Bedside Table Widths: 50cm vs 60cm, and When Each Fits

Name: Antarria
Address: Warehouse No. 3 28B Street - Al Quoz Ind. third - Al Quoz - Dubai, Dubai, Dubai, AE
Telephone: +971 56 118 4731
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Antarria's Carter Bedside Table comes in 50cm and 60cm widths for AED 100 more per size step, and that 10cm is the real decision most people are actually making, not the finish. As a rule, 50cm suits a single or a tighter bedroom, 60cm suits a bed with a taller headboard or a room where the table also needs to hold a lamp and a tray.

What's Actually Available, By Width

Table	Width options	From
Carter	50cm or 60cm, with or without stone top	AED 3,890
Ellis	Single size, 21 colours	AED 3,990
Rove	Medium or Large, ribbed drawer front with open shelf	AED 3,490

How To Decide Between 50cm And 60cm

50cm: The tighter footprint, suited to a single bed, a narrower room, or a bedside table that only needs to hold a lamp and a phone.
60cm: The extra 10cm gives a real surface for a lamp, a tray and a book at once, and reads better proportionally beside a wider or taller headboard.
Stone top or not: Carter's stone-topped version adds a small premium over the plain painted top and is the more durable surface for anything set down without a coaster.

If a table doesn't publish a width option at all, like Ellis, it ships in one fixed size, so check the single listed dimension applies to your space before ordering rather than assuming a size range exists. Rove takes a different approach again: it comes in a Medium or a Large size rather than a width choice, priced at AED 3,490 for the Medium and AED 3,890 for the Large.

Getting The Height Right, Not Just The Width

Width decides how much surface you get, but height decides whether the table actually works next to the bed. As a general rule, a bedside table top should sit level with the mattress top, or up to 5 to 8cm above it, so you're not reaching down for a glass of water or fumbling above your eyeline for a lamp switch half asleep.

A platform or low bed frame with a slim mattress needs a lower table than a divan base with a thick pillow-top mattress, so measure your actual mattress height off the floor before matching it to a table rather than assuming a standard.

How Many Drawers You Actually Need

A single drawer covers the basics, chargers, glasses, whatever you don't want visible. Two is genuinely useful if you're splitting storage between daily items and things you rarely reach for, rather than one drawer becoming a catch-all.

If a reading habit means stacking books bedside, an open shelf under the drawer, which Rove's design includes, does more for that specific habit than a second closed drawer would, since stacked books are easier to see and grab from an open shelf than from inside a drawer.

Quick Reference By Bed Type

Bed and mattress type	Suggested table width	Why
Single bed, tighter room	50cm	Fits a lamp and phone without crowding a narrow gap
Queen or King with tall headboard	60cm	Proportionally balances a wider, taller bed and holds a tray
Reader who stacks books bedside	Rove (open shelf design)	Open shelf beats a closed drawer for grab-and-go access

FAQs

1. What's the standard bedside table width?

There isn't a single industry standard. Antarria's own range spans a fixed single size on some models to a 50cm or 60cm choice on Carter specifically, so check the individual product page rather than assuming.

2. Should my bedside table match my bed width?

Not directly. It's about proportion and function: a wider table gives more surface for a lamp and a tray, which matters more with a taller or wider headboard, but there's no fixed ratio to follow.

3. Do all bedside tables come with a stone top option?

No. Only Carter currently offers a with-stone or a without-stone choice. Ellis and Rove each ship in a single top finish.

4. Can I mix bedside table widths on either side of the bed?

Yes. Most people match the width on both sides for visual balance, but pairing a 50cm and a 60cm table works fine practically, especially when one side of the room has less wall space or one person needs the larger surface for a lamp, a book and a water glass at once.