Do you own a large cabinet, secretary or armoire that was originally purchased to hold a clunky television? Take a page from Steven Gambrel's playbook and use it to display small works of art. Create a library or office within another room.
I think this rustic secretary is so successful as a functioning display piece because Gambrel has casually mixed art, books, and random objects. It's the antithesis of the collectibles behind glass look.All photography via Steven Gambrel.
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What I love about the room, and especially the secretary, is the flow. There is nothing jarring or forced about the display.
Courtney - what a great new project - thanks for the heads up.
What a great idea...it could be papered, added with fabric or painted inside to add the perfect back groung for a nice display nook. A beautiful soloution to the deep cabinet once used for the tele!
I read somewhere that you can always tell when someone decorated based on how they handle the tv! The tv within the armoire or entertainment center seems to be an 80s/90s phenomenon.
I still like the look of the tv in the armoire - I resist the idea of having a huge tv! However, in my next home, the armoire will go in the basement and I will think of a new way to display the tv.
I love the idea of displaying art in a new an different place.
Very much better than the television - for aesthetic and other reasons, I'm considering banning them altogether. And maybe just watching HGTV and PBS on my laptop :) I love how a place that would have been an eyesore is now the centerpiece of the room - that size amoire has the same room presence as a fireplace or other large statement.
I was saved from the armoire for the TV when I realized my stairs were too narrow to get anything that large up them. We don't entertain around a TV so hiding it wasn't an issue. I bought an English reproduction desk for a 42" flat screen (as large as this room could handle and put a skirt underneath (sounds weird, looks good) to hide DVD players and stuff. In the antique store where I bought the desk, a matching plate rack was hanging over it. Hmmm, looks like a unit, adds height to a room. So it's there. I plan to use it as a gallery. About armoires for desks/libraries anything that puts more books in a book, I'm for it.
What a fabulous room! I wish I could check out all those goodies in the secretary.
What a great idea- and doesn't every one have one clunking about in a room. Thanks for showing me. I love the tranquil whisper of different shades of blue in this otherwise leather room (how to do leather I'd say) LA
Such a beautiful use of a secretary! I used to chuckle a bit walking into a room where all the furniture was facing a closed armoire. As if no one would clue into the fact that it probably stayed open most of the time--except when guests or magazine editors were dropping by--because the television was inside of it.
What a wonderful grouping of books. It is much better than a TV. The blue and burlap colors work so well together, along with the wall color and deep beautiful brown leather furniture. His grouping of objects is so successful.
I do like opening up the armoires and using for libraries or a beautiful bar. Great post.
This is exactly what I did at my studio at The Winged Scarab Art Space. I will take a photo and post it. The armoire is filled with my smaller abstract seascapes.
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