This piece is a mix between classic joinery and a modern look.

 

The sides and top are cut from the same slab of “wild grain” walnut to achieve a seamless grain flow between joints.

 

If you see the legs closely, the horizontal piece touching the floor has horizontal grain opposite to the vertical grain on both legs. The issue here is when joining a different grain direction piece enclosed on an opposite grain piece, the whole carcass, being solid wood, will move during the years, so the small piece by the floor, if glued or attached without leaving a floating joint, will crack or become unglued as the time goes by. To prevent this, one of the joints of the lower horizontal piece is secured in place, and the opposite joint is not glued so that the solid walnut carcass can shrink or expand freely, and the bottom horizontal piece against the floor will always stay glued and in place. We really think thoroughly about every detail, joint, and line.
 
The back panel is made of solid Maple floating panels, so the whole rear panel can breathe without suffering from cracks or loose joints like the carcass and bottom piece.
 
The front face of this console is where the modern touch is achieved; having one drawer and two swing doors, we needed pulls, but we wanted to incorporate them into the unit, so we came up with this idea mimicking the waves on the sea, so the top drawer that is also made out of solid maple, has a slight wave on center so we can pull it from below using a neatly made finger groove. When it comes to the doors, each one has its wave to allow us to make a pocket on top of it for our finger pull.
 
Drawer sides are joined to the back and front panel using hand-made dovetail joinery, and doors use concealed hinges so no unwanted presence of hardware interrupting the waves.