This furniture serves as storage and table. Photo: Iittala
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Intelligent furniture for discerning decorators

Pia Seidel
19.12.2018
Translation: machine translated

I regularly present a selection of clever designer furniture straight from our range. This time, I'd like to take you on a little tour of side tables and sofa ends with storage space.

Since I left the flat-sharing behind, I've got a lot more space, but that doesn't stop me favouring functional furniture: occasional tables with extra compartments provide storage and keep out dust. For example, you can slip in items you don't use, such as a throw, remote control or magazines. There are also stackable and open variants, which I'll introduce straight away.

To compose

Signed Ferm Living "Plant Box" and "Wire" are multifunctional tables to be put together as you please: You choose the top - available in two different versions, one with a black powder-coated metal finish, the other with smoked oak veneer - and the base in a range of colours. The result? A pedestal and plant trough that double as a coffee table.

With the lid back on, the «Plant Box» transforms into a side table. Photo: Ferm Living
With the lid back on, the «Plant Box» transforms into a side table. Photo: Ferm Living
«Wire» can easily accommodate laundry. Photo: Ferm Living
«Wire» can easily accommodate laundry. Photo: Ferm Living

To stack

Signed by Iittala, "Vakka" is a stackable piece of birch plywood furniture offering a compendium of storage, available in two heights and two colours, one natural, the other white. Featuring clean lines, these two pieces of furniture match and blend easily into any room in the house.

«Vakka» offers storage: for the kitchen or bathroom. Photo: Iittala
«Vakka» offers storage: for the kitchen or bathroom. Photo: Iittala
These boxes can also double up as bedside tables. Photo: Iittala
These boxes can also double up as bedside tables. Photo: Iittala

To arrange

"Dina" by Jan Kurtz consists of two surfaces. Because of its shape, this side table can be moved forward above the sofa.

To wow

On closer inspection, "Neumann", signed Objekte unserer Tage, unfolds its full potential. Not only does this piece of furniture shine with its sculptural appeal, it also knows how to be pragmatic. In addition to its table top, it also contains two compartments created by the folds of the metal surfaces blending completely to form a single unit.

Photo: Objekte unserer Tage
Photo: Objekte unserer Tage

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Header image: This furniture serves as storage and table. Photo: Iittala

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