Store it in style

Although obviously quite different, there are some similarities in these two pieces of furniture, with their inspiration from the neoclassical.

The top piece was designed by John Minshaw for a flat in London's Belgravia to reflect the building's grandiose classical facade, designed by Thomas Cubitt.

The second piece of furniture is up for sale at Christie's in early January and is described as a painted doll's house/bookcase, with rusticated front with glazed windows and hinged door, enclosing two shelves, and is estimated at GBP1,000-1,500. As it's of recent manufacture, you might be inclined to ditch the base and create something more eye-catching.

But with both, I think you will agree there is a desirable beauty in the structure and execution.