Aruba Rattan Front Sideboard

The Aruba — a substantial four-door sideboard in solid bayur and mindi wood with a soft greige-washed finish, woven rattan panels framed across all four door fronts and side panels, and sculptural rattan-wrapped handles capped in matte black metal. Generous 2m proportions on a recessed plinth base, sized for dining rooms, hallways and larger living spaces.

The Aruba brings the kind of cabinetry detail that lifts a sideboard above standard solid-fronted alternatives — each of the four door fronts is built around a finely woven rattan cane panel framed by a hardwood border, and the same rattan panelling continues across both side panels of the cabinet, the same surface vocabulary as mid-century Hans Wegner cane-front cabinets and the contemporary tropical-modern furniture of brands like Soane Britain and Pierre Yovanovitch. Solid bayur and mindi hardwood form the structural frame, with a soft greige-brown wash that lets the natural grain show through across the top, sides and door surrounds — quietly cool in tone rather than the warm honey-brown that typifies most rattan-front cabinetry. The handles are the considered finishing detail: long cylindrical pulls wrapped in a tight diamond-pattern rattan, capped at top and bottom with matte black metal hardware.

What sets it apart

The detail that makes it different

The rattan-wrapped handles are the move that gives the Aruba its specific character — most rattan-fronted sideboards finish their detailing with plain metal or knob handles, a choice that creates an abrupt tonal jump from natural fibre to industrial hardware and tends to undercut the warmth of the cane panels. The Aruba carries the rattan vocabulary all the way through to the handle itself, with a tightly woven cylindrical pull capped neatly in matte black metal where it meets the hand — a small detail, but the kind that elevates the piece from "rattan cabinet with handles" into something fully resolved. The rattan panels also wrap around to the side panels of the cabinet, so the piece reads as designed in the round rather than from the front only — useful when the sideboard sits free-standing in an open-plan room rather than against a wall.