Soloman Console Table

The Soloman Console Table from Four Hands is a long, low case of Sungkai wood with three drawers fronted in dark green painted linen. The frame is solid Sungkai, dressed with thin Sungkai veneer stained a warm saddle brown, and built with mortise and tenon, bore and dowel, and frame and panel joinery. The drawers are English dovetailed and run on undermount metal glides with a soft close, so they shut quietly.

Sungkai has a pale, even grain that takes stain well, and here it reads as a deep, honeyed brown. Against it, the lacquered linen fronts bring a saturated green with a faint woven texture, which gives the piece an updated bohemian feel. It sits comfortably with rattan, brass, vintage rugs and heavily patterned textiles, and it holds its own next to plainer modern furniture too.

Put it behind a sofa, along an entry wall or under a television, and use the drawers for remotes, cables, table linens or the things that tend to pile up by the door. The open base leaves room underneath for baskets or a stack of books, and leg levelers keep it steady on older floors. A lamp, a tray and a few books across the top are all it needs.