Furniture
Bedside Tables
A specification-first guide to Bedside Tables: what to fix before design freeze, what changes the number, and what the first year on site teaches.
Overview
Bedside Tables, in plain specification
Written for the decision, not for the mood board.
A good bedside tables is invisible in use — everything within reach, nothing in the way, no door fouling another. Achieving that is a matter of dimensions and hardware rather than of style, which is why the specification table below matters more than the photographs.
Bedside Tables is engineered before it is styled. The layout, the services behind it, the hardware carrying it and the clearances around it all get resolved on a drawing long before a finish is picked. Done in that order, the finish becomes a free choice. Done in reverse, the finish becomes a compromise.
In our work this sits alongside the rest of the home rather than as an isolated decision. Bedside Tables touches the electrical layout, the ceiling, the flooring build-up and often the civil work, so it is fixed early in the drawing set and reviewed against every other trade before production starts.
Six house styles
Bedside Tables in six personalities
The same brief resolved six ways. Each carries its own material, finish and detailing.
Minimal Bedside Tables
Serene Minimal treats bedside tables as chalk · pale oak · linen: nothing decorative survives unless it also does work. Suspension: Webbing, eight-way. Seat fill: HR foam 32 density. Upholstery: Performance linen.
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Bold Bedside Tables
Bold Contemporary treats bedside tables as charcoal · oxblood · smoked oak: high contrast, confident mass, a single saturated move per room. Suspension: Sinuous spring with webbing. Seat fill: HR foam 40 with feather wrap. Upholstery: Full-grain leather.
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Heritage Bedside Tables
Modern Heritage treats bedside tables as teak · cane · antique brass: indian craft detailing on a contemporary frame — jaali, cane, inlay and hand-finished brass, used sparingly. Suspension: Traditional coir and webbing. Seat fill: Coir and cotton. Upholstery: Handloom cotton.
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Classic Bedside Tables
Classic Luxe treats bedside tables as ivory · statuario · gold: proportioned panelling, cornice and moulding, book-matched stone and warm gilt detail on ivory. Suspension: Eight-way hand-tied. Seat fill: Feather and down over foam. Upholstery: Velvet with piping.
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Scandi Bedside Tables
Indo-Scandinavian treats bedside tables as birch · chalk · sage: pale timber, soft daylight and muted green — nordic restraint adapted for indian light, dust and humidity. Suspension: Webbing. Seat fill: HR foam 32. Upholstery: Wool blend.
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Deco Bedside Tables
Art Deco Glam treats bedside tables as emerald · brass · lacquer: fluting, fans and geometry. Suspension: Webbing with foam wrap. Seat fill: HR foam 40, lacquered base. Upholstery: Velvet with brass studs.
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28 HD bedside table designs
A clickable gallery of bedside table designs with larger generated images and individual specification pages for each option.
Floating Drawer Bedside Table
Wall-hung drawer with a clean shadow line below. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Fluted Walnut Bedside Table
Rounded cabinet with vertical fluting and a brass plinth. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Cane Front Bedside Table
Teak frame with a breathable woven cane drawer face. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Marble Top Brass Bedside Table
Open brass frame with a pale marble top and lower shelf. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Ribbed Ivory Bedside Table
Soft ivory lacquer cabinet with reeded fronts and brass pulls. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Leather Wrapped Bedside Table
Tan leather-look drawer fronts on a softly rounded case. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Glass and Metal Bedside Table
Slim metal frame with glass shelves for a lighter footprint. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Art Deco Rounded Bedside Table
Curved wood case with a vertical brass accent. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Minimal Oak Bedside Table
Open oak cube with a single lower shelf. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Classic Carved Bedside Table
Turned legs, carved drawer front and an antique pull. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Black Stone Top Bedside Table
Dark wood drawers capped with black stone. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Open Cubby Bedside Table
Boxy side table with open storage for books. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Tall Narrow Bedside Chest
Slim multi-drawer chest for small floor widths. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Compact Slatted Bedside Table
Small slatted-front cabinet with rounded corners. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Stone Floating Bedside Table
Floating stone-front drawer with a crisp modern face. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Nested Round Bedside Tables
Pair of round brass and wood tables that tuck together. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Brass Inlay Bedside Cabinet
Dark cabinet detailed with slim brass inlay lines. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Upholstered Panel Bedside Table
Soft upholstered drawer fronts with slim brass handles. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Reeded Glass Bedside Cabinet
Timber frame with a fluted glass door. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Pedestal Drum Bedside Table
Cylindrical bedside drum with a stone-like finish. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Travertine Block Bedside Table
Blocky stone-look bedside table with hidden drawers. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Rattan Drawer Bedside Table
Double cane drawer cabinet on slim legs. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Smoked Oak Bedside Table
Dark stained two-drawer cabinet with quiet hardware. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Ivory Lacquer Bedside Table
Pale lacquer drawers with slim metal pulls. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Sage Painted Bedside Table
Muted green painted cabinet with small brass knobs. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Sculptural Bedside Table
Asymmetrical wood form with a deep side opening. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Round Reeded Bedside Table
Circular reeded cabinet with a warm metal base. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Arched Open Bedside Table
Sculpted wood block with an arched storage opening. Click through for the HD image and specification notes.
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Bedside Tables specification, style by style
This is the table we issue to the factory and the site. It is also what a warranty is enforced against, which is why it reads in grades and dimensions.
| Specification | Minimal | Bold | Heritage | Classic | Scandi | Deco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frame | Kiln-dried hardwood | Kiln-dried hardwood with steel | Solid teak, mortise and tenon | Hardwood with hand-carved detail | Birch ply frame | Hardwood with brass base |
| Suspension | Webbing, eight-way | Sinuous spring with webbing | Traditional coir and webbing | Eight-way hand-tied | Webbing | Webbing with foam wrap |
| Seat fill | HR foam 32 density | HR foam 40 with feather wrap | Coir and cotton | Feather and down over foam | HR foam 32 | HR foam 40, lacquered base |
| Upholstery | Performance linen | Full-grain leather | Handloom cotton | Velvet with piping | Wool blend | Velvet with brass studs |
| Finish | Matt PU | Satin lacquer | Hand-rubbed oil | French polish | Water-based lacquer | High-gloss lacquer |
| Seat height | 16-1/2″ | 17-1/2″ | 16″ | 18″ | 16-1/2″ | 17-1/2″ |
| Assembly | Knock-down, bolt fixed | Knock-down with steel plates | Traditional joinery | Knock-down | Knock-down | Knock-down with brass fixings |
| Lead time | 6–8 weeks | 8–10 weeks | 10–12 weeks | 10–12 weeks | 6–8 weeks | 10 weeks |
Before you commit
How to choose bedside tables
Six checks that prevent the failures we are most often called to fix.
- Sit on it for ten minutes, not ten seconds. Seat depth and back angle decide comfort, and neither is visible in a photograph.
- Ask what the frame is. Kiln-dried hardwood holds its geometry in Indian humidity; particle-board frames do not, whatever the upholstery costs.
- Check the foam density, not the softness. A low-density foam feels identical in the showroom and collapses in eighteen months.
- Measure the route into the room — lift, stair turn, door width — before ordering anything large. It is the most common reason a piece goes back.
- For leather, ask whether it is full-grain, top-grain or bonded. The three age in completely different directions.
- Confirm whether covers are removable. In a house with children or pets, that single feature decides the piece's life.
Bangalore
Bedside Tables in Bangalore
What the city's climate, water, housing stock and society rules mean for this specification.
Working in Bangalore means working around two practical constraints more than around climate. Apartment societies restrict working hours, service-lift access and debris removal; and the new high-rise stock along the eastern corridor is handed over as a bare shell, so bedside tables arrives at the same time as every other trade.
Hard borewell water in Whitefield, Sarjapur Road, Hebbal and Yelahanka leaves scale on glass, chrome and stone within months. Where the supply is hard we specify surfaces and fittings that tolerate it, and we tell the family the honest maintenance routine rather than leaving them to discover it.
Most societies here allow work between roughly 9am and 6pm, restrict Sundays, require a service-lift booking and hold a debris deposit. That schedule is written into the programme at the start, because a plan that assumes twelve working hours a day will slip in its first week.
Traffic decides delivery windows more than distance does. Material moving to Whitefield, Sarjapur or Electronic City is scheduled outside peak hours, and large items are checked against the lift and stair turn before the order rather than on delivery day.
We survey in Bangalore at no charge, take our own dimensions and come back with a layout, a material direction and a line-by-line estimate.
Sizing
Bedside Tables by home size
Sizing below is what we plan bedside tables to in each home size. These are working dimensions from completed projects, not catalogue minimums.
| Home size | Typical scope | Planning note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 BHK | Compact, single run | Compact planning, one clear gesture |
| 2 BHK | Standard, two runs | Standard scope, most common brief |
| 3 BHK | Full specification | Full scope with storage planned in litres |
| 4 BHK | Extended with island or dresser | Extended scope, bespoke elements |
| 4+ BHK / Villa | Bespoke, villa scale | Villa scale, bespoke throughout |
Cost
What moves the price of bedside tables
We quote line by line rather than per square foot, because these are the items that actually differ between two estimates.
- Frame construction and whether the joints are engineered or bolted.
- Fill quality and the suspension system, which are invisible and decide the life.
- Fabric grade — the same sofa in three fabrics can span a wide price range.
- Bespoke sizing, which is worth paying for in an odd-shaped room and wasted in a standard one.
- Lead time: air-freighted or expedited pieces cost noticeably more.
Process
How the work runs
Five stages, with the decisions each one locks.
We measure the space ourselves rather than working from the builder's drawing, note the services, water quality, daylight and society rules, and write down how the room is actually used. Bedside Tables is specified against that survey, not against a catalogue.
Plans, elevations and details, with the specification written as grades and dimensions. You approve an elevation, not a render — this is the stage where changes cost nothing.
Material, finish, hardware and services are locked, and the estimate becomes a line-by-line document. We tell you exactly what this date locks and what can still change afterwards.
Factory production runs to the approved drawing while site work is prepared. Material is checked against the approved sample on arrival, in daylight, and stored correctly until the programme calls for it.
Installation, testing, snagging and a documentation file with drawings, warranties, decor codes and hardware models. A first-year service visit is scheduled at handover.
Living with it
Maintaining bedside tables
The honest routine, and the mistakes that cost the most to undo.
Care and maintenance
- Rotate and plump loose cushions weekly. Nearly all uneven wear in a sofa comes from one favourite seat.
- Keep upholstery out of direct sun; it fades far faster than the frame ages.
- Vacuum upholstery monthly with a brush head. Dust in the weave is what cuts fibres over time.
- Feed leather twice a year with the manufacturer's conditioner — Indian summers dry it faster than European guidance assumes.
What goes wrong
- Buying to the showroom's scale rather than the room's. Showrooms are enormous and everything looks smaller in them.
- Ordering a fixed-cover sofa for a family with young children.
- Ignoring the lift and stair dimensions until delivery day.
- Choosing a low seat height for a household with elderly members.
Detailing
Bedside Tables detailing notes
The small decisions that separate built work from assembled work.
Leave 30″ of circulation behind a dining chair pulled out, and 16″ between a sofa and a coffee table. Rooms fail on these two numbers more than on style.
A sofa floated off the wall usually makes a room look larger, not smaller, because it lets the floor read as continuous behind it.
Match the seat height to the flooring build-up. A 3/4″ rug plus a 16-1/2″ seat is a different chair to sit in.
Specify the arm width honestly: a 8″ arm on a three-seater removes a whole seat of usable width.
Questions
Bedside Tables — answered
Can Bedside Tables be made to a custom size?
Yes. Bespoke sizing is the main reason to build rather than buy, and it costs less than most people expect — usually 10 to 20% over a standard size in the same specification.
How long is the lead time?
Six to twelve weeks depending on the frame, fabric and finish. Imported fabric is usually the long pole, so it is chosen first.
What is the right fabric for a family home?
A performance weave with a removable cover. It resists staining, cleans without specialist help, and can be replaced in five years without replacing the piece.
Will it fit through my door?
We check the lift, stair turn and door widths before confirming any large piece, and design knock-down frames where the route is tight. This check happens before the order, not at delivery.
How should bedside tables be maintained?
Weekly rotation of cushions, monthly vacuuming with a brush head, no direct sun, and conditioning for leather twice a year.
Is there a warranty?
Frames and suspension carry a multi-year warranty; upholstery and finishes are warranted against manufacturing defects rather than wear.
Do you work on bedside tables projects across Bangalore?
Yes — Bangalore is where most of our projects are, from apartments along Sarjapur Road, Whitefield and Hebbal to independent homes in Jayanagar, Indiranagar and Malleshwaram. We survey the space ourselves, work within the society's access and working-hour rules, and hand over with a documentation file. There is a dedicated page for our work in the city if you want the full picture.
Does Bangalore's climate or water affect this choice?
The climate helps and the water does not. Mild year-round temperatures are kinder to timber and joinery than almost any other Indian city, so craft detailing lasts. Hard borewell water in the eastern and northern corridors is the real constraint — it scales glass, chrome and stone, and it changes what we specify and what maintenance we ask the family to commit to.
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