Laura Ashley Bedside Tables and Cabinets

Gorgeous Laura Ashley Bedside Tables and Cabinets for Your Bedroom

Since 1953, Laura Ashley has been one of Britain's top furniture and clothing manufacturers. It has put a special amount of effort into crafting beautiful bedside tables and cabinets, and thanks to eBay, many of these can be yours. But before you dive into the listings, here is some useful information to help you know what to expect to find there.

Some overarching features of Laura Ashley cabinets and bedside tables

A bedside table is a small table that may or may not also have a small drawer. It's essentially just like a console table, except that it's meant to be placed at your bedside. Their design shapes fall into two broad categories. Some are designed in a more classical style, with curved cabriole or ornate trumpet legs and a small compartment into which is placed one small drawer. The drawer area may have all sorts of elaborate and wavy designs carved into it. The second style is more contemporary, with tables that are block-like and rectilinear in shape. A bedside table may also have a small shelf at the very bottom.

Bedside cabinets are usually no taller than about 80 to 85 centimetres -- tall enough for three drawers to be stacked atop one another and for you to easily be able to reach its surface while lying in bed. Smaller two-drawer cabinets also exist, as do wider cabinets with as many as six drawers. For the exact measurements of any product, you should check the manufacturer's website whenever possible.

What materials are used to build Laura Ashley's bedside furniture?

Most of Laura Ashley's bedside tables and cabinets are made of wood like chestnut or oak. Some of these are left in their natural colour, while others are painted over. Often, the wood is painted over with a glossy finish to make it shine. Sometimes, a pane of glass may come included with the table, which is meant to be placed over the table's surface. This is done both to lend the table an additional gleam and to protect the wood from damage.

You can also find bedside display cabinets or tables whose bodies, shelves, and drawers are made of glass. Less dramatically, there are also wooden cabinets and tables with glass mirrors attached to them.

Bedside tables, bedside cabinets, and hybrids

Bedside cabinets and tables do have the features mentioned above, but there are some units that don't fit neatly into either category. There are a few tables with two small drawers that almost look like cabinets standing on higher legs. If such hybrid units suit your taste, you can also buy them on eBay.