Thea Nordic Acrylic Two-Tier Side Table

The VoriHaus Thea Nordic Acrylic Two-Tier Side Table is built for the rooms where another solid object would be one too many. Acrylic takes up visual space the way glass does, which is to say barely, so the table holds a lamp and a cup at the end of a sofa without closing the room down the way a wooden equivalent would. At 13 inches wide and 15.7 inches high it sits level with a sofa arm rather than below it.

Two tiers rather than one is what makes it useful rather than merely decorative. The top takes drinks, a book or a phone; the lower shelf takes the magazines, remotes and small clutter that otherwise end up on the top and stay there. The edges are ground smooth, and the whole piece is light enough to move with one hand when a room gets rearranged.

It works as a sofa-side table, a bedside table, a small coffee table, or a stand for a plant or a lamp — in a living room, a bedroom, a study or on a balcony. Measurements are taken by hand and can vary by 1 to 3 cm, and the finish is best judged from the piece itself rather than a screen. VoriHaus recommends placing it on a level floor, using coasters under anything hot or wet, and cleaning with a soft damp cloth. Avoid abrasive cleaners and solvents, which scratch and cloud acrylic.