Choosing a bench with a soft seat in the hallway

An entrance hall is a "visiting card" of any home. To make this area comfortable and stylish for households and guests, you need to properly furnish it. Along with other furniture, the hallway bench with an upholstered seat will help to solve these problems. It is convenient to sit on it when shoeing, which is especially important for the elderly or children. Banquets with drawers will be a convenient place to store seasonal shoes, umbrellas and other things. Soft benches often function as a stylish and original piece of furniture.

Banquets are popular corridor furniture. It is placed in a row with a cabinet, stationary or floor hanger. Most of the models offered by manufacturers are compact, so they fit into a narrow and long corridor. For square hallways, you can choose another solution: a massive bench with a soft top and great depth, equipped with a backrest, armrests, side tables.

The advantages of benches speak in favor of this furniture.

1. Practicality. People carry street dirt on their shoes into the corridor. This is taken into account by most manufacturers of benches, so they are made from materials that are easy to clean and resistant to abrasion.
2. Functionality. You can sit on the banquets, look for something important in your bag before leaving the house, talk on the phone. The drawer is used as an additional place for storing clothes, hangers - for placing things. There are models with shelves, mirrors, which also increase the functionality of the furniture.
3. Durability. Banquets made of wear-resistant materials with simple designs will last at least 5 years, or even 10. The main thing is to choose a high-quality and practical model.
4. Roominess. The soft convertible benches have a capacious compartment.
5. Affordable price.

The advantages also include a wide selection of models: small, large, oval, round, with prints, plain bright or light. Each buyer will find a solution for himself that will satisfy in appearance, functionality and cost.

Manufacturers offer banquets of various shapes and sizes. Popular models are rectangular. They are placed near the wall, they do not take up much space. Such solutions are ideal for elongated and narrow hallways. The corners of rectangular pieces of furniture are sharp or beveled. Depending on the requirements and conditions, you can choose a model for an arrangement of 1, 2 or 3 people.

There is less demand for round small banquettes. They are mainly intended for 1 person, there are also larger items for several people.

In addition to the forms, shoe racks differ in designs. On sale there are open models with shelves. They are not equipped with doors, so shoes and other items will be freely available. The main disadvantage of open models is the inability to protect items on the shelves from dust. Products can also be equipped with small boxes for small items, a phone stand, backrests, hooks and other elements.

Banquets in height are low, medium or high. The optimal value is 40-50 cm for people with an average height (155-175 cm).If there is a small child in the house, a footrest can be used in addition to the bench.

The width of the benches varies widely. When choosing this option, you need to take into account the size of the hallway. For example, if it is elongated, it is optimal to buy a narrow model, the width of which is in the range from 25 to 30 cm. Such models most often have a large length (at least 80 cm), due to which they are able to simultaneously accommodate 2 or more people.

Banquettes are made from different materials: this concerns the frame, filler and upholstery.

The most reliable and durable material is natural wood. Wooden benches are beautiful and practical, they will perfectly fit into any classic interior style. To increase the service life, the base is covered with varnish, stain, less often paint.

There are other materials for the frame.

1. Metal. Metal structures are the most reliable and durable. They are suitable for high-tech, loft or modern. The metal is unpretentious in maintenance, it can withstand heavy loads and at the same time does not deform.
2. Chipboard or MDF. The most common materials for the production of banquets. Popular due to their availability and low cost. To increase durability, some manufacturers treat them with special compounds that repel dirt and water.
3. Artificial rattan. Wicker furniture looks original, it weighs little and is inexpensive. Its disadvantages include fragility, exacting care. Handle such pieces of furniture with utmost care.

The choice of cladding materials is huge. Choosing a soft bench in the corridor, you need to give preference to durable and practical upholstery. The most reliable material is genuine leather. It is used in the production of expensive luxury furniture. Leather products are beautiful, easy to care for, resistant to wear and tear, are not afraid of moisture and do not absorb odors. Their significant drawback is their high cost.

If the budget is limited, you can look at options from eco-leather or leatherette. Artificial materials outwardly imitate real leather, but they are much inferior in quality. They quickly crumble and lose their aesthetics. The fragility is compensated by the low cost of leatherette furniture.

Various synthetic and natural textile materials are used for the upholstery. In the production of banquettes, chenille, jacquard, velor, velvet, cotton, tapestry, flock, alcantara are most often used. To increase the durability of the casing, its moisture-repellent ability, these fabrics are often impregnated with special compounds.

Several materials are also used as a filler, the most common of which are foam rubber and polyurethane foam.

Banquettes are available in different colors.

In large furniture stores, you can find a banquet for every taste: manufacturers offer models from chipboard and MDF under wenge, walnut, oak and other elite wood species. The frame can be made in different colors: this applies to metal products, and options from chipboard, MDF.

The upholstery color palette is varied. Banquettes are white, beige, brown, gray, black. You can choose a bright and stylish solution: red, blue, purple tones are popular. The upholstery can be plain, with prints, geometric patterns.

A padded seat paired with extra storage for shoes and accessories is something that many hallways lack. The bench will perfectly cope with this task.

Here are some beautiful examples in the interior.

• The image shows an upholstered bench that complements the Scandinavian-style corridor interior. Here the bench visually represents a bench on 4 wooden curly legs.

• In the second photo, a velvet soft rectangular bench with a convertible top is used in the hallway. It is in good harmony with white furniture and light decoration of the room.