Corner Curio Cabinets
Contemporary style curio cabinets for corner placement are a great way to display your favorite decorative items such as statues, dolls, steins, pictures, and more. There are a range of styles, and shelf widths you can choose from to ensure it works for holding your decorative items with plenty of room to spare.
Streamlined Corner Curio Cabinet with Lights
$379.99 $419.99
Streamlined Corner Curio Cabinet with Lights
Charlton Home®
$379.99 $419.99
Perfect For: Classic contemporary decorating styles
What We Like: Sleek look
What We Don’t Like: Some complained about it being flimsy and unstable
Crafted from manufactured wood, this corner curio cabinet showcases a triangular silhouette with clean lines, a mirrored back, and five adjustable glass shelves. The entire piece is enriched by an incandescent bulb at the top and comes with an anchor for added safety. Choose from cherry, oak, or walnut to create a focal point that fits your style.
Designer Advice:
We think this cabinet would look stunning in the dining room - maybe paired with a glass dining table for a clean-looking, cohesive arrangement. Or, go the classic route with a wooden table in a similar shade. Note that the mirrored back will reflect your items from every angle, so make sure to keep the display minimal for just the right amount of visual interest.
What Users Say:
Perfect fit for my smallish dining room - beautifully lit inside and holds plenty of collectibles.
Simple Corner Curio Cabinet with Glass Doors
$1069.99 $1410
Simple Corner Curio Cabinet with Glass Doors
Lark Manor™
$1069.99 $1410
Perfect For: A variety of decors
What We Like: Color choices
What We Don’t Like: Shelves have a weight limit of 10 pounds
Not So Good For: Ultra-modern rooms
Delivering timeless style and practical utility, this corner unit stands on raised feet and features a slightly tapered design. Two glass doors offer an unobstructed view of your treasured collections, accentuated by glass tiers and illuminated with LED lighting for a beautiful nighttime display.
Designer Advice:
If your space leans toward a traditional scheme—think dark hardwood floors and mostly wood furniture—the chestnut finish will fit right in. Conversely, the black option gives off a more contemporary and industrial look, especially with matching black accents throughout the room. On another note, we recommend the champlain blue and sandshell white versions to complement country, farmhouse, and cottage-style interiors.
What Users Say:
Perfect for the corner in our kitchen! Easy assembly and very well packaged. Adds a beautiful touch- looks just like the picture.
Small Contemporary Curio Cabinet
$229.99 $313.99
Small Contemporary Curio Cabinet
Charlton Home®
$229.99 $313.99
Perfect For: Low ceilings and small rooms
What We Like: Neat and classy appearance
What We Don’t Like: Only available in black
Featuring a compact design with a small footprint, this solid wood curio cabinet nestles tightly into the corner without overpowering the space. It has one fixed shelf and three adjustable ones to accommodate anything from figurines and books to decorative jars and bowls. A black finish paired with crown molding and metal hardware imbues the piece with a sense of elegance.
Designer Advice:
This cabinet is just what you need to add an eye-popping contrast to a light or neutral palette. As it stands only 42 inches tall, you can arrange a few different-sized pieces on top to draw even more focus to the area. Some ideas include vases, picture frames, and maybe even a table lamp.
What Users Say:
Easy to put together, fits perfectly in the corner of my small odd-shaped bath. I was happily surprised at how much it holds.
Tall Circle Shaped Modern Curio Cabinet
$300 $375
Tall Circle Shaped Modern Curio Cabinet
Orren Ellis
$300 $375
For a modern touch, this round glass curio cabinet is perfect for any space. It’s versatile enough to be placed in a corner, but can also work in the open or alongside a wall. It measures 21 inches wide and offers 4 shelves to hold your favorite decorative items.
Designer Advice:
While this round shelf isn't perfectly shaped for a corner, it still works perfectly well for corner placement. In fact, we love the round look when placed in a corner because it adds a bit of uniqueness and helps draw your eye.
Elegant and Delicate Glass Corner Curio Cabinet
$317 $386
Elegant and Delicate Glass Corner Curio Cabinet
Orren Ellis
$317 $386
This extremely elegant glass curio cabinet looks delicate yet is durable enough to store a wide range of items. The crystal clear glass shelves on this 29 inch wide cabinet are pristine and eye-catching, and the spacing is large enough for dolls and other statue type storage space.
Rustic Style Wooden Modern Corner Cabinet
$449.99 $989.99
Rustic Style Wooden Modern Corner Cabinet
Millwood Pines
$449.99 $989.99
The double door design on this curio cabinet lends itself to a modern and rustic style that works in any room in your home. It measures 23 inches wide and features 4 shelves that can hold a wide range of precious items you want to keep safe and displayed.
Designer Advice:
We love this rustic style curio cabinet for kitchen placement. It’s perfectly suitable for holding servingware, dining components, and fine china for use during the holidays and other special events.
Modern Mirrored Black Corner Glass Curio Cabinet
Modern Mirrored Black Corner Glass Curio Cabinet
Red Barrel Studio®
This black colored modern style curio cabinet features mirrored designs and an interior light to help draw attention to your favorite decorative items. With such a crisp and modern design, this cabinet looks great in a corner near an entryway or stairway.
Attractive Mirrored Corner Glass Cabinet
Attractive Mirrored Corner Glass Cabinet
Everly Quinn
For an eye-catching curio cabinet, this attractive mirrored glass offers a great place to store your favorite decorative items. In addition, it can also serve as a centerpiece of your home or a great conversation starter between visitors during holidays and gatherings.
Beautiful Wooden Modern Curio Cabinet Corner
Beautiful Wooden Modern Curio Cabinet Corner
Darby Home Co
Measuring 28 inches wide, this dark wooden curio cabinet fits perfectly into the corner of any room in your home. You’ll find 8 different shelf areas, giving you a huge amount of space for small trinkets, photos, artwork, and other decorative items you cherish.
Elegant Lighted Wooden Modern Corner Curio Cabinet
Elegant Lighted Wooden Modern Corner Curio Cabinet
Darby Home Co
This elegant wooden curio cabinet features 5 spacious glass shelves and is 34 inches wide to hold a range of items. Its uniquely carved wood accents at the top lend itself to both contemporary and luxurious style decor in your home.
Designer Advice:
This elegant curio cabinet fits into both rustic and modern style rooms perfectly well. We love how it looks in the corner of a living room or den, but it also looks great in a kitchen holding fine china or other decorative glass pieces.
Decorative Swan Neck Design Corner Curio Cabinet
Decorative Swan Neck Design Corner Curio Cabinet
Darby Home Co
This curio cabinet is great for brightening up a dark space in the corner of any room of your home. It is 34 inches wide which gives you plenty of room for storing even large decorative items, or large collections such as plush dolls or collectible steins.
Designer Advice:
The elegant and stylish swan-neck design looks both delicate and eye-catching. It’s great for placement in a kitchen for holding fine china and dinnerware, or in a den holding trophies or statues for easy viewing by friends and family that visit.
Artistic Clear Glass Corner Cabinet
Artistic Clear Glass Corner Cabinet
Mercer41
This four-shelf cabinet offers a stylish and artistic design, making it look like your decorative items, trophies, picture frames, or other curio items are floating above the ground. The clear glass design is clean and crisp, perfect for any room in your home.
Buying Guide
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A curio cabinet is a unique display case for specialized collections. These cabinets are most often made of glass, wood, or metal and designed with multiple shelves. They were initially created to feature fascinating items, which elicit others’ curiosity.
In the 18th century, the phrase “curio cabinet” first appeared as regular cabinets were increasingly used to display collections rather than for practical storage. These regular cabinets soon underwent alterations to make them stand out and showcase specialized collections. Today, a contemporary corner curio cabinet is a popular option for any room in your home.
Additional features defining a curio cabinet include mirrors covering the back side of the interior and targeted lighting. The mirror provides a fuller view of collectibles displayed and also creates the illusion of more space. Specialty lighting within these cabinets ranges from overhead to multi-shelf options.
A contemporary corner curio cabinet is a modern take on a classic cabinet that provides unique storage and display opportunities. A corner curio cabinet is a perfect place to put your collectibles so they’re safely out of reach but can still be appreciated from a distance.
Fine china and tea sets are a popular choice for displaying in a contemporary corner curio cabinet. The contrast of modern and classic is tasteful, especially if you have a meaningful old English rose tea set, a Russian wedding tea set, or a treasured traditional Japanese tea set.
Another option is to use the contemporary corner curio cabinet as a display unit for valuable artifacts you’ve collected or inherited over the years. If you have historical clay pots, handmade vases from trips to other countries, or small pieces of local artwork, you can dedicate space on each shelf to letting these collectibles shine.
Your corner unit can also serve as a stunning home bar cabinet. If you’re a collector of fine wines or expensive scotch, display one or two bottles on each shelf.
Curio cabinets are great for storing your most treasured items, unlike china cabinets that are specifically designed to store china. The glass panels on the front and sides ensure enhanced visibility of your keepsakes, and the cabinet itself is designed to keep your goods safe.
The available styles of curio cabinets are wall-mounted, corner, and standard curio cabinets. The wall-mounted curio cabinets are ideal for displaying items away or out of reach of children. It is also space-saving making it ideal for small spaces. A standard curio cabinet stands on the floor and contains multiple shelves.
A contemporary corner curio cabinet with installed lighting to elevate the look makes a great addition to a lonely corner in the home.
