Antarria's Side Tables Compared: Choosing by Size, Shape and Finish

Name: Antarria
Address: Warehouse No. 3 28B Street - Al Quoz Ind. third - Al Quoz - Dubai, Dubai, Dubai, AE
Telephone: +971 56 118 4731
Price range: $$

Antarria's Dubai side tables collection spans eight designs, AED 1,790 to AED 2,990, across four shapes (round, square, hexagon and rectangular) and four finishes (brushed steel, chrome, painted hardwood and natural veneer). Height runs from 35cm to 50cm, so check it against your sofa arm before choosing on looks alone.

The Range, By Real Size And Price

Side Table	Dimensions	Finish	From
Lior	35cm W x 35cm D x 43cm H	Natural veneer	AED 1,790
Noma	38cm dia x 42cm H	Natural veneer	AED 1,790
Echo	60cm W x 52cm D x 35cm H	Veneer	AED 1,890
Baxter	42cm W x 28cm D x 50cm H	Painted hardwood	AED 2,490
Vero	32cm W x 32cm D x 45cm H	Chrome metal	AED 2,590
Block	65cm W x 55cm D x 35cm H	High-gloss painted hardwood	AED 2,890
Oris	40cm dia x 50cm H, or 55cm dia x 45cm H	Brushed stainless steel	AED 2,990
Sivo	40cm W x 40cm D x 40cm H	Painted hardwood	AED 2,990

Lior and Noma are tied as the range's entry point at AED 1,790, both finished in a natural veneer where Antarria notes subtle variations in tone, grain and texture are to be expected piece to piece. Echo is the widest table in the collection at 60cm, more a low occasional table than a compact side table, finished in an engineered-wood veneer with the same natural piece-to-piece variation.

How To Choose By Height

Beside a standard sofa arm: Vero (45cm) and Oris in its 45cm-high option sit close to typical sofa-arm height, the safest match if you want the tabletop roughly level with where you'd rest a drink.
Beside an armchair or a lower seat: Block and Echo are both the lowest in the range at 35cm, better suited to a lower chair or as a low occasional table beside a daybed.
A taller, more sculptural piece: Baxter and Oris's 50cm option are the tallest in the range, reading closer to a small pedestal than a traditional side table.

Shape is the other real variable to weigh up. Oris and Noma are round, Sivo is a perfect 40cm cube, and Echo is the only hexagon in the range, a six-sided top that reads more geometrically. The rest, Lior, Baxter, Vero and Block, are rectangular or square footprints of varying proportions.

Two of the eight, Oris and Vero, sit on metal frames (brushed steel and chrome) rather than wood, giving them a distinctly different look and feel from the rest of the collection.

Matching A Side Table To How You'll Actually Use It

A side table beside a reading chair needs enough surface for a lamp, a drink and a book without feeling crowded, so anything under 35cm square is genuinely tight for that job, which rules out Vero and points more toward Lior, Sivo or one of the larger round options.

A pair flanking a sofa works best when both tables match in height even if the shapes differ, since a mismatched pair tends to read as an afterthought rather than a deliberate styling choice.

If the table will regularly hold hot drinks or a laptop that runs warm, the metal-framed Oris and Vero shrug off heat and daily wear more easily than the painted or veneered wood options, which are better protected with a coaster or mat for anything straight off the kettle.

Caring For Wood Veneer And Metal Finishes

Lior, Noma, Echo, Baxter, Block and Sivo all use a wood-based finish, either natural veneer or painted hardwood, and should be wiped with a soft, dry cloth for regular dusting, with a cloth only lightly dampened with water reserved for marks.

Avoid solvents or abrasive cleaners on the painted models, Baxter, Block and Sivo, since they can dull or strip the finish over time, and keep them out of direct, prolonged sunlight for the same reason.

Oris and Vero, the two metal-framed designs, are more forgiving day to day: a soft dry cloth keeps brushed steel and chrome free of fingerprints and dust, and neither needs the same caution around damp cloths that the wood finishes do.

FAQs

1. What's the cheapest side table at Antarria?

Lior and Noma, both AED 1,790. Both are round-adjacent, compact designs finished in natural veneer.

2. Which side table is tallest?

Baxter, at 50cm high, or Oris in its taller 50cm-high configuration. Both suit a spot where you want the tabletop above standard sofa-arm height.

3. Are any of Antarria's side tables made of metal?

Yes, two: Oris (brushed stainless steel) and Vero (chrome-finished metal, polished to a high shine). The rest of the range is wood-based, either painted hardwood or natural veneer.

4. Is Antarria's side table range the same as its bedside tables?

Not exactly, though one model, Baxter, is built on the same design as Antarria's bedside tables and listed in both collections. The other seven side tables are distinct from the separate Bedside Tables range.