Bespoke furniture
A console table is a long, narrow table designed to sit against a wall rather than in the middle of a room. Width sits at 30–45 cm — narrow enough to not project into a hallway, deep enough to hold lamps, sculpture and flowers — and length is sized to the wall it sits against. The form has been part of the upholstery vocabulary for two centuries; its job has remained the same.
The workshop builds console tables for halls, behind sofas, on landings and against feature walls. The construction follows the wider casegoods engineering — hardwood carcass where the table has a cabinet, hardwood or metalwork frame where it is open-leg.
Console table briefs fall within a handful of established forms.
The standard hall form — a long, narrow table 120–220 cm long, 30–40 cm deep, set against the hall wall. Hall consoles often carry a mirror above them, a pair of lamps on top, and a shallow drawer below the top. Specified into entry halls, vestibules and any room where a long horizontal surface is wanted against a wall.
A console sized to sit behind a sofa rather than against a wall, used in open-plan rooms where the back of a sofa would otherwise be visible. Sofa consoles match the sofa length and sit slightly lower than the sofa back; they often hold lamps that light the seating area from behind.
Longer, more architectural consoles for landings, gallery walls and rooms with a single feature wall. Landing consoles can be 200–280 cm long, often with marquetry or stone tops, and read as a piece of furniture in their own right rather than as a supporting surface.
Consoles with no legs, fixed directly to the wall on hidden brackets. The form gives a floating horizontal surface with no visible support. Specified into modern interiors and into halls where floor space is tight.
Dimensions are decided against the wall and the line of the room. A hall console runs typically 140–180 cm against most modern hall walls; in larger halls or galleries, 220–280 cm gives the right architectural weight. Top height sits at 78–82 cm — slightly higher than a dining table so the surface reads as a presentation surface rather than a working one.
Surfaces follow the room. Hall consoles take heavy daily wear — keys, post, daily contact — so a stone or lacquer top is often specified; sofa consoles tolerate softer materials. Wall-mounted consoles need to be specified for the wall they fix to; load brackets are calculated against the depth of the console and any lamps that will sit on it.
Lead times run typically 8–12 weeks from approved drawings; sourced veneer or stone tops can extend the schedule. Consoles ship complete; wall-mounted versions ship with the brackets and the fixing pattern.
This page covers one of the pieces in the casegoods catalogue. The broader range — credenzas and sideboards, drinks cabinets, dining and coffee tables, console tables, boardroom tables, bedside tables, chests and commodes, writing desks, dressing tables and display cabinets — sits under casegoods furniture. The cabinetry behind every piece is set out on the woodwork workshop page; surfaces and finishes are covered under materials.
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