Salamander Designs

For almost 10 years, we've been selling the very attractive and flexible Archetype and Synergy furniture lines from Salamander Designs with great success. As many of you will already know, these lines have a rather modern or contemporary look that combines fine wood grains and metallic accents. The manufacturer, however, wanted to offer models that would be compatible with more traditional decors, models with a more "finished furniture" look and which would not require extensive assembly by the customer. Early this year, Salamander Designs introduced the new Chameleon line to accomplish these goals.

There are four different styles in this series. They are (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. All four styles come in five different sizes, two "twin" units that are 44 inches wide and differing heights and three "triples" that are about 65 inches wide and differing heights. This makes a total of 20 different choices ranging from $1299 to $1899. The various models have different door, center channel, 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 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, but anyone is welcome to visit the store to see an example in person.