We often have customers asking for advice on how to select the best solid wood bedside table to suit their bed. So, we thought we’d take a look at our collection and advise on the points to consider when making a purchase.
Some questions to ask yourself are:
Keep your answers to these questions in mind as we take a look at the various bedside tables available from Natural Bed Company:
We offer a range of bedside tables designed to suit our low ‘loft style’ bed-bases. The classic Nevada table is just 20cm high and designed to suit our Nevada and Sonora bed frames. The Oregon table (just 17cm in height) is a more contemporary take on a low bedside table. Shown below with the Oregon bed, it also works equally well with any of our modern low beds; such as the Ki and Kobe. The Oregon is a great choice if you want to create impact in a bedroom. The whole set boasts a low, but very wide, Oriental look – including the bed and tables.
We offer a range of contemporary, ‘Cube’ style low bedside tables. If you are looking for a low table with a drawer, that is available in any of our timber options, take a look at our Cube tables. Available in three heights, the lowest is just 33cm tall. Plus, as they’re made by us at our Sheffield workshop, they’re available to order in our full range of timbers. Choose from maple, ash, beech, oak, cherry and walnut and also our range of pine and stained pine options.
If you don’t want to devote that much space for your bedside tables, you may want to take a look at our Kulu bed. The Kulu can be ordered with small platform tables attached. Perfect if all you need is somewhere to put your alarm clock and a cup of tea!
If you are looking for oak or walnut bedside tables then you could also consider the Black Lotus range. The most popular bedside tables from this range are the two drawer Cube tables and the two drawer Shaker tables. The Cubes are available with either drawers at the top or a shelf. Whilst the Shakers are also available in a taller, three-drawer option. All designs are linked in oak, but can also be found in walnut. You can view the whole Black Lotus range just here.
The Sahara table (height 32cm) is a taller version of the Nevada table. Whereas, the Tibet table (height 40cm) is a taller version of the Sahara. As you have probably guessed – the Tibet table was designed to suit the Tibet bed and the Sahara bedside table to work with the Sahara and Malabar beds. If you are looking for even taller bedside tables in this style – get in touch with us! We are often able to customise our designs. A refined alternative to this collection of classic, almost ‘Shaker style’ tables – is the Cochin table. Originally designed for the Cochin bed base, it is 46cm tall with elegant, tapered legs.
We also have the two taller sizes of the UK made Cube tables – the ‘original’ Cube table is 50cm wide x 50cm tall, the tall version is also 50cm wide, but 60cm tall. The Original Cube is ideal to pair with our mid-height beds such as the Arran Bed – the height to the top of the side rails of the Arran bed is 30cm from the floor, add a 20cm thick mattress and this will match the height of the Original Cube exactly. The Tall Cube table will therefore suit slightly taller beds, such as the Tibet or Zanskar designs.
The Frame table has a simple design – imagine a U shape on it’s side. The table dimensions are H 48 x W 48 x D 40cm – this table will work with a mid-height bed if you just want it to sit next to the bed, if you want to have the option of placing the table top over the mattress then place it with one of our ultra-low beds like the Ki.
As we’ve mentioned before the UK made Cube tables offer useful bedside storage – they have a single upper drawer and a floor level shelf – ideal for an extra blanket, a stack of books or just to keep your slippers. The Black Lotus Collection of oak bedroom furniture includes a range of bedside storage units including the low Cube unit with a single drawer, the narrow two-drawer Cube, the Shaker Style 2-drawer bedside chest and the large three drawer chest. Your choice may well depend upon how much extra storage you need.The Kyoto table is available in two versions – with a single drawer or with just shelf. The Kyoto table is available in clear lacquered pine, stained pine or a range of hardwoods. Designed to suit our Kyoto and Kumo Japanese style beds (it is shown below with the Kumo bed in wenge stained pine.)
The Ethnicraft collection of oak bedroom furniture also includes some useful modern, bedside storage units – take a look at the low Madra bedside unit with a deep, single drawer and the wide Naomi Kubus table designed with a space to hold your magazines (see below). The Azur bedside drawer table is another contemporary, if slightly rustic bedside drawer table from Ethnicraft – again pictured below.
Along with the many modern designs mentioned above, we also offer the Thin table from Ethnicraft and the Damien side table from Wireworks. The Thin has a slim, solid oak top with a square section stainless steel frame – perfect if you want a light and airy scheme. The Thin table dimensions are H 35 x W 50 x D 50cm – it suits most of our low and mid-height beds.
The Damien table has a slender, square section, solid oak frame with a removable ‘tray’ top. The top is either circular or square, and is available in natural oak, black or white with an oak edge. The handy tray is a clever aspect to the design – useful for carrying your morning coffee cups back to the kitchen. The cut-out section to the tray rim can act to keep your cables tidy if you charge your phone or ipod next to your bed. The height of the Damien side table is 45cm – perfect with our mid height or taller beds including the Oasis or Orchid Four Poster beds.
For more ideas to help you create your ideal bedroom please take a look at our Inspiration Pages.
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