BH | Studio Stamford Slatted Open-Shelf Nightstand

Mid-century designers liked furniture that mixed open and closed storage, the way a Scandinavian wall unit set display shelves beside closed cabinets. English cabinetmakers had done much the same at the bedside two centuries earlier, in Georgian night tables that paired a cupboard or open shelf with a drawer. Scaled down and faced in slatted wood, the same thinking makes a small table work harder.

This one has an open cubby at the top and a single drawer beneath, faced in horizontal slats. A round cut-out in the side of the cubby lets a charging cable or lamp cord pass straight through, so a phone can charge out of sight while the top stays clear. The drawer runs out to its full length on glides, with room for glasses, hand cream and a notebook. It stands on four gently splayed, tapered legs, and the engineered wood case is finished in Charcoal, Almond or Hazel. Assembly is required.

The open shelf suits a small speaker, a stack of magazines or a basket of earbuds, and the whole piece makes a neat end table by a sofa or reading chair. It takes an urban, grounded look well: pair it with crisp white sheets, a blackened brass lamp, a gray linen headboard and a framed black and white photograph. This listing is for one nightstand.