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In decoration sometimes innovation means giving different uses to the elements, using them with alternative functions to those assigned to them, such as a chair as a bedside table, a vintage suitcase recovered as a side table, a pallet as a headboard ... In this sense, indoor benches, which are one of the strongest trends this year, in addition to offering us their obvious purpose, that of sitting, can serve as auxiliary furniture, as shelves, as a table or storage space ... Or as a pure decorative accessory, bringing style to any room in our home.
Indoor benches can solve the typical empty space we have in the living room, a place where it is not easy to locate anything, but nevertheless, with a bench, we will achieve a corner of the most aesthetic, useful and original. And give us very good services in complicated spaces, a bathroom in an attic, a small hall, etc..
Today I have compiled some examples to decorate with benches that will be perfect in our house.
Ideas with which to solve spaces and get solutions thanks to its multiple uses.
We can take advantage of the space where we place the bench and use the base as a decorative corner, decorating it with a vase, some candles, some figures ... And under the bench take advantage of that space by placing some baskets in which to store all kinds of things.
Benches in the kitchen for the dining area.
One of the rooms of the house where it is most common to find a bench is the kitchen or dining room and, is that the advantage of this piece is that it allows more people to sit around the dining table. The independent chairs take up more space, however a bench with some cushions, to make it more comfortable, supports one or even two more diners, especially if we squeeze a little, that in family gatherings always comes in handy! :)
Hall and corridor
Ideal places to place a bench, to create a warm space we can decorate it with some cushions and a blanket and, in this place the bench will allow us to use it to support our bags, coats ... Even to leave under it the shoes when entering our home.
Create a mini dressing room by combining a bench and a mirror
As simple as this, two elements that will give us as a result a corner of the most useful to dress every day.
As an auxiliary coffee table or living room furniture
It is an original and different way to conventional coffee tables and with it our living room will gain in personality.
A bench can become an extra piece of furniture in the living room, so as not to fall into the monotony of simple sideboards. It is a way to create a different aesthetic space, because if we complete it with some cushions and take the opportunity to use it as a 'magazine rack', placing our magazines both at the base and at the bottom, we will achieve a Nordic-inspired atmosphere of the most attractive.
A reading and relaxation corner
Take advantage of a wall you have free at home to place a bench full of cushions, place a floor or table lamp nearby, some shelves on the wall to have your favorite books at hand and retreat there every time you want to disconnect and relax.
Benches as dressers in the bedroom or as an alternative to the one known as 'barefoot' that sits at the foot of the bed.
For pure coquetry
A bench is a perfect excuse to get a sophisticated touch in our home, whether in the bedroom, hallway, living room, kitchen, under a window ... Do not look for excuses, just look for where to place it and see the great result you get.
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