Sokoni TV Stand
Handcrafted by Bency furniture in 005, Upper Savannah, Nairobi, Kenya
The Sokoni TV Stand is a media console handcrafted in Kenya from board in a mahogany colour. It sits low and long, lifted on four turned legs that taper to a small foot. The maker has shaped the top edge into a slow wave, so a piece that reads as simple from across the room reveals a drawn line up close. Nothing about it shouts; the interest is in the profile. The cabinet is built from board finished in a warm mahogany tone, with vertical slotted openings across the outer doors and the lower pair of doors at the centre. Those slats give the front a rhythm and let the case breathe. A single wide drawer runs beneath the wavy top. Round ring pulls in a brass-coloured metal are set into each door and drawer, catching light against the flat timber face. A TV stand at this height suits a living room where seating is low, with a screen above and books, a speaker or a record player in the compartments behind the slatted doors. The drawer takes remotes and cables. It also works along a hallway wall or under a window in a study, where the ventilated front keeps electronics from sitting in still air. Kenyan furniture workshops have long combined imported cabinet forms with locally drawn detail, and this console belongs to that lineage. Buying through Kamara means the piece comes from a named workshop rather than an anonymous production line, and the small irregularities in the shaped edge are part of what you are paying attention to.
Price: KES 18,000
Material: board
Dimensions: L 153cm × W 40cm × H 60cm
Availability: In Stock
Category: furniture