53" Dark Brown Oak Open Bookcase 70" (FC-1015-20) by Moe's Home Collection
53"W x 53"D x 70"H
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53" Dark Brown Oak Open Bookcase 70" (FC-1015-20) by Moe's Home Collection
Dark Brown Oak Open Bookcase with Post Frame | 70 Inch | Bookcase
The structure is the design. Two cylindrical posts run the full height of the bookcase, and five shelves pass through them -- the posts extend slightly proud of each shelf surface above and below, giving the piece a visible joinery logic that most bookcases hide. In dark brown oak, the posts read as strong vertical lines against the horizontal shelves, and the grain visible in both gives the whole composition a material warmth that no painted or laminate bookcase achieves.
At 53 by 15 by 70 inches, this is a full-height bookcase with real storage capacity. The 15-inch depth suits books, objects, and folded textiles without projecting far into the room. The dark brown finish means the piece reads as a single warm mass from across the room -- you see the structure in raking light, but the color unifies everything at a distance. In evening lamplight, the deep brown deepens further and the piece settles into the room rather than standing out from it.
The common mistake with open bookcases is treating every shelf as storage rather than composition. At 70 inches tall, the top shelves read at eye level and above -- they're part of the room's visual field whether you intend them to be or not. The rustic oak version of this bookcase is the lighter, more airy choice; this one suits rooms that can absorb a darker, more grounded vertical element.
- Dimensions: 53W x 15D x 70H inches
- Weight: 163 lbs
- Oak veneer over MDF shelves -- solid oak posts
- Five shelves with through-post frame -- dark brown finish
53"W x 53"D x 70"H
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Meet the Maker
Moe's Home Collection:Forty Years of Furniture With a Point of View
Some brands earn trust loudly. Moe's has never needed to. The evidence shows up in rooms, season after season, in pieces that end up feeling more considered than their owners quite anticipated. More grounded. More alive.
That doesn't happen by accident. It happens because someone decided, a long time ago, that material and craft were worth the extra conversation, and never really stopped having it.
A Design House, Not a Furniture Factory
The Pieces Feel Found - Not Simply Bought
The Origin
A Family That BuiltSomething From Nothing
Moe Samieian Sr. arrived in Canada with an engineering degree and almost nowhere to use it. So he sold rugs at road shows, worked on commission, and learned the retail floor through years of direct customer contact.
In 1986 he opened his first store in Vancouver. Walking the trade shows, he kept noticing the same thing: most furniture looked identical. So he started hunting for pieces with something to say. Antiques. Flea-market finds. Objects with texture and history. More stores followed, and in 1999 he moved decisively into wholesale.
His children Sara and Moe Jr. carried that instinct forward. Not what merely sells. What resonates. That distinction still drives every collection.
The materials earn their place. Wood warms the edges. Stone steadies the eye. Steel adds tension. Glass lets the composition breathe. A hand-worked surface keeps a modern room from feeling too resolved.
The goal was never perfection. It was presence.
Moe's Is Built for PeopleWho Notice the Difference
The Craft
Material First - Trend Second
Every collection is designed in-house, then built through a manufacturing network developed over decades. Vietnam, India, Italy, Poland, Canada, the USA. Not the lowest-cost option in any of those places. Long-term makers who've been held to the same standards long enough that the standards stopped needing to be explained.
The construction is what you'd expect from that kind of relationship. Solid hardwood frames. High-density foam. Hardware that doesn't announce itself by failing early. These are not selling points so much as baseline expectations that a lot of furniture quietly fails to meet.
The materials go further than that. Acacia grain that no engineered surface comes close to replicating. Stone that grounds a room both visually and physically, which are different things and both matter. Mixed metals chosen for tension rather than coordination. FSC-certified wood and responsible sourcing throughout, though the more honest argument for it shows up over time, in how the pieces age rather than what the spec sheet says.
- Moe's does not source furniture. It curates it.
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