Banquettes with storage box allow you to put on and take off your shoes while sitting on a comfortable seat. Special compartments help store any accessories so that all important things can be taken without returning to the room. A high-quality and beautiful product will give a person a good mood for a long time.
Advantages of wooden benches
- Aesthetic variety is one of the main advantages of such furniture. Such banquettes with a storage box are placed in an already prepared interior to improve its appearance. The functionality of the banquettes is obvious. She plays her part in the popularity that the wooden banquette has with a storage box. All wood products can be decorated at your own discretion, developing an exclusive design, which pleases many connoisseurs of beauty and luxury.
- The variety of structural forms and features often comes to the fore among the advantages that help make a decision when choosing a particular model of woodbanquettes. Many do not consider rather convenient products with a metal frame, since it is quite difficult for them to equip suitable drawers and it is almost impossible to attach cabinets. Wood products can be upgraded and improved in any way.
Important differences from other varieties
Wood is able to retain heat perfectly, which allows you to store things in the best possible way, therefore it is considered the best material for making furniture around the world. Even touching a smooth and always slightly warm surface is much more pleasant than cold metal or plastic.
You can choose the optimal cost of the product, as it significantly depends on the design. If it is simple, then the price is affordable, and in the case of the implementation of interior ideas and decorating the coating in various ways, the cost rises several times. Often you can find a great option for a small price. The secret is that a tree can be easily decorated with even a small and unpretentious set of design solutions.
Varieties of products
- Array of wood. Usually chosen for the manufacture of classic representatives of banquettes, as well as for models, the design idea for which was modern or retro styles. If the product has bent handles or legs, as well as a railing, then it was at least partially, but definitely made using wood.
- MDF. Great for applications that don't havedecorative stakes and elements involving intricate carvings or filigree work. As decorations, designers have learned how to skillfully use molding, as well as a variety of cords for decoration.
- Plywood. A very common material from which benches with a storage box are often made. If the product is planned to create a large number of compartments, as well as a variety of structural elements of a geometric style, then this material is the best option.
Other species
- chipboard. It is applied similarly to plywood, but costs less, as it has slightly worse composition indicators.
- Fibreboard. Excellent for the production of the bottom walls and the bottom for the box. This material helps to create the strongest, most reliable and durable support structures.
Modifications
A classic banquette is a product with neat legs and no unnecessary details. Usually such a bench is created for two or three places, that is, not very long. Any form can be applied. There are instances as an ordinary bench, to which a box and round pouffes with a support are best mounted, falling on the sidewalls with a specially prepared slot, couches with legs with any kind of shape, as well as banquettes-benches with a storage box.
Products with a back are the most comfortable and elegant option, they are appreciated by many people. A bench with a storage box in the hallway is bought more often and has many varieties. This is a very beautiful and comfortable element of interior design. Such models usually take up a lot of space, as the back often leans back a little. It is also necessary to leave a distance for decorative elements, so it is difficult to find a suitable model of this type for narrow hallways.
Bench with storage box and armrests is the oldest and most common form of such devices. The armrests help to comfortably sit on the banquette, as well as, if necessary, easily transfer it from room to room. Sometimes the armrests are created together with the backrest and attached to it, but they can also be a separate part.
Banquettes with shelves provide design equipment with many different compartments for storing shoes, as well as various accessories.
Additional varieties
- Banquettes with pedestals. These are original designs in which drawers or additional shelves are flush with the seat and slide into the structure when not in use. Such products look interesting, and if you need to store a large number of things, they are indispensable.
- Carved benches are the most expensive and incredibly beautiful kind of such furniture. Designs are created with any drawings, they can have the highest degree of complexity, therefore they have strong differences in price. So it looks like a wicker banquettewith storage box. When choosing these models, you should pay attention to the style of your own hallway. If baroque, rococo, classic or vintage motifs predominate in it, you can safely use such furniture, but carved banquettes are not suitable for minimalist hallways.
Plan for making a wooden bench with drawer
The size of this product, each master determines for himself, depending on the dimensions of a particular hallway. The first stage of work is the execution of a drawing, according to which the markup and a detailed plan of the future structure are carried out.
The bench with a storage box is made up of several cubes, which are knocked together from separate boards or panels. For each such compartment, leave the front opening open to access the outside space.
Top covers and sidewalls are attached to each specific compartment, and the outer strips and the bottom should be cut out and attached to the already folded structure. The back panels should be 5-7 mm below the bottom line so that the legs can be quickly attached to them.
How to make a bench?
Wooden boards are marked according to the above plan, and the details are cut with a jigsaw. All parts should be treated with sandpaper until the surface is as smooth as possible. All fastenings are made using furniture pins. For their fastening, holes are drilled in one edge of the joint, and pins are inserted in the other for subsequent fixation withwood glue. This is how a do-it-yourself bench with a storage box is made.
The resulting boxes form a single structure, to which the side walls and bottom are screwed. The finished product can be painted or coated with a protective compound, as well as varnish to add shine. When the glue and protective materials are dry, the seat should be pulled over the top of the structure. Then the banquet will be ready.
Banquettes with a storage box help you to sit on a soft and comfortable surface before leaving the house to calmly get ready and put on your shoes. Built-in drawers are used to store important things, so all design details are appropriate and serve to create a comfortable environment. If you choose a good model, the joy of buying will last for a long time.
