Bramble Side Table

A small side table with a cantilevered oak top, designed to sit beside a low chair without bumping the chair's arm. Made in solid white oak.

A side table that fits beside a chair, not in front of it — the top extends forward on a cantilever so a cup of coffee can land where the user’s hand naturally drops, instead of three centimetres past the armrest where most side tables put it.

Form

The base is a single rectangular block of solid oak — 32 cm tall, 18 × 22 cm in plan. The top is a separate piece, joined to the base via a deep mortise that runs the full depth of the base block. Roughly 60% of the top overhangs; the joint geometry plus the natural weight distribution holds it without any visible fastener.

There is enough overhang to put a teapot down. There is not enough overhang to sit on, and the proportions make that obvious — the user should not be tempted to try.

Status

Two prototypes made in the studio in spring 2024. The cantilever geometry has been worked out and proven; the studio is talking with a couple of small furniture makers about a short production run. Available on commission in the meantime.

The mortise runs the full depth of the base block; no visible fastener anywhere.
Plan view. Sixty per cent of the top sits past the base.
Two prototypes in the studio, both in white oak with an oil finish.