Sideboards & Buffets

Find a Sideboard or Buffet That Earns Its Wall

A dining room without one of these gets by until the first holiday, when every serving dish ends up competing for space on the table. Here at Store For Homes Furniture & Flooring, we carry Sideboards & Buffets because they solve two problems with one piece, giving you closed storage for the things you use a few times a year and a working surface for the days you actually need it. Whether your dining room is formal or doubles as everything else, it is the piece that makes the room function.

We take pride in offering Sideboards & Buffets for sale across traditional, transitional, farmhouse, and contemporary styles, in solid wood and quality veneer construction. When you are comparing the best Sideboards & Buffets for your home, drawer construction and interior layout matter considerably more than the finish, since those determine whether the piece actually holds what you own. We invite you to Shop Sideboards & Buffets with us and open the drawers before you decide.

Shoppers searching for sideboards and buffets near me will find a team ready to help with proportions, clearances, and delivery. We are deeply committed to our community, providing specialized service for customers looking for Sideboards & Buffets in the Newton, IA area, Sideboards & Buffets in the Des Moines, IA area, and Sideboards & Buffets in the Grinnell, IA area. We also ship nationwide, so call us if you have found something you want from further away.

The names cause more confusion than the furniture does. A buffet was traditionally the taller piece meant for serving, while a sideboard sat lower and longer with a mix of drawers and cabinets, and today most retailers use the two words interchangeably. A credenza is a low cabinet on short legs or none at all, a server is a smaller and narrower version built specifically for serving, and a hutch is the upper display cabinet that sits on a buffet base to form a china cabinet. If a listing calls a piece a sideboard and you were looking for a buffet, you are almost certainly looking at the right thing.

Proportion is where these pieces go wrong. Most sit between roughly 32 and 38 inches tall, which puts the surface at a comfortable height to serve from standing, and between 16 and 20 inches deep so they do not intrude on the walkway the way a dresser would. Aim for a length close to your dining table but not exceeding it, and leave at least 36 inches between the table edge and the front of the piece so chairs can pull out. If people walk behind seated guests, 42 to 48 inches is far more comfortable, and remember that the drawers need room to open too.

Look inside and look at the joinery. Quality Sideboards & Buffets use dovetailed drawer boxes, adjustable cabinet shelves, and often a felt or tarnish-resistant lining in the flatware drawer that genuinely protects silver. Solid wood and thick veneer over stable engineered cores both perform well in Iowa, where humid summers and dry heated winters swing the moisture content more than in most climates, so keep the piece off an exterior wall directly above a heat register and expect a little seasonal movement in any solid panel.

Explore More Dining Room Furniture

These categories cover the rest of the room and the pieces that finish the wall above a sideboard.

• Dining Room Cabinets: Taller storage including china cabinets and curio pieces, with glass-front display above closed storage below. The right choice when you want your good dishes visible rather than tucked away.
• Dining Room Tables: Rectangular, round, oval, and extendable tables sold on their own. Worth settling first if you are furnishing the room from scratch, since the table length should guide the sideboard length.
• Dining Room Seating: Chairs, benches, and stools in upholstered, wood, and metal constructions. Buying seating separately lets you add chairs as the household grows or replace one without touching the rest.
• Dining Room Sets: Coordinated groupings where table, seating, and often a storage piece are already matched in finish and scale. The efficient route when the whole room is being replaced at once.
• Bar & Wine: Bar cabinets, carts, and wine storage for entertaining. A natural companion if your sideboard is already fully committed to linens and serving pieces.
• Mirrors: The classic pairing above a sideboard, bouncing light through the room and making a dining space read considerably larger. Hang art or a mirror roughly six to ten inches above the surface.
• Rugs: Area rugs sized for a dining table, which means adding 24 to 30 inches beyond the table edge on every side so chairs stay on the rug when pulled out.

Sideboards and Buffets Near Newton, IA, Des Moines, IA, and Grinnell, IA

We are proud to represent Store For Homes Furniture & Flooring and are dedicated to offering an expert selection of Sideboards & Buffets to every visitor. Our staff can help you judge whether a given length will look right against your table and still leave room to pull out a chair, which is genuinely difficult to picture from a product photograph. We focus on listening to your requirements first.

You will find our showroom at 1701 1st Avenue West in Newton, serving central Iowa and the Des Moines area, with nationwide shipping available. Stop in to open the drawers, compare finishes under real light, and talk through delivery and setup with someone who knows the inventory. If you have any questions about sizing, construction, shipping, or financing, contact us or visit the showroom today.

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