Just when you need that perfect table, why is it so often elusive?  My friend Rita Konig, designer and WSJ writer, has just let me know she has launched the most desirable of specimens, and in high gloss sumptuous lacquer to boot!

Available through the Lacquer Company in New York, they are delectable, not to mention darn practical…and I’m so pleased that they are available in polished brass too.

Tiered night tables are my idea of heaven, in that they allow for all my books and papers, a few aesthetically undesirables to be put away in the drawer, and a free tabletop for a lamp and glass of water…not to mention my specs.

And if all this makes your mouth water…you can splurge on a matching ice bucket in all sorts of lick-able colours.