BH | Studio Hydra Hourglass Rattan Side Table

Coiling cane round and round on itself to build a solid shape is one of the oldest ways of working rattan, and the waisted, hourglass form it makes has turned up in island houses and garden rooms for generations. It is a shape that feels made by hand, because it is.

This little table is built from rounds of pale rattan, wide at the top, drawn in at the waist and flaring again at the foot, so it looks airy while standing firmly. The round top is sized for a book, a small plant or a cup of coffee. The colour is a soft blond, with the small shifts of tone and weave you expect from a natural material. Non-marking caps underneath look after wood and tile floors, and it arrives fully assembled, ready to use the day it comes.

Set it beside a favourite lounge chair in the living room for the morning coffee and a paperback, by a bed as a small nightstand, or in a bright corner with a potted fern. Made for indoors, it is happy on a covered patio or in a garden room through the warm months. Its pale woven shape looks easy against white walls and blue cushions, with a straw hat on a hook nearby.