Living Hinge Tambour Door Entertainment Unit

This piece measures 54”W x 16” D x 23” T and is constructed from 1” thick walnut veneered Europly. I designed this piece as an entertainment unit that a tv sits on top of. The interior has 2 adjustable shelves and the unit features a living hinge tambour door. A tambour door is usually made of strips of wood that are attached together with canvas and ride in a track to conceal the doors when open. This piece uses doors made out of a solid piece of wood that has machined slits cut into it to provide flexibility to the wood as it moves around the radius of the track. This provides a very sleek and modern look to the doors and also I use the repeating pattern in the walnut veneer to emphasize this effect. As the door opens the sides of the piece become dynamic because the doors are not concealed into the casework but instead are on display as a design feature.