Bedside side table

SR-2026-051 · Furniture · Side table · July 2026

Two side tables, ordered as a trial alongside a larger bedroom order out of the same belt.

Receiving photographs

Photographs taken at our consolidation warehouse as the lot was received and checked. Container numbers, shipping labels, supplier marks and brand markings are masked; the lot is shown as it arrived, not restyled.

How this order was run

1. Kept the first order small on purpose: a trial quantity is the cheapest way to find out whether a supplier's second shipment looks like its first.
2. Said which parts of the specification could not be held at this quantity and which could, rather than accepting a silent substitution.
3. Held the balance of payment until the receiving check was done, so a rejected lot never became a negotiation after the money had moved.

What was checked at receiving

This is the side table check sheet — the same list every order in this category goes through before the container is released.

• Leg splay and twist checked with the unit standing on a flat reference — a table that rocks at the factory will rock on the client's floor
• Load applied to the top and to the apron joints, at the point where the leg meets the frame
• Finish checked on the top under raking light, and on the underside and inner faces where factories economise
• Glass and stone tops inspected for chips at the edge and measured for thickness before packing
• Height and footprint verified against the approved drawing, not against the catalogue photograph

How it was packed

• Top wrapped in foam and corner-boarded, boxed separately from the base where the design allows
• Legs and stretchers bagged with the hardware and taped inside the main carton
• Glass or stone packed in its own crate with a foam gasket on all four edges
• One carton per lot dropped and stack-tested before the container closes

The note

Tables fail on the top surface and on the leg joint. Both are visible on arrival and both are the client's most expensive complaint — a replacement top usually means a second shipment, not a second part.

It is why a table order is inspected standing up, on a flat floor, with the top loaded — the three things a factory photograph never shows.

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