Wood Side Table – Walnut or White Oak, Brass and Iron Accents

A side table combining three materials: a wood top and structure in Walnut or White Oak, with brass and iron used as accents. Brass and iron sit at opposite ends of the metal range, brass warm and yellow, iron cool and dark, so using both means the table carries a deliberate contrast rather than a single metal tone.

On a side table the top is small, which concentrates every drink, lamp and book onto a limited surface. Wood registers that as ring marks and small dents, while the metal components take the knocks at the edges and the contact with the floor, which is exactly where a wood-only table gives out first. Putting metal at the base is a wear decision as much as a visual one.

Beside a chair or at the end of a sofa, at a height where a glass can be set down without looking. It stays small enough to move when a room is rearranged.

• Material: Walnut or White Oak
• Accents: Brass and iron