When Your Sideboard Swallows Your Books (On Purpose)
Most furniture does exactly what it promises. A shelf holds things. A table provides surface. A sideboard stores what you don’t want to look at….
Ida Torres is a writer at Yanko Design. She graduated with a degree in Film and Audio Visual Communication from the University of the Philippines and holds certificates in Digital Marketing Communications. She previously worked in the PR, advertising, and events industry and also taught communication subjects at the collegiate level. She has been writing for social media, books and publishing, pop culture, technology news, and design for the past 10 years.
Most furniture does exactly what it promises. A shelf holds things. A table provides surface. A sideboard stores what you don’t want to look at….
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