Torino Bedside 3 Drawer: fit, clearance and what matches it

The Torino Bedside 3 Drawer is the three-drawer bedside table in the Torino range. Its description is a single line, Size available: 47 x 37 x 62cm, with no material, finish or colour given. The figures still answer the question most people are actually asking, which is whether it will fit the gap they have.

What the size tells you

Three numbers, no labels. On a bedside case the 62cm reads as the height, but the listing does not say which of the 47 and the 37 goes across the front and which goes into the room, so confirm it with the shop if your gap is tight. What the figures do settle either way is the footprint: 47 by 37 covers less floor than the 44 by 47 of the one-drawer case, whichever way round each of them reads, so this is the easier of the two Torino bedside tables to fit against a wall with a doorway or a radiator nearby.

All three list 62cm as their third figure, so a mixed pair should line up on top. The Lucca Bedside 3 Drawer is listed at exactly the same dimensions, so if you are weighing the two against each other it comes down to the photographs rather than the tape measure.

One drawer or three

Three drawers suit a bedroom with no other storage within reach of the bed, where the bedside table has to hold more than a book and a lamp. The trade-off is a case split three ways rather than left as one, and the listing gives no internal drawer sizes, so ask the shop if what you keep by the bed is bulky. If the room already has wardrobe or chest storage, the simpler Torino Bedside 1 Drawer is usually enough, and it is listed with a 44cm first figure against this one's 47cm.

Measuring before you order

1. Measure the clear gap between bed and wall twice, once at floor level and once at mattress height, and work to the smaller figure.
2. Keep clear floor in front equal to about the depth of the case so the drawers open fully past the bed.
3. Check the 62cm height against the top of your mattress. Divans with a deep mattress can leave a bedside top sitting low, which is fine for a lamp and awkward for a glass of water.
4. If a pair is going either side of a double or king bed, measure the whole wall. Two of these plus the bed needs more wall than most people allow for.
5. Look at where the socket and the radiator are before you decide which side gets which piece.

What the listing leaves out

The material, finish, colour, handles, drawer runners, weight and whether it is delivered assembled or flat-packed are not in the description. The product photographs show how it looks; for anything you need to be certain about, ask the shop before you order, while you can still change the piece on the order rather than the room it has to go in.

Ordering and delivery

Delivery is free within 50 miles of the Glasgow store and £50 beyond, and the shop can give you the current lead time when you enquire. The photographs and listed size are on the Torino Bedside 3 Drawer page, with the rest of the bedside tables alongside it.