Artie Marble Buffet - Ruby Marble - Tobacco Ash

The Artie Marble Buffet in Ruby Marble - Tobacco Ash is 180cm wide, 49cm deep and 80cm high, with a marble top over a cased base. The colour names the stone first and the case finish second, since the two are different materials. At bench height the top works for serving as well as storage.

A stone top on a dining room cupboard is the one place stone is unambiguously practical. It is the surface things get put down on hot, wet and in a hurry, and it is the surface that shows every ring if it is timber.

At 180cm wide and 49cm deep this holds a dinner service and serves from the top at the same time. The case is lifted rather than sitting to the floor, which keeps a long piece from reading as a wall.

The caveat is honest: marble is a natural material, so the veining on the piece that arrives will not match a photograph, and the top is heavy enough that this is a two-person piece to position.