From Art Deco to modern, and metal to wood, the Martini side tables I've picked out here come in all shapes and sizes... And materials!...
Tim Gavan wrote in 2015, in the Wall Street Journal, that in the 1920s, when cocktail hour became a domestic ritual, the occasional table of 18th-century French salons evolved into the martini table. Now, after morphing into a free-standing ashtray during the smoky ’60s and ’70s, the little movable pedestal is back. Useful auxiliaries with a small footprint, such tables can handle a remote or a book - or hold your liquor with style.
I hope you will enjoy the selection I have made for you today. I am sure one of those will be a worthy addition to your home. Once you've made up your mind on the look you want to choose, you have to decide on the budget, right?...
As always, if you need my help, don't hesitate to get in touch!
Bisous bisous,
Urszula x
Restoration Hardware 1930s Martini Side Table - Available in the USA only ( I know!.. Why would I feature it if we can't get it in the Europe? I just had to feature it as it is one of the very very very best I came across ever!)
That table's clean geometry reflects the design aesthetic of early 20th-century Europe and America, when Victorian flourishes gave way to Modernist ideas of understated elegance. Its compact proportions and cantilevered base allow it to tuck neatly beside a sofa or chair.
West Elm Martini Side Table - RRP inc VAT £159
A West Elm icon and a best seller. Sleek and sculptural, this cast aluminium table is as cool and crisp as its namesake cocktail. Available in several colours and finishes, it looks good in any room of the house.
Our Shou Shou side table/stool is made out of the finest Essex chestnut trees that come from controlled forests in the region. Shou Sugi Ban 焼杉板 (or Yakisugi) is an ancient Japanese exterior siding technique that preserves wood by charring it with fire. We are applying that technique to our side table/stool, which gives to it that unique look and character.
The Lily cocktail table is a wonderful mix of playfulness and elegance. The organically shaped tops, inspired by lily pads are cut from marble, bronze, concrete with bronze or steel and sit on long, elegant stems. The steel is gently patinated, or blackened and the bronze is hand-polished or brushed. Stand-alone or grouped together the Lily is unique, quirky, and a useful addition to any room. Lily is available in three sizes and four different heights (H45,50,55 or 60cm)
Kartell Stone Low Stool has a faceted hourglass, geometric myriad shape which gives the shiny surface a jewel like appearance. I twas designed by genius Marcel Wanders for my favourite Italian furniture design firm Kartell.
The Stone is crafted from durable polycarbonate (the material of choice for modernist furniture design) and features twinkling geometrical facets that reflect and play with the light, much like real jewels do.
The Kartell Stone stools can be used inside and outside, and have been designed so that they can also be used as a side table and small coffee table.
An incredibly useful and stylish little occasional or side table, fabricated in steel and naturally patinated, the 3 leaves fan out from a central stem, supported on a circular base making it endlessly versatile.
Matthew sees the flamingo table as one of his favourite pieces in the collection. Standing on one leg in a characteristic flamingo pose, this table boasts a top featuring a beautifully intricate feather designs. A talking piece for any fashionable home.
Thought up as a colourful game of building blocks, the Prince Aha stool is composed of two cones to resemble the shape of an hourglass. An entertaining and colourful accessory, a practical stool and stand to place beside the couch or the bed. The pastel colours, the texture of the material used and the geometric design make Prince Aha a flexible product, easily inserted into any setting. It is available in a range of pastel colours.
Sculptural and pared-back, the metallic finish of the Tamburo Mirror Side Table makes this a luxe addition to your home. Based on the sleek silhouette of a drum, this aluminium side table has a brushed gold-toned finish completed with a mirror glass table top for chic update.
Playing on juxtaposing geometric shapes and balance, the design of the Cono Side Table makes this a side table with a difference. Combining conical shapes in a stained mango wood finish with pale pink spheres, this table is completed with a marble table top for a bold silhouette.
Rounded geometric shapes and mixed materials gives the Pila Side Table a playful, yet opulent finish. Mango wood coated in a blue-toned vanish is combined with a gold-toned iron base and a marble table top giving this table a sculptural edge. This statement piece could also be used as a bedside table with a difference.
UO’s exclusive Toki Ceramic Side Table is like a functional modern sculpture for your living space. In a hollow zigzag shape complete with natural texture and a flat top perfectly sized for a lamp, plant, magazines, remotes, coasters + so much more.
Turned by hand from solid oak or walnut, this table has a simple but graphically striking silhouette punctuated by the polished metal collar.
Shown here: in natural oiled walnut and brass, and ebonised oak and copper.
Handmade from thick sections of laminated oak / walnut so some movement or surface checking is inevitable. The Nicole side table is built to order by hand in England, is name stamped and individually numbered.
Bethan Gray has taken inspiration from the stud work found on Asian and Arabic doors to develop a new aesthetic called Stud. The studding was traditionally used to join two materials together, such as leather or wood, and was later used as a decorative embellishment of it’s own.
