Teak Bedside Table with Drawer

• Upright strips: plain teak strips running top to bottom with a round wooden knob, it sits well beside a simple modern bed.
• Carved slots: 3 rows of rounded slots cut into the front with a red knob, good next to a bed that has carving on the headboard.
• Long grooves: 3 long lines cut across the front with a wooden knob, made for a low bed with a plain headboard.
• Raised ribs: thick upright ribs standing out from the front with a red knob, the one to pick if the room already has heavier teak furniture like a sofa set.

Whichever front gets picked, the table underneath stays the same, small and square, with teak strips running round the sides and a plank top where darker and lighter teak sit next to each other, so no 2 tops come out alike. Its small size is what makes it work in an Indian bedroom, where the bed usually takes the whole room and there is only a narrow gap left on each side.

So on top goes the phone, the specs and the glass of water for the night. The drawer is for the things that get searched for in the dark, the torch for when the light goes, the strip of tablets, the spare charger and the remote of the AC. Teak carries its own natural oil, so a damp glass left on it overnight does far less harm than it would on most other woods, though a coaster is still a good idea.

They usually go in 2s, 1 for each side of the bed, and putting a different drawer front on each side also works if both are teak.