Drawer on your tables

Drawers are useful things and tables are a perfect place for them, tucked away in an otherwise redundant space below your plate. It's not easy to find a dining table with a drawer in it, however. Manufacturers would much rather you bought a table and an extra piece of furniture for drawer space. Nevertheless, seek and you shall find.

Loft Oak dining table by Team7, £4,661, Wharfside

This dining table comes with the option of adding cutlery drawers at both ends. After all, the dining table is the ideal place for keeping your cutlery.  

Old English painted dining table, £485, The Orchard

These table drawers can also be used for storing placemats and napkins. Or it could be a place for keeping the paperwork and the kids' homework. 

Butterfly extendable dining table set with four stackable chairs, £134.99, Argos

Whilst this gate leg kitchen table has three deep drawers within it and folds away into a slim column shape. 

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