Concrete End Table – Smooth Slate or Smooth Red Finish

Smooth-finished concrete in Slate or Red. Red is the more surprising of the two, since this is pigmented concrete rather than a coating applied on top, so the color runs through the material and a chipped edge shows the same red underneath it.

A smooth concrete surface is achieved at the mold face, and it behaves differently from a textured one in daily use. It wipes clean easily, but it also shows a mark more readily, because there is no texture for the eye to lose it in. Concrete's mass is what keeps a table this size stable without needing a wide footprint, and it is also the reason the piece should be set where it is going to stay rather than shifted around a room.

Slate suits a neutral room and disappears next to grey upholstery. Red gives a room one warm hard surface, which is worth having where everything else is fabric.

• Material: Concrete
• Finishes: Smooth Slate, Smooth Red