Choosing a bench in the hallway

The bench in the hallway is not a new interior element, but it is still not quite familiar. After Scandinavian home design began to inspire millions of people around the world, furniture such as a bench became relevant, and its simplicity and conciseness made it a favorite element of the hallway. At least for many people setting up a cozy entrance area.

The main purpose of the bench is to create a place for a seat in the hallway, which can be used as a bench or a sofa so that a person can sit down, take off his shoes or put on shoes. Why exactly a bench, and not the same bench, sofa, ottoman - because its appearance is solid and can be changed with the help of decor. For example, a sofa is brighter, more self-sufficient, you will not change the decor every time you want it. At least in the hallway it is difficult to do this.

As soon as you put a checkered terracotta blanket on the bench in the fall, autumn comes to your apartment. And so you can change the hallway every season using the same bench.

Under the bench, you can place baskets for storing things that are relevant to the hallway. You can also hang something over the bench: at least a picture, at least a decorative panel, any appropriate decor that will set the mood for the room. You can also choose a bench so that it stylistically becomes an announcement of the interior: for example, the easily recognizable backrest with crossed wooden fragments indicates Danish motives.

The main criteria for choosing a bench are design, material, price. More and more options appear, and craftsmen repeat the famous models with their own hands, and replicas are quite inexpensive.

The best option is predictably a tree. The wooden bench is associated with home comfort, warmth, and reliability. This is environmentally friendly furniture that can be combined with many things and can be used for a long time.

But a wicker bench is already more competitive with a tree. She, too, will look cozy and peaceful in the hallway. Especially in one where every meter is expensive and you don't want to force the space with something bulky.

There are many variations of benches: someone equates banquets with them, although they are more likely close relatives than the same thing, someone also considers pedestal benches with a tabletop for keys and other little things to be a kind of benches. But the main difference between the models is the presence / absence of a backrest. If there is no backrest, it is more of a bench, but it can also be called a bench. The back can be high or small, rather symbolic, folding.

In size, a typical bench will take 1 m in length, but options are being considered. Anything less than a meter is no longer very convenient. There are also folding models, for example, with a back that can be removed, with a retractable stand at the bottom. Narrow benches are impractical, too high are only suitable for throwing a bag on them. Before buying a bench, you need to sit down on the exhibition version, try on whether it is comfortable.

In a modern hallway, you can always choose a stylistically accurate option so that the bench is an organic part of the space.

You can consider the examples.

• Classic bench. The definition means that there will be no unnecessary details, the design is simple and recognizable. The colors are classic - from white to black, with a wide range of brown shades.

• Scandinavian. There is an abundance of models here, despite the fact that the style, if not uniform, is so very compromise. You can find simple white benches with armrests and comfortable backs, straight, without unnecessary decor, but made of natural wood. You can find something deliberately rude, closer, rather, to the Scandinavian kinfolk, that is, things with a history. Light colors are preferable, but if the bench is destined to become a bright spot in a rather neutral, calm hallway, you can choose red, yellow, ornamented bench, and original in height.

• Mid Century. A very fashionable style today, which uses flowing shapes, natural shades, bright decor, geometric patterns and legendary furniture models. In such housing epochs will coexist - a trellis from the 70s will make friends with a high wooden bench from the 50s, and together it will be nice, original, atmospheric. Restored things with history are welcome here.

• Contemporary. This is not really about "grandmother's atmosphere" and nostalgia, on the contrary, this is a modern style with sophistication, tranquility and beauty of perfect things. But the interior must correspond, and if it can be called modesty, then only the modesty of people with taste and money.

• Loft. But the love of freedom of the loft allows you to bring a bench, even if written off from the balance of the city park. Yes, just like that, a street object gets into an apartment and starts a new life there.

It should be noted that the choice will depend not only on the style of the room, but also on its size, and on the adjacent furniture. For example, a bright green wooden bench with cool geometric patterns in a very small hallway will visually take up all the space, that is, bright objects need space.

You can consider the options in demand using examples of furniture from IKEA, they, as a rule, reflect the request of the day, fashion.

And it seems that the two benches are in many ways similar, but such a different effect in the same room.

Examples of benches.

• Norråker Norroker. Laconic model, 1-meter birch bench. Can be used both in the kitchen and in the hallway.

• Tjusig "Chusig". An option specifically for the hallway - the bench has a shelf for shoes, the length is a little more than a meter, a white, almost universal model.

• Silverån Silveron. An unexpected but noteworthy option. There is a spacious space inside the bench, this is a multifunctional thing. It is very convenient for a small hallway.

The bench from Jusk, with a padded seat, elegant yet inexpensive - the Vandsted model. Thus it is called correctly "bench-rack". An interesting sample and bench Dina of the same brand, also with shelves inside, is made in dark and light shades.

If the hallway is square, and there is only one wall without a doorway, the main furniture is linearly located near it - for example, a chest of drawers, a bench, a wardrobe. The rest of the walls can be left "empty", or you can place a console or a decorative tall vase, as well as a hanger, for example. But this solid wall will form the basis, where all three main objects are closely adjacent to each other. A central bench can be the accent of this slender composition.

For example, a housekeeper or a shelf for hats - but only such that the person sitting on the bench does not bump his head against it. Benches can be decorated with bedspreads, covers, pillows, rugs.

And now the most interesting and useful are examples that visualize a dream and help to look closely at certain models.

12 cozy hallways, where the bench is exactly in its place.

• The same kinfolk, nostalgic and romantic style, in which there was a place either a bench from a grandmother's house, or a new thing in retro aesthetics. Lampovo, as they say today, and immediately +100 points in the "comfort" category.

• A laconic dark bench, which is also a shoe rack. And the hanger to match her, nothing superfluous, but together it is cute.

• A white Danish bench, inside which you can store a lot of things, for example, out-of-season shoes or Christmas tree decorations, which have absolutely nowhere to hide.

• Long bench with a cute striped mattress. You can even sleep here if there is an acute shortage of sleeping places. Below are cute baskets, on top of a hanger and a shelf - in general, everything is very harmonious.

• A bench with a small cabinet or even a chest of drawers. Retro style and good quality wood is guessed.

• An interesting geometric print on the front of this bench enlivens the space. In the non-standard shape of the hallway, it looks cute and warm.

• Another simple bench whose color matches the dark blue wall so well. Below you can put shoes and more.

• A bench with a soft top, almost a bench. The wooden base of the furniture is perfectly combined with the picture frame above - the ideal interior roll call has been found.

• White scandi-bench, at the bottom of which there are three sections for spacious baskets. Pillows, a blanket, a floor lamp nearby - a good place for reading looms.

• A simple shop, like my grandmother's in the village, but how she fit in this light, clean air-filled interior. These simple solutions are often ideal.

• Another laconic model, in which the colors of the body and the seat are optimally combined. And, again, you can save on a shoe rack.

• Very lightweight, sleek, perfect. The bench seems to have been stolen from a summer garden. And its addition is very interesting, you should take note of shelves for umbrellas and a soft basket for slippers.