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This week had me thinking about cabinet making after I decided to shop for some new computer workstation furniture.

Long before anyone could drive to the big box store and pick up a cabinet, the design and construction rested on specialty craftsmen. Cabinet makers like Thomas Chippendale and Thomas Sheraton soon rose to prominence based on their work. George Hepplewhite increased their fame with the publication of furniture design books which included their work.

The steam power of the Industrial Age changed the market with tools that surpassed previous limitations. Mass production changed the techniques used to create furniture and would influence their designs in efforts to streamline the process. The bigger scale sometimes was enough to force smaller, more traditional cabinet makers out of the business by cornering the domestic and international markets. Demand for furniture saw a huge increase as a result of the emerging middle class in America. Prior to this time furniture was somewhat of a luxury, something typically only owned by the more affluent. The middle class now had the wealth to afford more things such as furniture and furnishings. The arts and craft movement of the 19th century, however, expressed a yearning to return to traditional craftsmanship. This movement from the United Kingdom soon spread around the globe. The movement prided the work of the human hand when it came to craftsmanship and felt that mass-produced models could not match the artistry and quality of a traditionally built cabinet. By World War II more and more people were favoring a personal touch to their furnishings and many took up woodworking as a hobby. Many amateurs were able to produce fine furniture which were seen by some consumers to be nearly as good or better than the mass produced models being made at the same time. The output of these amateurs is believed to rival that of furniture makers prior the 18th century in quality if not sheer numbers.

The arrival of computer furniture would reassure mass-produced furniture still held prominence, however. By the 1980s personal computer users found themselves in need of furniture which could store all their devices and media.

This was magnified by the computers adoption in nearly all forms of corporations and organizations and the requirement for data center furniture or operations center furniture.

Cabinet makers saw themselves returning to a longstanding cabinet design in America, the hutch. Typically, a hutch is a set of shelves or cabinets which, as an upper unit, are attached to a lower unit which has a counter. The design is well suited for use with computers as it allows accommodation for all that goes along with owning a computer. Hutches were most often found in areas used as offices such as the dining room before the age of computers. Hutch tables, able to be converted easily into a larger table top, were also popular in the early 19th century. Hutches were important to middle class consumers because they often still were living in places where space was limited.

The cabinet has adapted to the times again and again and this is likely to continue even in the face of our technology and our media taking up less space all the time.

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