Cabinet Set Into a Panelled Room Niche
A wine cabinet built into an opening between panelled walls, so the joinery reads as part of the room rather than as a piece of equipment standing in it.
What the photographs show
A cabinet sitting in a niche with timber panelling to either side, the frame taking its line from the panel module above and below. Bottles are visible behind glass at eye level; below the counter line the cabinet turns solid.
What the build had to solve
Panelling decides the drawing. The frame is set to the same module as the panels, the top rail aligns with the panel head, and the cabinet depth matches the reveal so it does not project past the plaster. Where the niche is out of square, the 40 mm scribe goes behind the panel return, not in front of it.
What to copy, and what to avoid
Worth copying: taking the frame module from the panels. Worth avoiding: a cabinet proud of the panelling — it will read as an afterthought every time the light rakes across the wall.
- Mount
- Built into a panelled niche
- Module
- Frame aligned to the panel grid
- Depth
- Matched to the niche reveal
- Scribe
- 40 mm, hidden behind the panel return
- Upper section
- Glazed, bottles at eye level
- Production
- 30 to 40 days, quoted per project
Frame 18 mm · glass panes up to 2,400 mm · scribe 40 mm · door reveal 3 mm · lead time 30 to 40 days, quoted per project · crated to a numbered setting-out drawing
The same scene, frame by frame
Photographs from our project archive, grouped by room type rather than by client. No client and no address is named on these pages.
What clients ask about a room like this one
Can you match existing panelling?
Send a photograph and a sample of the panel finish. The frame is matched to the module and the colour is matched to the sample, not to a screen.
What if the niche is not square?
It rarely is. The scribe goes on the outer stiles and is trimmed on site, and we set the fixing points off the same datum so the frame lands straight even where the plaster does not.
A room like this one, to your dimensions
Send three photographs of the wall and the bottle count. What comes back is a scheme, a drawing and a fixed price.