12 Modern Media Consoles That Don’t Scream “TV Room”
Subtly style the area where you watch TV—or any living space—with these clutter-stashing media cabinets, credenzas, and entertainment stands.
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A great media console is a triple threat: It has bountiful storage, keeps unsightly wires at bay, and integrates seamlessly with your decor while you stream away. Contain your cords, board games, and other tchotchkes with these stylish ideas.
Our Perforated Media Console shines a spotlight on modern style, with cutout details and a sleek finish that turns this storage solution into a where-did-you-get-that piece. Inside its steel frame is plenty of room for everything from books and routers to dinner plates and linens.
The Lowdown locker is your new favorite console, tv station or office storage. She's perfectly proportioned to make the most of that alcove or work just as well next to a bed. With holes in the back + lockable doors, she'll keep all your precious things safely inside.
The USM Haller Collection, including the USM Haller Open Media Console (1961), is crafted with precision. Designed by Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer, this modular furniture collection is constructed of steel and built to last for generations.
The TV bench in walnut veneer with legs of solid ash brings a warm, natural feeling to your room.
Minimal yet harmonious, the Sen Media Unit (2017) offers a sleek solution for media and workspace storage. Push-latch cabinets and drawers that allow the fronts to remain hardware-free present a streamlined look. The slender raised base lends visual lightness to the overall aesthetic. Made in Spain.
Layers of clean details. Warm wood and full grain leather pulls add storage panache and practicality to the bedroom, living room or dining room. Door units feature adjustable shelves and wire management holes.
Airia (2008) is a streamlined solution that keeps your media clutter-free. Designed by Ayako Takase and Cutter Hutton, who co-founded the Rhode Island-based studio Observatory in 2001, Airia acknowledges technology "but does so in a subtle, integrated and intuitive manner," says Hutton.
With a dimensional front panel, the Slatted Media Console adds style and function to your living space. Two roomy compartments and four cord cutouts make it the perfect hiding place for everything from WiFi routers to TV cords.
The Dang Media Stand by Blu Dot features a perforated steel door front which allows use of remotes without spoiling the view. The interior of the Dang Media Stand has a fixed vertical divider in the center with a fixed horizontal shelf on both sides to create four interior storage spaces.
From the mid-century, Scandinavian-inspired collection of cocktail and side tables, the Laguna media console introduces a versatile storage solution in warm teak wood. Features heirloom-quality craftsmanship and a streamlined silhouette designed for living and media rooms, halls and entryways.
No matter what you call it — credenza, media console, sideboard — this versatile continuation of our Bento Collection rises to the occasion for any living room.
Scandinavian design language meets cutting-edge 3-D molding technology in the Edel Credenza (2018). Easy-to-live-with forms speak quietly but offer hidden delights in use. “We made Edel attractive,” explain the designers, “but the love for it comes when you start interacting with it. When you see...
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