The Classique Pedestal Side Table in Brick puts a rich red-brown ash veneer on a sculpted centre pedestal. The top is 35mm thick with a 19mm inset, standing 415mm clear underneath. The base is 360mm across, and the table is 55cm wide and 50cm high.

Brick is the version that stops being a neutral. A red-brown timber tone will pull colour out of anything terracotta, leather or rug-based already in the room, and it will argue with a cool grey scheme rather than sitting quietly inside it. Choose it deliberately.

What makes a strong tone workable at this size is that a side table is a small object. A brick-toned floor would be a commitment; a 55cm round table is an accent, and accents are where a strong colour belongs. The inset top gives a shallow shadow line around the edge, which reads as detail rather than decoration, and the water-based sealer keeps the tone from going glossy.