Innovative Study/Office Table Design from Crate & Barrel

by Adrian How

Here’s a great little innovation and a clever piece of product design found at Crate & Barrel online store. It looks like a regular 30″ cabinet at it’s most compact but when extended, transforms into a small but adequate study/office table. The top and right panes can be lifted and extended to form the desktop and provide a gap to fit a chair. The online price (USD499) after conversion sure doesn’t favour us Malaysians. Furthermore, via the site, there’s no overseas shipping and you’d have to call a US number to set up a special arrangement to purchase it off Crate & Barrel. This just makes it totally cumbersome.

Nevertheless, the concept is intriguing and great for small spaces. As usual, simple ideas are always the most elegant. Throw your idea to your local contractor/carpenter and I’m sure they’d be able to whip up something similar, for a lot less. A great idea would be a to make a tinier version in bright colours for kids. The cabinet can store toys after they’re done playing in the day and extended to a little study table for when they’re doing their homework.

Imagesource: crateandbarrel.com