When they were first built, antique chinese cabinets were used to store pretty much anything and everything. Cabinets were the primary means of storage in Chinese households at the time, containing whatever the owner wanted stored and out of site for whatever reason. Whether they were to store clothing, books, cooking utensils, paintings, or anything else chinese cabinets held it all. Today you can use antique Chinese cabinets much in the same way. So long as it fits, you can store it in your antique chinese cabinet!