Salamander Designs

Salamander Designs originally introduced their Chameleon line of pre-assembled furniture in 2007 with four different styles and nine different sizes. Now they have expanded that lineup to nine different styles and 14 different sizes.

The original four styles were as follows: (1) Sonoma, a mission-influenced design sporting an American cherry finish, (2) Hampton, a distressed, black, English country look, (3) Geneva, a medium walnut style, and (4) Berlin, a contemporary, dark wenge wood design. The new additions are: 5) Barcelona, a contemporary, urban, metropolitan style in natural cherry with a black aluminum framed and smoked glass doors, (6) Corsica, a contemporary, coastal look in American cherry with extra thick end panels, a black glass top, and wood-framed, smoked-glass doors, (7) Elba, a traditional design in American cherry with wood-framed, smoked-glass doors and an extra-thick top, (8) Oslo, a contemporary style with aluminum-framed, smoked-glass doors and a dark wenge, glass top, and (9) Venice, a traditional, antique format in a cherry-glazed finish with brass fittings.

Most of the nine styles come in the 14 different sizes, four "single" units that are about 23 inches wide and differing heights, three "twin" units that are 44 inches wide and differing heights five "triples" that are about 65 inches wide and differing heights, and two "quad" units that are 88 inches wide and differing heights. This makes a huge number of different choices ranging from $799 to $2999.

The various models have different door, center channel shelf, and other options to optimize them for different uses. These units come out of the box mostly assembled and need very little effort to complete. This is some of the most attractive furniture that Salamander Designs has ever offered, and it is both functional and well-designed for audio-video use.

There are a few options such as wheels, media trays, cooling fans, flat-panel TV mounts, surge suppressors, and others, but these are mainly accessories. The basic units are pre-configured and not customizable. The pictures shown here and on the Salamander Designs website will give you some idea of how pretty this furniture is.