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Curio Cabinets are a Delight

October 26, 2017

Curio cabinets have become a delight in themselves as they showcase your favorite things and mementos to friends and family, keep all your dear treasures in one place to admire them in wonderment every day, or protect your growing collection of porcelain dolls from your 5-year old.

Curio cabinets started as places to keep curios – defined in the dictionary as curious or unusual objects of art or knickknacks and whatnots that are perhaps worthy of collecting because of their oddity. This definition could, of course, include silver spoons from Alaska, all assortments of wedding and christening favors, crystals, face masks from Africa and possibly even shrunken heads from the Amazons of Ecuador and Peru.

Nowadays, however, you can use curio cabinets for anything like showing off your family's sporting interests by displaying your son's bowling trophies next to your husbands autographed baseballs. House your priceless family heirlooms – such as, great grandma's turquoise and silver comb, grandpa's golden pen, mum's old sapphire brooch which you wore on your wedding day and your son's first baby photo.

Or perhaps, protect from dust and grime the brass alto saxophone that you know you'll learn to play one day in your retirement years.

The first question you should ask when buying a curio cabinet, or a bookcase which can also serve as a display cabinet is: What kind of curios will I put in it? If it is a tall brass alto saxophone, then you need to get a tall, traditional curio cabinet with fitted glass doors to keep the dust out and with removable glass shelves to make room for your favorite musical instrument.

How much light is there at the spot where you are going to put your curio cabinet? Is it in the sunroom with plenty of natural light or is it in a dark corner of the house? If the latter then you need an illuminated cabinet to brighten the corner as well as provide accent lighting to your displays.

How big a space do you have for your curio cabinet?

The other question to ask is – Do you want to match the look of your curio cabinet with the other furniture in the room?

And finally, what is your budget? Our inventory of cabinets is sure to cover your desired needs for showing off or storing your cherished home accessories.

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