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Our DVD and CD storage units are the 21st Century equivalent of the bookcase. They offer a neat and elegant way of storing music, movies and games in keeping with the other furniture in the room. Whether you want CD & DVD storage in a country pine style living room, or disguised to fit into a retro-fashion bedroom, we have a storage unit to suit. There are small units for the storage of regularly used discs, to larger units holding 80 or more discs that are ideal for longer term storage.  Many units are available in dark wood finishes, so if you see a style you like, check to see if it is available in a finish that matches your chosen colour scheme.The world of private musical and subsequently visual, entertainment has been a dynamic one for the past 100 years.  First came the wax cylinder and then the gramaphone, then the wireless set and the television set.  78s gave way to 45s (ask your parents!) then the music cassette was rendered obsolete by the CD.  Now it is the age of the ipod and MP3 player.    

Indian and Indian-style furniture
It is perhaps worth clarifying what is meant by Indian furniture, in the British furniture retail sector.  Inhabitants of the USA and Canada might, quite naturally, assume that it refers to furniture of the Native Peoples of North America but this would be an error arising from our different geographical and historical backgrounds.  An even more unlikely, though to some still conceivable, interpretation is furniture that has some connection with the Caribbean or West Indies.   In the UK, most people will realise the term is generally applied to any style of furniture originating from or having been influenced by, the Indian Sub-Continent.  It is not essential to the definition for the furniture to have been made either in the Country of India or even on the Sub-Continent – in the same way that Mexican furniture may not have been built in Mexico.  Now while Indian furniture may be regarded as a relatively new category in Britain, the influences of Indian styling extend back as far as Britain’s first contact with the region, beginning in the 1600s.  Early visitors, explorers and merchants were impressed with the qualities of the many different species of timber and charmed by the elaborate and intricate decorative styles they found.   
Around this time the other great influence on the social and cultural development of Britain was the arrival of the Renaissance. Indian CD + DVD Storage would have been unknown, although this era did see the start of a trade with India of semi-precious materials that could be inlaid to wood to produce decorative furniture.   Distinguishing between an Indian CD + DVD Storage, or any other style of storage then, as mentioned above, the first point to notice is the choice of timber.  Indian CD and DVD Storage are almost invariably made of hardwood, some ranges use wood that is similar to ‘European’ timber in that it has an evenness of colour and grain pattern throughout the piece.  Others take a different approach and exploit the varying colours and grain patterns found in some species of timber.  Such contrasts in the colour of the wood are as a result of differences between the heartwood and outer wood of the tree.  Heartwood has a greater strength and provides the structure to hold the tree upright while the softer outer wood, or sapwood, carries the moisture and nutrients from root to branch.   Colour variations between the heartwood and sapwood can be very pronounced in some species, ranging from a light, golden yellow to a dark red-brown.  This is particularly noticeable in some larger pieces of furniture such as Indian CD+DVD Storage.