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A long, generous surface on two rounded columns. The Hampstead pairs a 4cm-thick top with fluted supports and a low shelf, in a warm rustic brown, and stays just 30cm deep.
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The Hampstead is a simple shape done generously. A long top, 4cm thick, rests on two rounded supports, each cut with vertical fluting from floor to top, and a shelf is slung low between them. Nothing is fussy, and the fluting gives a plain, solid form its character.
The engineered-wood frame is finished in a warm rustic brown with a visible linear grain, which suits wood floors, brick, linen and plaster. It brings the weight of a farmhouse piece without the bulk: the whole table is only 30cm deep.
Its product page suggests an entrance, a hallway wall, a living room or behind a sofa. Give the top a lamp and a vase and let the shelf take a basket or two, and the 140cm length holds a pair of lamps if you want symmetry. For placing it behind a sofa, read a console table behind a sofa.
The details
Top: 4 cm thick · Weight: 18 kg
Its product page gives 140cm wide, 30cm deep and 80cm high, with a 4cm-thick top. It weighs 18kg.
Engineered wood, in a rustic brown wood-effect finish with a visible linear grain. It needs assembling when it arrives.
Its product page suggests it for behind a sofa as well as hallways, entrances and living rooms. At 80cm high, check it sits at or below your sofa's back, and at 140cm long it suits a sofa at least that wide. Our guide to a console table behind a sofa covers the measurements.
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