Coffee tables

Size relative to the sofa

A coffee table is chosen not on its own but to suit the sofa. Two rules that work:

Length — about two-thirds of the length of the sofa. A table the full length of the sofa looks massive; one half as long gets lost.

Distance — 40–45 cm between the edge of the sofa and the table. Closer, and it is hard to walk past and sit down; further, and it is awkward to reach.

Height

A comfortable coffee table height is level with the sofa seat or 2–5 cm lower. The same principle as with a footstool pouf.

A higher table makes you raise your arm, and within half an hour you feel it.

Material

We make it from E1-class MDF and chipboard, 18 mm thick. E1 is a formaldehyde emission class under the European classification — the level permitted for furniture in living spaces. It is a specific technical class of board, not an advertising phrase like “quality materials”: we have the certificate for the board, and you can request it together with the invoice.

Laser edging, from 0.4 to 2 mm depending on where it goes. The laser fuses the edge to the board without a glue line — the thin dark strip that yellows and peels over time on ordinary PVC edging. Visible edges get a thicker band, inner ones a thinner band: a thick edge inside would only eat into the usable space.

You choose the colour and combination of materials together with our manager — not from three options in a drop-down list, but to suit your interior. Before production starts, we prepare a visual in the chosen material: you see exactly how your coffee table will look before we start making it.

Dimensions and functions are not fixed either. The size and shape of the tabletop, the height, whether it has a lower shelf — all of this can be adjusted to your space and your habits. The model in the catalogue is a starting point, not a fixed product.

A set

AMBER, ONLY and DESHI also exist in other categories — shelves, chests of drawers, TV stands. For the living room this lets you put together an area in one style rather than combining random pieces.