{"title":"Japanese Sideboards \u0026 Credenzas","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"blu-dot-dang-media-stand-walnut","title":"Blu Dot Dang Media Stand - Walnut","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDang Media Stand — Walnut \/ Putty Grey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAlmost seems a shame to muck it up with a TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe upper door fronts are \u003cstrong\u003eperforated steel\u003c\/strong\u003e, finely punched so the cabinet breathes and your remote works straight through the closed doors. The lower doors are walnut. Brass pulls, a putty-grey powder-coated steel base, soft-close on everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat perforated panel is doing an old job in a new material. Japanese rooms have used the \u003cstrong\u003esudare\u003c\/strong\u003e (簾) for centuries — a screen of split reed hung in a doorway that softens what is behind it without shutting it away. You see a suggestion of the room beyond, air moves through, and the hard edge of an opening becomes a texture instead. Dang's steel mesh works the same way: the electronics are present but dissolved into pattern, and the signal passes through as if nothing were there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it is made — honestly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCase: walnut veneer over an engineered wood core.\u003c\/strong\u003e Not solid walnut. At this width and price, veneer is what keeps the panels flat and the grain running continuously across both doors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDoor fronts and base: powder-coated steel\u003c\/strong\u003e, with brass hardware.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoft-close\u003c\/strong\u003e on the door and drawers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFixed interior shelves\u003c\/strong\u003e — they do not adjust.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe back is finished\u003c\/strong\u003e and carries built-in cord cutouts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdjustable glides\u003c\/strong\u003e in the base for uneven floors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClean Air Certified\u003c\/strong\u003e — meets strict standards for low chemical emissions. Worth knowing for a bedroom or a small apartment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall: 42\"W × 20\"D × 30\"H\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCabinet interior: 20\"W × 18\"D × 19\"H\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 117 lbs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you order — two measurements that matter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth.\u003c\/strong\u003e At 42 inches, this suits a television up to roughly 55 inches. A 65-inch screen will overhang both ends and look unbalanced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight.\u003c\/strong\u003e At 30 inches, Dang is taller than a typical media console. Set a TV on top and the screen centre lands high — comfortable if you watch from a dining chair or a high-seat sofa, less so from a low, deep lounge sofa. Measure from your floor to your eye while seated: ideally the centre of the screen sits at or just below that line. If your sofa is low, wall-mount the screen and let Dang do what it is best at — carrying the components, hiding the cables, and looking like furniture rather than an appliance stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it can go\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBecause the back panel is finished and the cord cutouts are built in, this console does not have to live against a wall. It can float behind a sofa or divide an open-plan room without showing a raw back — something most media consoles cannot do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAn \u003cstrong\u003eanti-tip kit is included and recommended\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eClean with a slightly damp, soft cloth. For dirt and fingerprints, use a quality cleaner formulated for wood furniture, then wipe completely dry, following the grain. Dust the perforated steel with a dry brush rather than a wet cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGuaranteed 5-year warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blu Dot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53641011331338,"sku":"DA1-SMEDIA-WL","price":1795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/4025\/1914\/files\/ChatGPTImage7.sep.2026_22_05_01_10.png?v=1788811527"},{"product_id":"blu-dot-clad-3-door-credenza-walnut","title":"Blu Dot Clad 3 Door Credenza - Walnut","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClad 3 Door Credenza — Walnut\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSometimes we fall hard for a good mix of materials. Like beautiful, warm wood meeting the cool, smooth toughness of steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe doors are \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican-sourced solid walnut\u003c\/strong\u003e — not veneer — with the pull milled directly into the wood as a finger groove. No knobs, no handles, nothing applied to the face. You open this cabinet by hooking your fingers into a channel cut from the same board you are looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese craft has a word for why that matters: \u003cstrong\u003ete-zawari\u003c\/strong\u003e (手触り) — the feel of a thing in the hand, treated as seriously as how it looks. A groove cut into solid timber wears in rather than out. The edge softens where your hand goes, the walnut darkens slightly at that one point over the years, and the cabinet quietly records how it has been used. A screwed-on metal pull can never do that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it is made — honestly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDoors: solid walnut\u003c\/strong\u003e, American-sourced, with milled finger grooves and soft-close mechanisms on all three.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame and legs: powder-coated steel\u003c\/strong\u003e in matte black. The steel does the structural work, which is what lets the case sit on legs this thin and still carry a loaded cabinet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior: adjustable shelves\u003c\/strong\u003e in all three compartments.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe back panel is unfinished.\u003c\/strong\u003e This piece is designed to stand against a wall.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall: 72\"W × 18\"D × 29\"H\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach cabinet interior: 23\"W × 15\"D × 18\"H\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeg height \/ floor clearance: 9\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it is actually used\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAt 29 inches high and 72 inches wide it lands exactly where a wall-mounted television wants it: a 55\" to 75\" screen sits above without crowding, and the 18-inch-deep compartments take a console, a receiver and a sound bar. The \u003cstrong\u003e9 inches of open floor beneath\u003c\/strong\u003e is the detail that changes a room — the credenza reads as floating, a robot vacuum passes under it, and the wall stays visible from baseboard up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA note on media use: the back is solid and unfinished, so plan your cable route before you set it against the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAn \u003cstrong\u003eanti-tip kit is included and recommended\u003c\/strong\u003e — at 72 inches wide on 9-inch legs, anchor it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eClean with a slightly damp, soft cloth. For dirt and fingerprints, use a quality cleaner formulated for wood furniture, then wipe completely dry, following the direction of the grain. Solid walnut warms and deepens with light; that is the wood maturing, not fading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSome assembly required — the legs attach to the frame with the provided hardware. Guaranteed 5-year warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blu Dot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53641031844106,"sku":"CD1-3DCRDZ-WL","price":1795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/4025\/1914\/files\/ChatGPTImage7.sep.2026_22_10_32_6.png?v=1788811868"},{"product_id":"blu-dot-murmur-storage-cabinet-white-oak","title":"Blu Dot Murmur Storage Cabinet - White Oak","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMurmur Storage Cabinet — White Oak\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe \u003cem\u003emizuya dansu\u003c\/em\u003e was the Japanese kitchen cabinet: a tall chest, usually built in two stacked sections, fronted with doors and fitted with shelves inside, where a household kept its bowls and lacquerware. Many of them had lattice panels in the doors. They were among the most useful objects a house owned, and they were beautiful almost incidentally — because the wood was good and nothing was added to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis cabinet is recognisably the same idea. Two stacked compartments, four doors, shelves inside, and a front worked with vertical fluting that carries the visual memory of that lattice — solid here rather than open, but the same close rhythm running the full height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn white oak that rhythm does something specific. Pale timber does not hold hard shadow in the grooves; it grades the light softly down the full fifty-five inches, so a tall cabinet that would otherwise read as a mass in the corner instead reads as a panel of the wall. That is worth knowing if you are choosing between the two finishes: the walnut version anchors a room, this one dissolves into it. In a small space, or a dark one, pale is almost always the safer decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe proportions are the practical argument. Fifty-five inches tall on a footprint of thirty by nineteen — under four square feet of floor — holding roughly what a six-foot dresser holds. Japanese rooms have always answered the problem of small floors by building upward and keeping the ground clear, and that logic transfers to an apartment without any translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat is inside stays inside. Two compartments, each with an adjustable shelf, take the things a room should not have to look at — linens, files, glassware, the overflow with no proper home. A Japanese interior keeps its storage concealed and its floor empty; the restraint is in what you show, not in what you own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe brass pulls are small, sandcast, sunk into the grooves beside the central seam so nothing interrupts the run. The case is plywood wrapped in white oak veneer — correct for a tall carcass that has to stay true — and the legs are solid wood on adjustable glides, lifting the volume clear of the floor. The back is finished, so it is not tied to a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAn anti-tip kit is included, and at this height it should be used. Assembly is minimal: attach the base to the frame. Made in the USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall: 30\"W × 19\"D × 55\"H (76 × 47 × 140 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompartment interior: 28\"W × 16\"D × 20\"H (72 × 42 × 52 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour fluted doors opening to two compartments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo adjustable shelves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase: plywood wrapped in white oak veneer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid wood legs with adjustable glides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePulls: custom sandcast brass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack panel finished\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnti-tip kit included and recommended\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinimal assembly required (attach base to frame)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5-year warranty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eClean with a slightly damp, soft cloth and dry immediately, working along the grain. The flutes collect dust — a dry brush or a vacuum dust attachment once a month beats chasing it with a cloth. Use a quality wood furniture cleaner for fingerprints. Keep it out of prolonged direct sunlight: white oak ambers under UV, and a tall piece lit from one side will develop an uneven tone. Leave the brass alone. It is meant to darken.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blu Dot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53648752017674,"sku":"MU1-CABNET-WO","price":3795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/4025\/1914\/files\/ChatGPTImage8.sep.2026_14_48_20_6.png?v=1788871714"},{"product_id":"blu-dot-murmur-storage-cabinet-walnut","title":"Blu Dot Murmur Storage Cabinet - Walnut","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMurmur Storage Cabinet — Walnut\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese rooms are small, and the response to that has never been to own less — it has been to build upward and keep the floor clear. Floor area is the scarce thing. Height is free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis cabinet is the whole Murmur language stood on end. Fifty-five inches tall on a footprint of thirty by nineteen — under four square feet of floor — holding roughly what a six-foot dresser holds, in a corner where a dresser would never fit. In an apartment that trade is the entire argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding up also changes what the fluting does. On the low pieces in this family the vertical ribs run against the horizontal mass and create tension. Here they run with it, and the cabinet reads as a fluted column — closer to architecture than to casework. Four doors, two above and two below, carry one uninterrupted rhythm from the top rail to the base, and in walnut each groove holds its own line of shadow, so the whole front is modelled rather than flat. The brass pulls are small and sunk into the grooves, sited beside the central seam so nothing breaks the run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBehind the doors everything is hidden, which is the point. A Japanese interior keeps its storage out of sight and leaves the room empty; the discipline is not in owning less but in showing less. Two compartments, each with an adjustable shelf, take whatever a room needs to stop looking at — linens, files, glassware, the overflow that has no proper home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe case is plywood wrapped in walnut veneer, which is the right call for a tall carcass that must stay true, and the legs are solid wood with adjustable glides, lifting the volume clear of the floor so it does not read as a block. The back is finished, so the cabinet is not confined to a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAn anti-tip kit is included, and at fifty-five inches it should be used. Assembly is minimal — attach the base to the frame. Made in the USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall: 30\"W × 19\"D × 55\"H (76 × 47 × 140 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompartment interior: 28\"W × 16\"D × 20\"H (72 × 42 × 52 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour fluted doors opening to two compartments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo adjustable shelves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase: plywood wrapped in walnut veneer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid wood legs with adjustable glides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePulls: custom sandcast brass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack panel finished\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnti-tip kit included and recommended\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinimal assembly required (attach base to frame)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5-year warranty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eClean with a slightly damp, soft cloth and dry immediately, working along the grain. The flutes collect dust — a dry brush or a vacuum dust attachment once a month is far easier than a cloth. Use a quality wood furniture cleaner for fingerprints, and keep the cabinet out of prolonged direct sunlight, which lifts walnut's colour and flattens the depth. Leave the brass alone; it is meant to darken.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blu Dot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53648805593354,"sku":"MU1-CABNET-WL","price":3795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/4025\/1914\/files\/ChatGPTImage8.sep.2026_14_51_59_6.png?v=1788871936"}],"url":"https:\/\/japancoo.com\/collections\/japanese-sideboards-credenzas.oembed","provider":"Japancoo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}