Discover an oak and tempered glass TV stand

Glass changes what a media unit is for. Where a solid cabinet hides everything, this TV stand made of oak veneer and tempered glass keeps the contents half visible, so an amplifier or a record deck stays part of the room instead of being shut away. The 4 tempered glass sliding doors also solve the problem solid doors create: infrared remote signals pass straight through glass, and heat from an amplifier is not sealed in behind a wooden panel. Tempered glass is the safe specification, several times stronger than annealed and designed to break into blunt granules.

Sliding rather than hinged doors matter on a piece 200 x 54 cm across. Four hinged doors would need close to a metre of swing clearance in front, which few living rooms can spare between the unit and a coffee table. Sliding panels move within the frame itself. Below them sit 2 drawers with a pressure opening system on adjustable hidden guides, so discs, cables and remotes are stored fully out of sight whilst the glass compartments hold the equipment you actually want to see.

Certification, levelling and combining the piece

The timber carries FSC 100% chain-of-custody certification and comes from a responsible forest management model, meaning the wood is traceable from forest to finished cabinet rather than merely claimed to be sustainable. An adjustable base lets you overcome uneven floors, which is essential with glass: a cabinet under torsion will bind its sliding doors, and levelling the base is what keeps the panels running freely for years. Set the adjusters with a spirit level rather than by eye when you install it.

This oak and glass TV cabinet can be combined with the rest of the collection, so a sideboard or shelving unit from the same family will share its finish and detailing across a room. Glass fronts ask for slightly more upkeep than wood: fingerprints show, and a dry microfibre cloth deals with them faster than any spray. Arrange the contents with that visibility in mind, because what sits behind the sliding glass doors is now part of the composition, so keep cables dressed and boxes squared up.