Chloe Channel Buffet

The Chloe Channel Buffet is 1800mm wide, 450mm deep and 800mm high in bone-finished ash veneer, with a curved case and slatted doors. Inside it measures 860mm wide, 400mm deep and 620mm high, on a 125mm base. It weighs 83kg, supports up to 70kg and includes a wall anchor kit.

Publishing the internal dimensions is the useful thing this listing does, and it is rarer than it should be. The external size tells you whether the buffet fits the wall; the internal size tells you whether your platters, decanters or record boxes fit the buffet, and only one of those is discoverable after delivery.

The 125mm base height matters for a different reason. It lifts the case clear of the skirting board, which means the buffet can sit flat against a wall in an older house rather than standing proud of it, and it leaves enough clearance to get a vacuum head underneath.

Slatted doors on a curve are difficult joinery and the reason this piece looks the way it does. Each slat has to follow the arc, so the texture reads as continuous around the front rather than as a flat panel applied to a curved case. It does collect dust in the grooves, so give it a soft brush rather than a cloth.