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Painted CD + DVD Storage
During the past few years painted furniture, including the painted CD Storage, has been – and continues to be – very fashionable.  So it might be surprising to realise that painted furniture is not a new phenomenon but has a remarkably long history.  Craftsmen making furniture during the Dark Ages or Middle Ages did not have access to the selection of stains, waxes, sealants, varnishes, lacquers and so forth that are on the market today.  In fact it is likely that the only wood treatments that might have been used would have been a coating of beeswax or tallow, simply to provide some protection from dirt and damp.  Wood used for cladding buildings or on ships would have been given a thick coating of tar.  Paints, such as they were, would have been made locally in small quantities using whatever animal, vegetable or mineral products were available to create colour, such as burnt limestone (making limewash), cows’ blood and dye-making plants such as the madders plant.   The fashion for painting furniture would appear to have coincided with the spread through Europe and Britain of the Renaissance and Baroque styles during the Jacobean era of the 17th Century.  The Renaissance delighted in the highest standards of achievement and sophistication in all fields of human endeavour, so it is easy to imagine the appreciation people would have had for early painted furniture.  The skills involved first in creating paint, then successfully applying it to wood, and ultimately in producing furniture that looked so completely different from the wooden furniture that had been the norm.  
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.