Willa Marble Side Table - Emperador Marble - Chocolate Oak

The Willa Marble Side Table in Emperador Marble - Chocolate Oak is 53cm across and 50cm high, with a marble top on a timber base. At 53cm across it takes a lamp and a drink together, which a smaller top cannot. The colour names the stone first and the timber second.

Fifty-three centimetres is generous for a side table and that is what makes it useful. A lamp and a glass fit at the same time without either crowding the other, which is the difference between a table that gets used and one that gets tidied around.

At 50cm high it sits at or just above seat height beside most chairs, so a hand falls on it without looking. The dark marble reads as a solid mass rather than a pattern, which suits a busy room.

The caveat is weight and porosity together. A solid stone top at this size is heavy enough to chip a tile if it goes over, and it will ring from a wet glass left standing.