Description
The Dasai is a storage unit 190cm tall, 85cm wide and 40cm deep, built as a mango wood carcass inside a slim iron frame that runs the full height and carries on past the wood to short legs at the floor. The top two thirds are open: three wood shelves spanning the frame, with nothing behind them or beside them. Below sits a closed cabinet with two drawers side by side and, under those, a pair of cupboard doors opening on a single wood shelf. The handles are rolled iron bars, two short ones on the drawers and two long ones meeting at the middle of the doors.
At 190cm this is a full-height piece for one wall. It suits two rooms: a kitchen, where the open shelves take crockery and glassware and the cupboard takes what is not on show, and a living room or home office, where the shelves hold books. The shelves are 40cm deep and the open section runs the top two thirds of the unit, so what stands on them is seen from across the room.
The wood is mango and the frame is iron. The mango has been sandblasted, which lifts the grain and leaves the surface textured rather than flat, and it is pale blond with darker streaks running through the doors and the drawer fronts. In our photographs the frame and the handles read warm brown-gold rather than black. The unit weighs 51.7kg. The range also runs to a console table, a media unit, a chest of drawers and a bedside table in the same wood.
Specification
| Height |
190cm |
| Width |
85cm |
| Depth |
40cm |
| Material |
Mango Wood & Iron |
| Colour |
Natural |
| Weight |
51.7kg |
Frequently Asked
What storage does it hold?
Three open shelves, two drawers, and a cupboard with two doors and a single shelf inside.
How big is it?
190cm tall, 85cm wide and 40cm deep.
What is it made from?
Mango wood on an iron frame, with rolled iron handles.
Will the wood look the same on every unit?
Not exactly. The grain and the streaking differ on every panel, and sandblasting brings the grain up differently each time.
How do I look after it?
Rub an edible oil such as olive or walnut oil into the wood to feed and protect it, though oil will darken the tone. Blot any spillage at once with a dry cloth, as liquid can mark the finish, and do not use chemical cleaners. The colour will change over time.