Mesa Coffee Table

The Mesa Coffee Table in Walnut is 120cm wide, 80cm deep and 35cm high, in a dark timber. At 80cm deep it is unusually generous for a coffee table, so it works in front of a large sofa rather than a small one. At 35cm it sits low.

Depth is where coffee tables usually disappoint. Most are 60cm deep, which is enough for a tray and nothing else; at 80cm this one takes a tray, a stack of books and somewhere to put your feet at the same time.

That depth only works in front of a wide sofa. In a small room an 80cm table leaves no walkway, so this is a piece for a large living room rather than a compromise for a small one.

The caveat is the dark finish. Walnut tones show dust and fingerprints more readily than a pale timber, and a coffee table is the surface most handled in the room. It will need wiping more often than a lighter table.