BH | Studio Sancerre Fluted Open-Shelf Nightstand

Reeding and fluting wrapped around rounded corners were a favourite of Regency cabinetmakers, a taste they shared with the makers of Louis XVI France, who fluted legs and friezes like little columns, and again of the streamlined bedroom suites of the 1930s, where a curved, grooved edge took the hard line off a case. The detail invites a hand, which makes it a natural choice for the piece you reach toward every night.

Here the rounded, fluted case is left open at the front, with two generous compartments in place of drawers, one above the other. Open storage keeps what you reach for every night in plain view: a stack of novels on the lower shelf, a basket for chargers and glasses on the upper. Each shelf is rated to 57 lbs and the top to 79 lbs, strong enough for a full row of hardbacks and a weighty lamp. The frame is solid hardwood and engineered wood under a wood-grain finish in Jet, Almond or Chestnut, raised on four round legs with adjustable glides that level it and protect the floor. Assembly is required.

In Jet it gives a light bedroom a confident, graphic edge, and in Almond or Chestnut it reads warmer: pair it with white walls, a black-and-white photograph and crisp cotton bedding. The open shelves also make it a handsome end table in a living room, where a record collection or folded throws can live within reach, or a small bookcase in a child's room for picture books. Finish with a white globe lamp and a trailing pothos. This listing is for one nightstand.