These cabinets were very popular in Europe. All antique furniture lovers love these cabinets. Console cabinets complement any furniture in the room. A very popular design console cabinet has a smooth top and the shelves have intricately worked or painted doors and drawers and have brass handles. The drawers can vary from two to four and sometimes the shelves have glass doors to display the collectibles and curios.

Popular console cabinet designs

The antique piece of console cabinet that is very popular in most of the English homes is a beautiful Henry II cabinet. The wood used is walnut, mahogany, pine or oak. The cabinet is carved intricately depicting the renaissance revival period. This piece will look good in any room. The cabinet has drawers on the top and long shelves in the bottom that provides ample storage space. The console has hand painted floral finish.

French console cabinet has four drawers and beaded molding. The cabinet is hand crafted and has a finish of medium tone faux burl with elegant interiors. The cabinets mostly had floral designs hand painted on them.

Other popular console cabinet is the leonine console cabinet. It is rectangular in shape have storage drawers and compartments or shelves with doors and the sides of the console is carved. These cabinets are smooth looking beauties with the motifs painted on them. These beautiful hand painted console cabinets are a perfect storage solution. These cabinets feature elegant hand-painted designs and motifs and intricately carved curves enhance any type of decorum and blend well with other furnitures.

The oriental/Chinese console cabinet is carved out mostly from rosewood. Chinese consoles have a glass surface and drawers and cabinets on the bottom and intricately carved in oriental designs.

Contemporary console cabinets

Eventually traditional console cabinets gave way for the contemporary styles and designs of cabinets to suit the contemporary functions. Console cabinets available today are attractive and mainly used for media storage like VCDs and DVDs as they have roll out trays.

The adjustable cabinets can store magazines, books and files. The wood used is oak or pine and the handle of the shelves are either chrome or brass. The size makes the cabinet a practical and ideal piece of furniture for any room.