A nightstand has exactly two jobs: hide what you don’t want seen, and hold what you reach for half-asleep. The one-drawer-one-shelf layout answers both, and this one dresses it up with a stone top and a long brass pull.
The stone top is the move — it gives a wood nightstand a cooler surface a glass and lamp look right on, and the dark veneer grounds it against pale bedding. The open shelf takes the books you actually stack; the drawer takes the rest. Compact enough for a tight bedside, plain enough not to fight a headboard.
The honest part: the “travertine” is sintered stone printed to look like it, and the body is engineered wood under poplar veneer — the trade for a stone-topped piece at this price that won’t stain, etch, or ring like real travertine. The brass pull warms with handling. Solid, not light; place it and leave it.
W 23.5″ x D 17.6″ x H 21.5″ (handle excluded)
Tabletop: sintered stone, travertine-patterned
Body & legs: engineered wood with poplar veneer,
Water-based finish
Weight: 46 lb
Arlen Stone-Top Nightstand
A nightstand has exactly two jobs: hide what you don’t want seen, and hold what you reach for half-asleep. The one-drawer-one-shelf layout answers both, and this one dresses it up with a stone top and a long brass pull.
The stone top is the move — it gives a wood nightstand a cooler surface a glass and lamp look right on, and the dark veneer grounds it against pale bedding. The open shelf takes the books you actually stack; the drawer takes the rest. Compact enough for a tight bedside, plain enough not to fight a headboard.
The honest part: the “travertine” is sintered stone printed to look like it, and the body is engineered wood under poplar veneer — the trade for a stone-topped piece at this price that won’t stain, etch, or ring like real travertine. The brass pull warms with handling. Solid, not light; place it and leave it.
W 23.5″ x D 17.6″ x H 21.5″ (handle excluded)
Tabletop: sintered stone, travertine-patterned
Body & legs: engineered wood with poplar veneer,
Water-based finish
Weight: 46 lb
$399.00
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