Bespoke furniture
A dressing table is the dedicated working surface in a bedroom or dressing room. It carries a mirror, sometimes lit, a working surface at sitting height, and the drawers and compartments that hold the daily routine of dressing. The form has been stable for centuries; modern dressing tables integrate USB and power, sometimes a discreet plug for hair tools, and lighting that reads as natural daylight rather than overhead bulb.
The workshop builds dressing tables as standalone pieces and as part of dressing-room joinery suites. Standalone dressing tables sit in bedrooms; suite-built versions are part of a wider dressing room. The construction principles are the same set out on the wider casegoods page.
Most briefs fall within a handful of established forms.
The standard form — a working surface 100–140 cm wide, with drawers either side of a kneehole for a stool or chair to slide under. The top carries a mirror at the back. Lighting is specified along the mirror surround or above it, dimmable, in a warm-white temperature that reads as natural daylight.
A dual-purpose form — a writing or working surface during the day, a dressing table when the top lifts to reveal a mirror and storage compartments. Lift-top dressing tables are useful in compact bedrooms or in shared rooms where the dressing function needs to disappear when the room is in use otherwise.
A traditional vanity form — a working surface supported on two pedestal columns each containing storage, often with a mirror sitting on the top rather than fixed to the back. The mirror is sometimes adjustable, sometimes a single fixed glass.
Vanities integrated into a wider dressing-room joinery scheme. The vanity sits between hanging rails and shelving, with the same cabinetry behind the doors and drawers, and the mirror lit by the same lighting circuit as the rest of the room. Specified in larger residential dressing rooms and in hotel suite dressing areas.
The decision that defines a dressing table is the mirror and the light. Mirrors range from a single triptych folding mirror to a back-lit fixed mirror; lighting from concealed LED strips to integrated theatrical bulbs around the mirror frame. The combination is specified at design with the user in mind.
Top height sits at 73–76 cm for a working surface used while seated. Width is set against the room — 100–120 cm for a compact bedroom dressing table, 140–180 cm for a larger dressing room piece. Depth sits at 45–55 cm — deep enough for the mirror behind to give space for the user, shallow enough that the working surface is reachable.
Lighting is the technical decision that sets the dressing table apart. Modern integrated LED at 3000 K reads as warm daylight and gives true colour for makeup and grooming. The lighting is dimmable; the driver is concealed in the carcass; the cable run is set to the room's electrical scheme at design.
Lead times run 10–14 weeks from approved drawings; integrated lighting and mirror schedules can extend the back end. Standalone dressing tables ship complete; suite-built versions are installed alongside the wider dressing-room joinery.
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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