A mirror, a light and somewhere to put everything down
A dressing table has three jobs and most only manage one. It has to hold a mirror at the right height, light the face rather than the wall behind it, and store a great many small things where they can be found.
Ours are made to the room, so the mirror sits at the height of the person using it rather than at the height a catalogue assumed.
What actually matters, before the design does.
A light above a mirror throws shadows downwards, which is the opposite of what is wanted. Lighting at the sides, at roughly face height, is what makes a dressing table usable. It has to be planned with the electrician, not added afterwards.
The table is used sitting down. The top should clear the knees of whoever sits there and the mirror should be centred on a seated head. These are two measurements that take a minute to take and are almost never asked for.
What is kept at a dressing table is small and numerous. Several shallow compartmented drawers are far more useful than two deep ones, where everything ends up in a heap at the bottom.
A tall mirror must be fixed to the wall as well as to the furniture, whatever the piece weighs. In a house with small children this is not a preference.
Tell us the wall width, the ceiling height and whether there is a socket nearby. Those three decide most of the design.
Every piece is built after you order it — your size, your wood, your finish.
Send a photograph and rough dimensions. We will come back with options and a price.