Vintage kitchen display cabinet "Alwina" (ca. 1940) – Shabby Chic, chicken wire, sage green, on casters, 178×80×45 cm

Restored and mobile (on casters), cannot be disassembled. Dimensions (image 2): H 178 × W 80 × D 45 cm. Carefully restored (hand-sanded, sage green chalk paint, beeswax). Delivery available / Pick up 07774.
French Cottage kitchen cabinet “Alwina” – sustainable elegance with history

A find from the barn

A French cottage kitchen cabinet. It stood forgotten in an old barn, among dry boards, a sawdust-covered floor, cobwebs, and silence. The paint was peeling, the door was jammed, but something about it seemed unbroken. Not loud, not conspicuous—more like someone who has experienced much and remains silent. And so began its second journey.

With a gentle hand, it was salvaged, sanded, and freed of dust and old things. The traces remained—not as flaws, but as history. One brushstroke after another wrapped it in a matte sage green, with a cool gray inside, serene as the early morning. The scent of beeswax has lingered on it ever since, like a promise to time.

Revived details

The chicken wire in its doors—once useful, now poetic—acts like a net for memories. Strips of paper, dried herbs, a photo long since framed. Newly installed casters now carry it effortlessly across floors. It can be rotated, moved, and repositioned—ready for flexible living in modern spaces. Its back, not overlooked but just as lovingly painted, allows it to stand freely like a figure on a room's stage.

A scene from everyday life

You might find her in a bright kitchen, right next to the window, with a jam jar on it. A lemon-print jug sits on top of the shelf, an old pot sits below, and the sound of plates and spoons echoes inside. Or in a studio, where paint shadows fall on her side wall and she keeps brushes and notebooks.

As the day passes, the grid draws patterns of light on the wall. The room falls silent, only the creaking of its hinges reminds us that it's alive. That it's always been there, ready to receive, to carry—quietly, persistently.

Where she came from

The 1940s, perhaps a farm, perhaps a pantry. Someone locked up jam jars here, replaced enamel bowls, tapped their fingers against the grate. The wood speaks of this. It's soft at the edges, but sturdy. The grain bears the traces of time, wind, use, warmth. Its form is simple, unadorned—and precisely for that reason, beautiful.

What it's really about

It's not made for quick trends. It belongs in spaces that can breathe. Its restoration wasn't an intervention, but a conversation. With the wood, with the paint, with what wanted to remain. Nothing about it wants to shine. Everything about it wants to tell a story.

Sinteins believes that things can stay. That we don't need more, but rather more consciously. This display case is proof of this. It shows that sustainability can be quiet, yet powerful. That something old can become new through care – without losing itself.

Alwina – the noble-minded one

An old name for a new role. "Alwina" – someone who demonstrates poise without being intrusive. She carries what is entrusted to her with dignity. She's ready for a new home. Not to impress. But to be there.

Dimensions: Height: 178 cm · Width: 80 cm · Depth: 45 cm
Interior compartments top: depth 35 cm · bottom: depth 38 cm · heights 31 cm / 26 cm · grid size: approx. 3×5cm
Materials: Solid wood · Chalk paint · Beeswax · Chicken wire · Metal casters with brakes
Special features: Hand-polished · painted on all sides · mobile · strong character · unique

Perhaps Alwina is already waiting for you. Perhaps you'll sense it when you see her. Perhaps she's the piece that's not missing from your home—but is finally arriving.