Corbel — Acacia Side Table with Magazine Slot

It holds books and magazines upright along one side, so the top stays clear for a lamp, a glass or a plant. That is the useful trick of this table: the storage is vertical and out of the way rather than eating the surface you actually want.

Both, and the maker cannot decide either. Their catalogue files it as a bedside table at every level, but their own description calls it a side table and recommends a living room first, with a guest room second.

We have listed it as a bedside because that is what their structured data says, but at 48 cm high with a square 41 cm footprint it works equally well beside a chair. Buy it for whichever room you had in mind - the piece does not care.

41 cm square and 48 high - about 16 by 16 by 19 inches. It is small and genuinely square, so it does not have a front and a back and can sit in a corner or between two chairs without looking wrong from any angle.

The maker prices natural acacia below the medium and dark finishes, which cost the same as each other. That is their pricing rather than a difference in the table - the piece and its dimensions are identical across all three.

Dust with a soft dry cloth and wipe weekly with a barely damp one, drying afterwards. Use a coaster under anything wet. Keep it out of direct sun. The maker specifies indoor use only.