Not many types of furniture are able to attach themselves to the core of a family and end up being a part of that family for hundreds of years.
But if you have ever seen an antique mahogany sideboard, you probably understood quickly why this family feels the way they do.
Mahogany sideboards are among the most beautiful of this category of furniture, mostly due to the wood itself.
Mahogany is a wood that has a reddish tint to it and when used in furniture making it tends to throw off multiple shades of its core color.
The most popular of the category is the mahogany sideboard buffet.
This type of dining room furniture is not only beautiful, but it serves multiple functions.
Of course there is storage room for dishes, utensils, or whatever other dining area storage need you might have.
But these are typically the perfect height for being used as a service buffet, so you get more than one use out of the piece.
Any time you can get multiple uses out of a piece of furniture in a small room like the dining room, it is a big deal and one that should be taken full advantage of! While not as popular as oak, mahogany is a good choice for furniture that you want to last a long time because it is a hard wood.
Originating in Europe's high society several hundred years ago, sideboard furniture was used as storage, but more importantly as a piece of very stylish furniture that could be shown off to wealthy friends in order to underscore the status of the owner.
Furniture of this age was hand made, and tended to be placed in one spot and not moved for many years.
The result is that there are some of these antique sideboards still in operation that have been passed down through a family's history and are still beautiful, functioning pieces of furniture.