At the Jekyll & Hyde Pub in Greenwich Village, a spooky, English Gothic themed restaurant, the bathroom door is a trompe l'oeil bookcase, and always scared the be-jesus out of me when I visited as a kid. The Piero Fornasetti Libri Cabinet ($14,962) scares me too, but only because of its price. The hand-painted beaut features a design by artist Piero Fornasetti on an African mahogany frame.
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Lucas Risé, an Argentinean artist who spent most of his childhood painting street signs in Buenos Aires, now makes a living by creating wonderfully colored cabinets inspired by carnival, circus, and park imagery. His experiences on trips to Europe, the U.S., South Africa, and Brazil have influenced the style of these cabinets, known as Sans Parapluie ("without an umbrella"), the edges and borders of which he says, "disappear to become an open space where different cultures come together and which reflection is life itself." The names of the cabinets (painted with enamel on wood) are as whimsical as the bright and busy designs themselves, such as "Carousel," "Circus," "African Breeze," "Violin," and "Flower Park."
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Though the name is derived from its original purpose — storing arms, as in weapons — an armoire is a large cabinet designed to hold clothing, linens, dining ware, or media and computer equipment. Clothing armoires are probably the most common: The two-doored wardrobes are often used in place of closets and feature drawers, shelves, and a clothes-hanging bar.
Over the years, armoire design has expanded to include other types of storage. RSS Feed 
