFACTURER: Token
PRICE: Inquire for pricing
27.75″H × 21.75″W × 54″L

Designed with Flat Vernacular, the Printed Sideboard utilizes the graphic arts studio’s patterns on both the exterior and interior of the unit for stunning results.

7. PCHseries Buffet
DESIGNER: MASHstudios
MANUFACTURER: MASHstudios
PRICE: $3,040
72″ W X 28″ H X 21″ D

An aluminum panel cast to look like rugged wood gives this straight-forward credenza a beautifully contemporary spin.

8. Punch
DESIGNER: Alexander Taylor
MANUFACTURER: Established and Sons
PRICE: Inquire for pricing
L1800mm x D450mm x H650mm

The clean, minimal line of this credenza is juxtaposed with the graphic, beveled holes for a balanced unit that packs a visual punch.

9. Low Morrison
DESIGNER: Egg Collective
MANUFACTURER: Egg Collective
PRICE: Inquire for pricing
78"³l x 20"³w x 32"³h

Egg Collective’s take on the classic credenza utilizes natural white oak with a contrasting blackened steel top for a polished aesthetic.

10. Dang Media Stand
DESIGNER: Blu Dot
MANUFACTURER: Blu Dot
PRICE: $899
42″ x 29.25″ x 20″

A bit too pretty to be a conventional media stand, Blu Dot’s subtle contemporary lines of its Dang Media Stand give it an edge that is matched only by its affordable price. True Blu Dot style.

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