Console Tables

Designer Console Tables for Contemporary Interiors

A console table provides useful surface space without the depth of a conventional table or storage cabinet. Its narrow proportions make it particularly versatile in hallways, living rooms, bedrooms and other areas where maintaining clear circulation is important.

RB12's collection of designer console tables brings together Scandinavian, Italian and contemporary European furniture, ranging from understated timber consoles to sculptural marble, glass and metal designs.

The collection includes furniture from Nova Nook, Cattelan Italia, 101 Copenhagen, Tamo Design, Saba Italia, Design House Stockholm and Bonaldo, alongside selected designs from Muubs and Custom Form.

Modern Console Tables

Modern console tables range from minimal wall-side surfaces to substantial pieces of sculptural furniture. The right design depends on where the console will sit and whether its main purpose is display, everyday storage or multifunctional use.

A simple timber console can provide a calm backdrop for a lamp and mirror, while stone, glass and metal can give the furniture much greater architectural presence.

Several designs within the RB12 collection can also function as desks or dressing tables, making the category particularly relevant for contemporary homes where individual rooms need to perform more than one role.

Nova Nook Console Tables

Nova Nook currently forms the largest part of the collection, with seven console and desk-console designs.

The Nova Nook ANSO Desk/Console in Baltic Storm Oak combines open shelving with a drawer, push-to-open operation and soft-close runners. Its 120cm-wide form can work as a console, compact desk or dressing table.

The same design is also available as the Nova Nook ANSO Desk/Console in Pearl Oak, offering a lighter natural finish while retaining the same practical storage.

Nova Nook OKUN Console

The Nova Nook OKUN Console/Desk uses a dark walnut veneer to create a warmer and more substantial appearance.

At approximately 150cm wide but only 40cm deep, it provides a useful example of why console furniture works so well in transitional spaces. The relatively narrow depth preserves circulation while the longer top creates generous display or working space.

Its manufacturer also positions OKUN as both a console and desk, giving the furniture more than one potential role as the needs of the room change.

Nova Nook PUREL Console

The Nova Nook PUREL Desk/Console provides a more decorative alternative with a light-beige high-gloss finish and oval tabletop.

At only around 35cm deep, PUREL is particularly suited to hallways and wall-side locations where a conventional desk or cabinet would project too far into the room.

It can also function as a compact writing surface when required, making it useful for bedrooms and multifunctional living spaces.

Multifunctional Desk and Console Tables

One of the strongest themes within the current RB12 collection is furniture that works as both a console and a desk.

Alongside ANSO, OKUN and PUREL, Nova Nook offers the LORENTO Desk/Console, Molya Desk/Console and Alrequin Console.

This type of furniture can work especially well in a bedroom or living room where a full-time home-office desk would feel too functional once the working day is over.

For furniture intended primarily for working, compare these pieces with RB12's dedicated designer desks.

Italian Designer Console Tables

Italian console tables within the collection tend to have a stronger sculptural character, using materials such as marble, glass and metal to turn a relatively narrow piece of furniture into an architectural feature.

Cattelan Italia currently offers three console designs at RB12, while Bonaldo and Saba Italia provide further interpretations of contemporary Italian furniture.

Cattelan Italia Diapason Console

The Cattelan Italia Diapason Console is one of the longest-established designs in the collection, first created in 1986.

A clear 12mm glass top is supported by a sculptural base available in travertine or white Carrara marble. The simplicity of the glass allows the natural stone structure beneath to remain the principal visual feature.

This makes Diapason particularly effective in entrances and larger living spaces where the console can be viewed as a statement piece rather than simply a surface against the wall.

Cattelan Italia Nettuno Console

The Cattelan Italia Nettuno Console, designed by Margherita Fanti, takes inspiration from waves and fluid natural forms.

Its sinuous base changes appearance as it is viewed from different positions, while 160cm and 180cm widths provide generous surface area. Extra-clear glass and Mist top options can be combined with Oxybrass or Oxygrey bases.

Nettuno works particularly well where the console is visible from several angles rather than simply pressed into a visually secondary position.

Cattelan Italia Etoile Console

The Cattelan Italia Etoile Console is actually composed as a pair of consoles at two different heights.

Slender steel structures intersect to create an overlapping arrangement, with finishes including brushed brass, brushed bronze and brushed grey.

The lighter framework and layered surfaces make Etoile a useful alternative to the heavier stone and glass forms elsewhere in the Italian collection.

Bonaldo One Console

The Bonaldo One Console takes a much more sculptural approach to occasional furniture.

Its form references prehistoric dolmens, using apparently offset and irregular volumes to create a sense of visual instability. Closely positioned curved supports allow narrow gaps of light to appear through the base as the console is viewed from different angles.

One is therefore best considered as both functional furniture and a statement design object within a substantial entrance, living room or dining space.

Saba Italia Hexa Console

The Saba Italia Hexa Console, designed by Enzo Berti, references furniture and architectural details from the 1950s.

A distinctive hexagonal joint forms the central structural detail, with slender painted-metal elements creating a visually light base. The top can be specified in finishes including White Carrara, Emperador Dark, Noir Antique and Pearl.

At approximately 140 × 42cm, Hexa provides useful surface area while retaining the relatively shallow depth expected from a console table.

Scandinavian Console Tables

Scandinavian console furniture within the RB12 collection places greater emphasis on timber, simple construction and restrained geometric forms.

The Tamo Design Kiru Console is a strong example. Its clean sculptural form is built around solid oak, allowing the material and grain to provide much of the character.

For something visually lighter, the Design House Stockholm Arco Console develops Chuck Mack's trestle-based Arco furniture family into a compact surface that can be used for objects, plants or even as a small desk.

101 Copenhagen Console Tables

101 Copenhagen brings two strongly architectural console tables to the current collection.

The 101 Copenhagen Arc Console translates Art Deco architecture into a minimalist furniture form. Its stepped and arched fibre-concrete base supports a natural marble tabletop, creating depth and strong shadow lines.

The 101 Copenhagen Bow Console instead draws inspiration from Roman aqueducts. Repeated arches create a long, narrow silhouette, while lightweight fibre concrete gives the surface a distinctive textured finish.

Wooden Console Tables

Wooden consoles work particularly well where the furniture needs to blend with timber flooring, cabinetry or other natural materials rather than creating a deliberately contrasting statement.

The solid-oak Tamo Design Kiru Console provides a particularly pure timber expression, while the Nova Nook OKUN Console introduces a dark walnut veneer.

The Design House Stockholm Arco Console provides another Scandinavian timber option with a lighter trestle structure.

Marble Console Tables

Natural stone gives console furniture much stronger material presence and makes each surface visually individual through its pattern and veining.

The Cattelan Italia Diapason Console can be specified with a white Carrara marble base, while the 101 Copenhagen Arc Console combines fibre concrete with a natural marble top.

The Saba Italia Hexa Console also offers several stone-effect and marble top choices.

Console Tables for Hallways

Hallways are one of the most natural locations for a console table because the furniture creates a useful surface without requiring the depth of a sideboard.

A narrower design can hold keys, post and a small lamp while leaving the main route through the entrance clear. Pairing the console with a designer mirror can also create a practical point for checking your appearance before leaving the house.

Where the hallway is particularly narrow, pay close attention to depth. Products such as the Nova Nook PUREL Console use a particularly shallow format.

Console Tables Behind a Sofa

A console can also sit behind a freestanding sofa, particularly within open-plan rooms where the rear of the sofa would otherwise be exposed.

This provides a place for lighting and decorative objects while helping define the transition between different areas of the room.

Choose a console with proportions that relate closely to the sofa and avoid one that extends significantly beyond either side. Explore RB12's designer sofas when planning the complete arrangement.

Console Tables for Bedrooms

Within a bedroom, a console table can perform several functions. It can provide a decorative surface beneath a mirror, work as a minimalist dressing table or become an occasional workspace.

The desk-console designs from Nova Nook are particularly relevant here because they deliberately combine these functions within one piece of furniture.

Pair the console with RB12's designer beds and bedside tables to build a coordinated bedroom scheme.

How to Style a Console Table

A console does not need to be completely filled. Start with one larger element such as a mirror, artwork or table lamp, then introduce a smaller group of objects at a different height.

Vases and flower pots can introduce shape and texture, while leaving some of the surface empty prevents the arrangement from becoming visually cluttered.

How to Choose a Console Table

Begin by measuring the available wall width and, most importantly, depth. In a hallway or narrow room, even a small difference in depth can materially affect circulation.

Next, decide whether the console is primarily decorative or functional. A display console may need little storage, while a desk-console or dressing table may benefit from a drawer or open shelf.

Material should relate to the surrounding room. Oak and walnut bring warmth, marble introduces natural pattern, glass gives a visually lighter appearance and metal can create a stronger architectural finish.

Finally, consider what will sit above the console so that the furniture, mirror, lighting and decorative objects form a balanced overall composition.

Console Table or Sideboard?

A console table is generally narrower and provides less enclosed storage than a sideboard. Its main advantage is its shallow footprint and lighter appearance.

A designer sideboard is the stronger choice when cupboards and drawers are required, while a console is better suited to transitional spaces and decorative wall-side arrangements.

Shop Designer Console Tables Online at RB12

RB12 offers a curated collection of designer console tables in the UK, with slim wooden consoles, marble statement tables, Italian glass furniture and multifunctional desk-console designs from leading European brands.

Explore the Nova Nook ANSO Desk/Console in Baltic Storm Oak, ANSO Desk/Console in Pearl Oak, Nova Nook LORENTO Desk/Console, Nova Nook OKUN Console/Desk, Nova Nook PUREL Desk/Console, Nova Nook Molya Desk/Console, Nova Nook Alrequin Console, Saba Italia Hexa Console, Tamo Design Kiru Console, 101 Copenhagen Arc Console, 101 Copenhagen Bow Console, Design House Stockholm Arco Console, Cattelan Italia Diapason Console, Cattelan Italia Etoile Console, Cattelan Italia Nettuno Console, Muubs Quill S Console, Bonaldo One Console and Custom Form Fancy Console.