The Oberon Curve Side Table Set in Shell is two rounded ash veneer tables, one standing 440mm to the underside and the other 490mm. Both tops are 20mm thick, and the pair arrives fully assembled.

Shell is a pale warm neutral, the palest of the finishes this set comes in, and the one that disappears most readily into a light room. That is the right instinct for a pair of tables: two objects competing for attention in one corner is one too many.

The leg spacings are published for each table separately, 190mm on the low one and 250mm on the tall, which is the sort of detail you only need once and then really need. It tells you whether either will straddle a rug edge or a floor vent. Used apart they cover two ends of a sofa; nested, they take the footprint of one. Ash veneer under a water-based sealer keeps the pale tone from yellowing under a lamp.