Sideboards

A sideboard is used for storing dinnerware, glasses and linens, and for serving food and coffee during gatherings. During dinner it works as your serving station — extra dishes, the dallah and dessert wait there instead of crowding the table. Between gatherings, its closed doors keep everything dust-free while the top becomes the room's display stage.

There is almost no difference — a sideboard and a buffet cabinet are the same piece with two names. "Buffet" is used when the piece stands in a dining room for serving, while "sideboard" is the general name, including pieces used in halls and living rooms. Buy by size and storage, not by the label.

Choose a sideboard about two-thirds to the full length of your dining table, and around 80–90 cm high. Measure the wall first, then check the walking space: leave roughly 90 cm free between the sideboard and the table edge. That clearance lets chairs pull out and guests pass with plates in hand.

Store dinner sets, glasses and cutlery closest to the table, with table linens, trays, cake stands and extra dallah sets behind the doors. Drawers suit cutlery and small items best. Keep everyday pieces at the front and rarely used items at the back, so setting the table for guests takes minutes.

Style the top with three heights: something tall like a lamp or vase, something wide and low like a tray or a stack of books, and art or a mirror on the wall above to anchor it. Leave the centre of the surface clear — that is your serving space when guests come. An elegant sideboard looks arranged, never crowded.

Yes — a sideboard works beautifully in living rooms and hallways. In a hallway it anchors a large artwork and stores keys and linens; in a living room it serves as a media base beneath a television or as a bar. Chest-style designs like the Solna also suit bedrooms happily.

A sideboard is long and low, designed for serving and dining storage. Cabinets and chests come in more shapes — taller, deeper, and often with drawers — for bedrooms, bars and halls. If the piece mainly serves a dining table, it is a sideboard; for other storage needs, browse the wider cabinets and chests range.

Yes, beautifully. Choose a sideboard in a tone that echoes the room — warm wood against cool marble, or a bold acrylic piece for contrast. Keep one metal finish consistent across the room's handles, lamps and frames, and the dining room will read as one refined, deliberate scheme.

A sideboard should be around 80–90 cm high — close to kitchen-counter height. That makes serving dishes and pouring coffee comfortable during gatherings, while staying low enough for art or a mirror above it to hang at eye level. Much taller pieces stop working as serving surfaces and start reading as cabinets.

Protect the top with trays and coasters under the dallah, cups and hot dishes, and wipe spills at once. A tray placed under your serving area does most of the work, catching heat, rings and drips before they reach the surface. With that habit, wood, lacquer and acrylic tops stay flawless for years.

Yes — an amber acrylic buffet glows in warm light and gives a modern dining room a bold, contemporary statement. Pair it with calm, neutral furniture so the piece itself stays the star of the wall. It needs very little styling on top; its own colour and glow are the decoration.

Yes, RIS delivers sideboards to all regions of Saudi Arabia, and delivery is free in main cities on orders of 2,500 SAR or more. Large cabinets are packed with extra protection for the journey. Visit our Jeddah showroom to see the pieces, finishes and sizes in person.

Yes — a sideboard works very well as a media base beneath a television in a living room. Its closed doors and drawers hide receivers, cables and games, keeping the wall calm, while the top holds décor beside the screen. Choose a sideboard at least as wide as your television so the whole composition looks balanced.