{"title":"The Living Room","description":"\u003cp\u003eStone tables, consoles and sideboards for living spaces. Travertine, marble, onyx — each piece extracted, finished, and shipped from origin to site.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-roman-plinth-travertine-side-table","title":"The Roman Plinth, Travertine Side Table","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTravertine forms slowly. In Tivoli, water rich in calcium emerges from limestone, deposits its carbonate over centuries, and leaves behind a stone the Romans built their city with.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is cut from a single block of Roman travertine, quarried near Tivoli, where the same beds supplied the columns and façades that still stand. Sides are left raw, revealing the natural pores, calcite veining, and sedimentary strata of the formation. The top is honed flat: smooth to the hand, dry underfoot. \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/why-travertine-the-case-for-stone-that-shows-its-age\"\u003eMore on travertine\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Plinth occupies the ground like architecture. Set beside a reading chair, beneath a window facing east, or at the foot of a bed: the stone receives the light differently through the day. It carries a lamp, a stack of books, a glass of water through the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLiving with stone is not the same as living with wood. It does not warm to your touch. It holds the room’s temperature, then releases it back. Over years, a patina settles into the honed surface: the trace of every glass, every page, every quiet hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach Plinth is extracted, shaped, and shipped to a single destination. Once placed, it is rarely moved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSolid block of Roman travertine. Raw sides, honed top.\u003cbr\u003e\nApproximate weight: 40 lb (18 kg). Exact dimensions confirmed at order.\u003cbr\u003e\nLead time: 4 to 6 weeks. White glove delivery to the United States, Canada, and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFurther reading: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/tivoli-where-roman-stone-begins\"\u003eTivoli, Where Roman Stone Begins\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48215905796328,"sku":"TS-PLINTH-TRV-32","price":2900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/TobiaStoneRomanPlinthtravertinesidetableonblackoakbase_naturalstoneblock.png?v=1776025839"},{"product_id":"the-fluted-oval-coffee-table-travertine","title":"The Fluted Oval Coffee Table, Travertine","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Doric order placed fluting on columns to catch light, to create a rhythm of shadow at architectural scale. Here, the same logic is applied at domestic scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe column legs of this coffee table are carved from Roman travertine. The fluting channels run the full height of each leg, each one cut by hand. In direct light, the grooves read as a shadow pattern. In diffused light, they dissolve into the stone's warm ground. The oval top softens the formality of the classical reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTravertine from Tivoli carries a specific warmth — ivory and caramel tones with natural pitting where the stone's original gas pockets remain open. The surface is honed matte. Not polished. Not sealed. The stone breathes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a living room beside a linen sofa, the table reads as an object that was always going to be there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: approximately 120 × 65 × 42 cm · Material: Roman travertine, matte honed finish, fluted column legs · Lead time: 6–10 weeks · Origin: Tivoli, Roman region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641872986344,"sku":null,"price":4200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025603_a1835c34-96ad-457c-a4e9-c9e41c37d3a8.png?v=1781319457"},{"product_id":"the-stacked-sphere-console-white-carrara-marble","title":"The Stacked Sphere Console, White Carrara Marble","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite marble has spent millennia underground. The Stacked Sphere Console is where it returns to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe legs are carved from Bianco Carrara marble as stacked spheres, each compressed into the next — a geological column at domestic height. The carving is CNC-initiated and hand-finished. The faint grey veining of Carrara reads differently on convex surfaces than on flat ones: the curved geometry bends the mineral lines into unexpected trajectories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rectangular top slab is a single piece. At a threshold, in a hallway, against a wall of polished plaster — the console occupies the domestic edge with the authority of something that doesn't need to announce itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn white marble, the form reads as both ancient and contemporary. Mediterranean and Modernist. It holds without forcing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: approximately 140 × 40 × 85 cm · Material: Bianco Carrara marble, matte honed finish · Lead time: 6–10 weeks · Origin: Carrara, Tuscany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641873445096,"sku":null,"price":5600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025656_2a7795f2-5f18-45ef-aa40-87de89d03d33.png?v=1781319537"},{"product_id":"the-travertine-drum-coffee-table-pedestal-form","title":"The Travertine Drum Coffee Table, Pedestal Form","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mushroom form is one of stone's most ancient geometric impulses. Before it was furniture, it was a column. Before it was a column, it was a formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Drum Coffee Table is carved from a single block of Roman travertine where possible. The drum top rests on a single pedestal that widens gradually toward the base — the structural logic of a capital reversed. Natural pitting remains open on the pedestal surface. On the honed top, the surface is smooth, the warmth of the stone is more immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTravertine from Tivoli carries a colour memory of the thermal springs where it formed. The ivory and caramel tones are not applied. They are mineral. In morning light from a low window, the pedestal base casts a shadow that makes the top appear to float.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA living room built around this table will have something to come back to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: approximately Ø 80–100 cm × 40 cm H · Material: Roman travertine, matte honed top, natural pitted pedestal · Lead time: 6–10 weeks · Origin: Tivoli, Roman region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641873477864,"sku":null,"price":3400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025556_ef016d3c-f6ec-4c91-bfac-92e9dad7b010.png?v=1781319446"},{"product_id":"the-wave-coffee-table-black-marble","title":"The Wave Coffee Table, Black Marble","description":"\u003cp\u003eArrested movement, cast in stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe base of the Wave Coffee Table is carved from black and grey veined marble — Nero Marquina adjacent or Bardiglio — into a continuous organic wave form. The carving does not merely suggest movement. It preserves a structural gesture at a specific moment: the stone was always going to be this shape. The slab above rests on it without effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe top is a flat rectangular slab. The contrast between the disciplined geometry above and the organic carving below is the table's subject. In low light, the base shadow pools on the floor in an organic line that shifts through the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDark stone in a room changes the room's centre of gravity. This table pulls the eye downward before it pulls it outward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: approximately 120 × 60 × 38 cm · Material: Nero Marquina or Bardiglio grey marble, matte finish · Organic wave-carved base · Lead time: 6–10 weeks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641874100456,"sku":null,"price":3800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025632_413df8b3-8c7b-41cf-8cff-b9a945593535.png?v=1781319518"},{"product_id":"the-primordial-console-live-edge-stone-and-onyx","title":"The Primordial Console, Live-Edge Stone and Onyx","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe top retains its natural edge, as extracted from the quarry. Not dressed. Not trimmed. The live edge is not a style choice — it is the refusal of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe slab is natural stone with organic grain — the kind of surface that formed over millions of years and was never intended to be flat. The legs are carved columns of translucent onyx or semi-translucent mineral stone. When daylight passes through onyx, it reveals the internal mineral veining — layers of calcium carbonate compressed into translucency. Each leg is a section of geological history made visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo two consoles share the same silhouette. The live edge at the top reads differently in the morning than it does at noon. At a threshold, against a wall, in the entry of a designed interior — the piece occupies the space with the authority of something that was shaped by time, not by a designer's decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaterial: Live-edge natural stone slab top, translucent onyx column legs · Each piece unique · Lead time: 10–14 weeks · Origin: varies by stone quarry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641877049576,"sku":null,"price":6200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025748_39c8ce71-d8c7-43ed-ab41-913df9ff4d10.png?v=1781319552"},{"product_id":"the-roman-colonnade-console-grey-veined-marble","title":"The Roman Colonnade Console, Grey Veined Marble","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoman architecture borrowed from the Greeks and then exceeded them. The colonnade — two columns carrying a horizontal span — is the structural sentence that built Western interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo turned cylindrical column pedestals in grey veined marble carry a long rectangular slab. The marble is Bardiglio or similar — a grey ground with white mineral veins that formed under tectonic compression in the Apuan Alps. The honed matte finish keeps the surface from reflecting. The veining reads clearly across the full length of the top slab in diffused light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlaced against a wall in a hallway, the console reads as a quotation from the history of proportion. The threshold it marks is not decorative — it is architectural. The scale of the object sets the scale of the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: approximately 160 × 40 × 85 cm · Material: Grey veined marble (Bardiglio or equivalent), matte honed finish · Lead time: 8–10 weeks · Origin: Apuan Alps, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641877704936,"sku":null,"price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025758_59c965c8-4405-4323-bb2d-71cf530885e8.png?v=1781319561"},{"product_id":"the-cloud-coffee-table-black-marble-biomorphic","title":"The Cloud Coffee Table, Black Marble Biomorphic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe cloud form was cut from a single block. Not assembled. Not constructed. Extracted and shaped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe double-lobe biomorphic silhouette is carved from black and dark grey veined marble. In plan, the shape reads as two lobes joined at a narrow isthmus — a geological plan that has no precedent in furniture design and every precedent in nature. From the side, it is low and decisive. From above, it is a shadow on the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn black marble, the form is simultaneously primitive and contemporary. The dark ground absorbs ambient light and reflects only what is directly above it — the ceiling, the lamp, a passing hand. The organic silhouette breaks the geometry of every other object in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet on a rug in a minimal living space, the Cloud Coffee Table is the room's first statement and its last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: approximately 120 × 80 × 38 cm, double-lobe organic form · Material: Nero Marquina or Bardiglio grey marble, matte finish · Single block carving · Lead time: 8–12 weeks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641877999848,"sku":null,"price":4600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025639_8b16999d-a155-4a0b-9603-aa0995e0abe7.png?v=1781319527"},{"product_id":"the-scalloped-coffee-table-white-marble","title":"The Scalloped Coffee Table, White Marble","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe scalloped edge is one of the oldest carved decorative techniques in stone architecture. Applied here to the full perimeter of a coffee table top, it transforms a flat horizontal plane into something that invites touch before it invites use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe top is Bianco Carrara marble — white ground with faint grey veining from the Apuan Alps. The scalloping is carved into the perimeter: a series of concave arcs running the full circumference. In direct light, each arc creates a shadow that brings the edge to life. The four sphere legs beneath are an ironic formal counterpoint: pure geometry against ornamental surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the only piece in the Tobia Stones collection where the surface treatment is the primary gesture. Everything else is the stone's nature. Here, the carving is the conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: approximately 110 × 65 × 38 cm · Material: Bianco Carrara marble, hand-carved scalloped perimeter, sphere legs · Lead time: 8–12 weeks · Origin: Carrara, Tuscany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641878163688,"sku":null,"price":3600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025947_30f3441f-a7d7-41a3-b162-93e4ce6ba7ca.png?v=1781319730"},{"product_id":"the-travertine-credenza-sliding-panel-edition","title":"The Travertine Credenza, Sliding Panel Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA room with a low horizontal plane reads differently. The eye follows the line and the wall extends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Travertine Credenza is a low sideboard with two sliding stone panel doors in Roman travertine. The horizontal grain orientation of the travertine is not an accident of cutting — it was specified. The layering of the stone runs parallel to the long axis of the piece. The geological strata and the furniture's proportions reinforce each other: both horizontal, both unhurried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTravertine from Tivoli carries warmth before it carries whiteness. The ivory-caramel ground against a plaster wall reads as the same material family, the furniture dissolving into the wall's surface. In certain lights, the credenza disappears. In others, the stone's natural pitting and banding make it the room's most present object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMade for rooms where the stone wall and the furniture are meant to read as one continuous geological plane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions: approximately 160 × 45 × 65 cm · Material: Roman travertine, horizontal-grain, two sliding panel doors · Lead time: 8–12 weeks · Origin: Tivoli, Roman region\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48641878786280,"sku":null,"price":5400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/hf_20260613_025614_2fc7737a-e73b-4e92-808b-6c00f0ca121d.png?v=1781319464"}],"url":"https:\/\/tobia-stones.com\/collections\/the-living-room.oembed","provider":"Tobia Stones","version":"1.0","type":"link"}