Bobbin Console Tables: Turned Details, Storage and Room Fit

The repeated turned detail on a bobbin-style console gives it a more textured outline than a straight-legged table. Start with the footprint and storage you need, then compare the shape of the legs and the amount of visual detail. Similar traditional styles can have quite different proportions.

Compare a bobbin detail with a spindle alternative

Mitcham’s listing describes the repeated leg detail as created by turning the wood on a lathe. Dunbar’s shaped spindle legs provide a different interpretation; it is shown here as an alternative rather than the same leg design.

Check the space used by storage

Mitcham’s listed internal drawer size is 55.5 × 24 × 15 cm. Compare that with the objects you want to put away. Its lower shelf adds display space, but any basket you place there needs to fit between the supports as well as beneath the top.

Allow for width, depth and movement

The Dunbar example is 15 cm shorter and 5 cm deeper than Mitcham. That trade-off can matter in a narrow hall. Mark the complete outline and check drawers opening into the walkway. Include skirting and any wall-fixing position in your plan.

Both listings include an anti-topple kit; follow the supplied fixing instructions for the exact product and wall. Confirm assembly requirements and access measurements before ordering. See console tables and our behind-sofa planning guide for other possible positions.