I am in a current love affair with sideboards. Perhaps it's because I see the endless decorating potential in their great expanse of counter top, or perhaps because I fondly remember the seemingly mile-long sideboard in my Danish cousin's enviable apartment. Either way, a piece like this could be used in so many rooms of the home, and for so many purposes. I can't get enough of walnut, and love the simplicity of this.
http://www.scandinaviandesigns.com/home_dining_sideboards/item/3437
:) Rhoda