Solid Bamboo Catalina Nightstand, Black Walnut - Catalina Nightstand by Greenington
25.98"W x 18.97"D x 23.98"H
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Solid Bamboo Catalina Nightstand, Black Walnut - Catalina Nightstand by Greenington
Solid Bamboo Nightstand with Single Drawer in Black Walnut
A nightstand lives at arm's reach. At 3 in the morning when your hand reaches for glasses or a book, that proximity means everything has to be right proportionally, functionally, aesthetically. The Catalina nightstand gets the proportion exactly right. At 24 inches wide and 23.98 inches tall, it does not dwarf a queen bed but does not disappear either. The single drawer with its signature curved pull reads as a small sculpture against the wall. The detail is not ornament. It is consequence of refusing a blank surface.
The drawer box is solid bamboo with soft-close undermount glides. Most people do not think about this detail until they have lived with it. Once you have, normal drawers feel clumsy. The drawer travels to closure without slamming, which matters at three in the morning. The curved legs echo the language of the bed frame. Everything coordinates without feeling formulaic. Two open shelves provide display and additional storage. English dovetail joinery is visible evidence of craft. Soft-close glides are silent evidence of consideration.
The fact that this ships fully assembled matters more than it sounds. Nightstands typically arrive in flat-pack chaos. This one arrives ready, finished on all four sides, because it will sit in a room where you see it from multiple angles. Not pushed into a corner. Part of the environment you inhabit while you sleep.
Nightstand Build Details
- Crafted in solid bamboo
- No plywood, particle board, or MDF
- Earth friendly, sustainable resource
- 20% harder than Red Oak
- Beautifully finished on all 4 sides
- Soft closing, undermount drawer glides
- Shipped fully assembled
Catalina Nightstand Specifications
- Material: 100% Solid Moso Bamboo
- Finish: Black Walnut
- Dimensions: 18.97 in L x 25.98 in W x 23.98 in H
- Collection: Catalina
- Assembly required: No
- Shipping time: 5-10 business days
25.98"W x 18.97"D x 23.98"H
Bamboo, seriously
Greenington
Most brands that lead with sustainability do so at the expense of the thing you actually live with. Greenington does not. For over two decades, the collection has been built entirely from solid Moso bamboo, and the bet has paid off in a way most manufacturers did not expect.
The furniture holds. The grain has character. And the case for bamboo stops being an environmental argument very quickly, once you see what the material actually does in a room.
"Every piece carries slight variations in grain that reflect the authenticity of the material. That is not a flaw in the manufacturing. That is the point of it." - Todd Harmon
The Material
Bamboo the most capable wood that is not technically wood
Moso bamboo is, botanically speaking, a grass. That distinction tends to confuse people until they hold a Greenington piece, at which point the classification becomes irrelevant. What matters is the density, and Moso in full maturity is harder than Red Oak, denser than most hardwoods in its category, and responsive to its environment in a way that keeps the furniture honest over time.
Greenington uses 100% solid Moso. No MDF core, no particle board filler, no plywood substrate. The pieces behave the way solid wood behaves: they can be refinished, they wear with some dignity, and they do not delaminate when a room gets humid.
The other thing worth noting is the harvest cycle. Slow-growing hardwoods take fifty to one hundred years to reach the density needed for furniture. Moso reaches full maturity in three to five. That gap is not a marketing figure. It changes what responsible sourcing actually looks like at scale.
20%
Harder Than Red Oak
3-5
Years To Full Harvest Maturity
+35%
More Oxygen Than Equivalent Trees
The Process
Steam, press, finish. In that order, without shortcuts
The caramel color that reads so well in a bedroom or dining room is not a stain. It comes from steaming the bamboo strips at high heat, which cooks the natural sugars in the culm and produces the warm tone that photographs so accurately online. What you see is what the material did to itself.
Classic Collection
Strips are cut directly from the Moso culm and steam-cooked to bring out the color. The result is consistent, warm, and honest. No staining means the tone is inherent, not applied, which matters when the finish begins to show wear in the way that good materials tend to.
Exotic Collection
Individual bamboo fibers are separated and compressed under a four-story hydraulic press at high heat. The resulting panels have the visual density and grain depth of tropical hardwood. No two pieces share the same pattern. The joinery is English dovetail throughout, with soft-close hardware chosen to outlast the finish rather than the other way around.
BAMBOO IS NOT A COMPROMISE - IT JUST TOOK MOST OF THE INDUSTYR A WHILE TO NOTICE
The honest version of responsible furniture has to hold up in a room, not just in a press release. Greenington has spent two decades making that case through the furniture itself. The grain is real. The structure is solid. The footprint is smaller than anything built from slow-growth hardwood at this quality level. Those things can coexist, and in this collection, they do.
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