Published Date: Jul 30, 2025
Written by: FCI Editorial Team
Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes
TL;DR - Discover fifteen rather exceptional sideboards from Cattelan Italia, each offering distinctive Italian craftsmanship that transforms storage into statement pieces. From quilted leather doors to hand-brushed finishes and geometric patterns, these designs prove that practical furniture can be genuinely extraordinary. Whether you're furnishing a compact London flat or a sprawling Home Counties residence, these carefully selected pieces deliver the perfect balance of functionality and visual impact that discerning homeowners and designers truly appreciate.
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The sideboard has rather outgrown its utilitarian origins. What was once merely a surface for serving dishes has evolved into one of the most commanding pieces in contemporary interiors, a sculptural statement that anchors dining rooms, living spaces, and hallways with equal authority. Cattelan Italia understands this transformation intimately, crafting storage solutions where Italian artistry meets architectural presence. We've selected fifteen exceptional pieces that demonstrate precisely why this brand remains the choice for London's most considered homes.
Many people consider luxury sideboards as nothing more than a boring piece of furniture to store their cutlery or stack every piece of art their kids create. Yes, indeed, they are great for storing stuff, and well, let's be honest, who doesn't like having extra storage space to hide the mess?
But what many people don't realise is that sideboards are also unique pieces of furniture, and if chosen wisely, they can help you transform boring spaces into the most beautiful spots of your home. In fact, they can alone can make a strong statement about your style and individuality, which is why we strongly believe that every home deserves a sideboard.
Key Takeaway: Sideboards aren't merely functional storage - they're rather splendid opportunities to express your personal style whilst solving practical needs, making them genuinely essential pieces for any well-considered home.
The best thing about Cattelan Italia sideboards is that you have the satisfaction of investing in quality craftsmanship that will not be going out of style for a long time. Moreover, their designs come in the most convenient shapes and sizes, so they can easily be adjusted in any space you want. They are also extremely practical for storage purposes, and with their aesthetically luxurious feel, they can brighten up any room.
Here are our favourite picks from their vast sideboard collection:
Key Takeaway: Cattelan Italia's enduring designs offer refreshingly sensible versatility alongside exceptional Italian craftsmanship, ensuring your investment remains both practical and stylish for years to come.
Best feature: Quilted leather doors
Designed by: Paolo Cattelan in 2017
Absolut offers a unique combination of electrifying quilted leather doors and a metallic base, giving any room a fine and elegant touch. It is available in white, black or graphite-painted glass top and wooden frame with internal shelves in clear glass.
It offers ample storage and since it is a low sideboard with a neat and sleek look, it would be ideal for smaller spaces or hallways.
Key Takeaway: The Absolut's quilted leather detailing creates quite extraordinary visual interest whilst its compact proportions make it genuinely perfect for London properties where space requires thoughtful consideration.
Best feature: Crystalart detailing
Designed by: Paolo Cattelan in 2020
Focus Crystalart was designed to bring out the best of the Crystalart print-on-glass decoration, which is already popular in Cattelan Italia's dining table collection.
This particular finish adds a marble effect to the crystal, making it look luxuriously bright. The structure is compact and streamlined, enhancing the technique and craftmanship used in its manufacturing. Since this is Cattelan Italia's only CrystalArt sideboard so far, it is incredibly popular amongst interior designers.
Key Takeaway: As Cattelan Italia's exclusive Crystalart sideboard design, this piece offers refreshingly unique marble-effect detailing that interior designers find genuinely indispensable for luxury residential projects.
Best feature: Labyrinth-style detailing on the doors
Designed by: Andrea Lucatello in 2010
Share your unique perspective with the world through this beautifully unconventional piece of artistry.
Along with its wooden frame and stainless steel base, it features a mesmerising maze on its doors. The texture of the maze gives such a fresh and fun look, that it would even fit beautifully in the kid's bedroom or playroom.
The Labyrinth is a must-have for anyone who is tired of the same old, boring-looking sideboards.
Key Takeaway: The Labyrinth's playful maze detailing offers rather clever versatility - equally at home in sophisticated adult spaces or children's rooms where whimsy meets quality craftsmanship.
Best feature: Three-dimensional geometric detailing on the doors
Designed by: Philip Jackson in 2017
If you like the idea of fancy embellishments, then Royalton is what you are looking for. As its name suggests, Royalton is a regal piece of art that belongs in a castle!
It comes with lacquered polyurethane doors, featuring a bold but easy-on-the-eye diamond-cut design for which you can choose your favourite finishing in matt white, graphite or titanium.
It contains internal shelves of clear glass and there is also the option of adding an internal drawer in each door. If you wish to create a picture-perfect hallway, our designers recommend setting it up along with the Cattelan Italia Egypt mirror, which comes in a mini-pyramid patterned wooden frame that's pretty similar to the Royalton.
Key Takeaway: The Royalton's regal diamond-cut doors create genuinely striking visual impact, whilst pairing beautifully with complementary geometric pieces like the Egypt mirror for thoroughly coordinated interiors.
Best feature: Quilted eco-leather upholstery
Designed by: Paolo Cattelan in 2017
While all the Cattelan Italia sideboards are great, most are also pretty large, which is why we bring in the 'Tiffany.'
With a smaller footprint, a slim and sleek design, Tiffany is perfect for smaller rooms or spaces. And trust us when we say this, it is nothing like your grandmother's old room centerpiece!
Firstly, it is ideal because of its amazing diamond quilted pattern. Secondly, it is the perfect choice for any modern space because of its look. Furthermore, if you entertain very often, then it can easily function as a cocktail bar or a buffet area. But the best part is that you have the option of an internal LED light kit, so just imagine opening its doors and showing off your fine wine collection or glassware in the spotlight.
Key Takeaway: Tiffany's compact elegance proves rather helpful for space-conscious London homes, whilst the optional LED lighting transforms entertaining into genuinely theatrical moments.
Best feature: Weave-like, hand-brushed finish
Designed by: Alessio Bassan in 2022
One of Cattelan Italia's most recent designs, this is also one of the most unique sideboards at our showroom.
Arizona Crossing is adorned with two different brushed finishes that were perfected by the hands of expert Italian artisans. While the older Arizona featured a fine brushed finish resembling metallic scratches, this new version features a weave-like weft and warp pattern, which gives it third-dimensionality.
This contemporary sideboard is available in two heights and several widths and is supported by understated painted steel feet. It has an extra-clear painted glass top and internal wooden shelves with matching shades, which are ideal for maximising usefulness and capacity.
Key Takeaway: Arizona Crossing's hand-crafted weave pattern showcases quite extraordinary Italian artisanship, offering customisable dimensions that adapt refreshingly well to diverse spatial requirements.
Best feature: Sculptural design
Designed by: Andrea Lucatello in 2009
Row row row your boat gently down the stream; with our luxury kayak your lounge becomes a dream!
The distinctive 3-D geometric design and tapered legs give it an art-deco feel. Whether you decide to feature this marvel in the dining room or the living room, it is the perfect contemporary twist your interiors need.
This incredibly sturdy structure is available in both two and three-door styles. With the signature Cattelan Italia attention to detail, it comes with polished stainless steel feet and in a variety of colours for the doors.
Key Takeaway: Kayak's sculptural art-deco geometry brings genuinely distinctive character to contemporary interiors, whilst maintaining the practical versatility essential for modern living spaces.
Best feature: Minimalist design
Designed by: Alessio Bassan in 2010
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Feeling displeased with the same old designs and not finding anything interesting?
Try this ultra-modern sideboard with bevelled sides and the most interesting finishing in matt white lacquered, oyster or grey wood.
Often we are searching for pieces that will not only enhance the look of a room but also play the part of a harmonising element. With this in mind, Chelsea is designed as a perfect solution to adding storage capacity to any room. Because of its minimalist design, narrow width, maximum surface space and functional storage, this sideboard could very well be your next powder room or bathroom vanity.
Our designers highly recommend pairing it with the Africa mirror (as shown in the picture) for a truly majestic look. You can also use it as a room divider to segment the different zones of an open plan space.
Key Takeaway: Chelsea's refined minimalism offers refreshingly versatile functionality - equally suited to traditional storage duties or rather clever alternative applications like bathroom vanities and spatial dividers.
Best feature: Natural wood grains
Designed by: Alessio Bassan in 2015
Keep it simple with this mid-century style modern sideboard that is all about incorporating natural elements with a design that's nothing but eye-pleasing. Whether you like a shiny finish or a rustic feel, both are available. It is a practical piece that can enhance any urban living room.
Key Takeaway: Horizon's celebration of natural wood grains offers genuinely timeless mid-century appeal, providing refreshingly straightforward elegance for contemporary urban interiors.
Best feature: Crystal shelves and internal LED lighting
Designed by: Andrea Lucatello in 2014
Some of us don't want our sideboard to hide away our stuff. Instead, we like to display some of our treasured objects to look at them daily, feel the joy and tell their stories. This two-shelved design would look perfect in the dining room, especially with a contemporary crystal dining table like the Daytona.
Key Takeaway: Hilton's illuminated crystal shelving transforms display into theatre, offering rather splendid opportunities to showcase cherished possessions whilst maintaining sophisticated dining room aesthetics.
Best feature: Presence of both types of storage units: closed ones and presentation space with glass doors
Designed by: STC Studio in 2018
This is a fascinating product because it uses a variety of materials with fine finishes to create an elegant composition that is both perfectly balanced and practical at the same time. The open-storage middle shelves offer the opportunity to further embellish the space by showcasing one's most prized possessions.
As with all Cattelan Italia products, this one too is manufactured using high-end elements, including wood, metal, leather, and synthetic leather, that are expertly combined to create a seamless, skilfully crafted sideboard.
There's a very interesting play with geometry because of the slanted door and the overall clean lines. This is why we recommend pairing it with some curved elements for a well-balanced look - for example; you could opt for a round dining table and a round mirror from the Cattelan Italia collection, such as the Wish mirror and the Bora Bora dining table.
Key Takeaway: Aston's masterful material combination creates genuinely sophisticated balance between concealed and displayed storage, whilst angular geometry invites refreshingly thoughtful coordination with curved companion pieces.
Best feature: Combination of wood and graphite
Designed by: Andrea Lucatello in 2014
The use of different types of wood in combination with graphite gives it a very intriguing look and a strong character. This contemporary structure is available in two or three doors and in two different heights to easily adapt to any area in the house.
Key Takeaway: Torino's compelling wood-and-graphite palette creates quite striking visual character, offering refreshingly adaptable configurations that suit diverse spatial requirements throughout the home.
Best feature: Printed glass insert in the middle
Designed by: Andrea Lucatello in 2022
Unquestionably, the decorative printed glass replicating the beautiful veins of natural marble is the focal point of the Dynasty sideboard. The top and a central vertical section below the painted wood doors are both composed of this printed glass. The rounded edges and raised upper top border are just two examples of the many thoughtfully chosen design elements.
Key Takeaway: Dynasty's marble-veined printed glass creates genuinely captivating focal interest, whilst thoughtful details like rounded edges demonstrate the rather meticulous design consideration characteristic of Italian craftsmanship.
Best feature: Three-dimensional pattern on the doors
Designed by: Paolo Cattelan in 2020
This contemporary sideboard has a prominent three-dimensional quality as the metallic lacquered surface is enhanced by the doors' ornamentation in a leaf-like pattern of distinct lights and shadows.
The fine details and finishes further enhance its opulent design. The exquisite look makes it suitable for all types of luxury interiors, including homes, hotels and restaurants.
Key Takeaway: Lavander's botanical-inspired three-dimensional detailing creates quite extraordinary interplay of light and shadow, offering genuinely opulent presence suitable for the finest residential and hospitality environments.
Best feature: Curved glass sides
Designed by: Tosca Design in 2022
This wooden sideboard has many intricate elements and emulates a straightforward, minimalist style.
Vertical metal inserts offer rhythm to the composition and let you see the internal glass shelves through the curved transparent glass sides.
The elegant feet are another striking feature, each made of two metal components that come together to form a Y that sits smoothly on the ground. The wooden doors' diagonal finish draws attention to the wood's lovely natural grain and naturally guides your eyes towards the base.
This contemporary design can be customised with two or four doors, making it easily adaptable to any room in the house. The family is completed with the Costes TV stand , which is lower and has open curved sides.
Key Takeaway: Costes' curved glass transparency and distinctive Y-shaped feet create refreshingly sophisticated visual rhythm, whilst customisable configurations ensure genuinely practical adaptability across diverse interior spaces.
What makes Cattelan Italia sideboards worth the investment compared to high-street alternatives?
Cattelan Italia pieces represent genuinely exceptional Italian craftsmanship with timeless designs that remain stylish for decades rather than seasons. Each sideboard features premium materials - from hand-brushed finishes perfected by Italian artisans to quilted leather and marble-effect Crystalart glass - alongside meticulous construction that ensures enduring structural integrity. Whilst high-street alternatives may appear cost-effective initially, they typically require replacement within a few years, making quality Italian furniture refreshingly sensible economically over the long term.
How do I choose the right Cattelan Italia sideboard size for my London property?
For compact London flats and townhouses, consider streamlined options like Tiffany, Chelsea, or Absolut, which offer substantial storage without overwhelming smaller rooms. Measure your available wall space carefully, allowing at least 30cm clearance on either side for visual balance. For larger Home Counties properties with generous room proportions, statement pieces like Aston, Kayak, or Dynasty create rather splendid focal points. Our Rays House showroom team can assess your floor plans and recommend configurations that maximise both functionality and aesthetic impact.
Can Cattelan Italia sideboards be customised to match my existing interior scheme?
Most Cattelan Italia sideboards offer quite extensive customisation options, including multiple door finishes, internal configurations, and dimensional variations. Popular pieces like Royalton provide choices of matt white, graphite, or titanium finishes, whilst Horizon offers both shiny and rustic wood treatments. Several designs feature optional internal LED lighting and additional drawer configurations. Visit our London showroom to explore the full range of available finishes and specifications - our design team can guide you through customisation possibilities that coordinate beautifully with your existing furnishings.
What's the typical delivery timeframe for Cattelan Italia sideboards in London?
Standard delivery timeframes for Cattelan Italia furniture to London and the Home Counties typically range from 10-14 weeks, as pieces are crafted to order in Italy using traditional artisan techniques that genuinely cannot be rushed. Customised specifications may extend this timeframe slightly. We coordinate delivery and professional installation with experienced teams who handle luxury furniture daily, ensuring your investment arrives in pristine condition. For urgent projects, contact our showroom team to discuss expedited options or display models occasionally available for immediate purchase.
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These perfectly crafted pieces truly have the potential to make your home look and feel as luxurious as a seven-star hotel. The right Cattelan Italia sideboard creates that refreshingly warm and comfortable atmosphere you genuinely deserve after a long day. Whether you favour quilted leather elegance, hand-brushed artisan finishes, or geometric contemporary statements, there's rather exceptional Italian craftsmanship awaiting your consideration. Let us know which designs capture your attention, and we'll ensure you receive our finest recommendations alongside thoroughly competitive pricing.
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