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Intarsia Spice Cabinet

It’s an age old problem — bottles of spices in varying sizes and shapes that often occupy a shoe box lid, (maybe two) on a low shelf in your kitchen cabinets. This is complemented by the body of the shoe box stuffed away on a higher shelf with larger bottles that are all too willing to tumble down on you when you pull the box down.

This captivating little cabinet is an attractive addition to any kitchen that will put an end to that nonsense. An oak case and door frame warms you to the geometric treat of the Baltic birch end grain plywood pattern of the door panel. A decorative pattern known as intarsia.

This version of intarsia reminds you of its close cousin, parquet — the patterns you see in floors that are made out of

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