Do you want to entertain, but never do, because you fear you don’t have enough seating? Here’s a secret: no one cares! I have a friend who loves to gather people in her home, and if she doesn’t have enough seats, well, here’s a couple buckets and a camel saddle. I don’t know why she has a camel saddle, but that’s probably one of the reasons she’s so fun.
Another idea for easy seating is a bench. Easy to tuck away when you don’t need it, easy to pull out when you do, and functional decor all of the time. Here’s a rescue from Shelly at 100 Things 2 Do. Before it was probably not allowed in the house, but now it’s surely dining room worthy.
I love this one from Michelle at 4 Men 1 Lady. She emphasized the cool shape of the legs with a reverse-dipped method. I don’t know if that is a real name of a real method, but let’s say it is.
4 Comments
Lois
June 30, 2014 at 2:13 PMThese are both gorgeous but I have to say I want Shelly’s.
Peggy
June 30, 2014 at 5:38 PMUpon seeing Shelly’s bench, I involuntarily said ‘Wow!’ That is an absolutely AMAZING transformation!
LeeAnn
June 30, 2014 at 11:18 PMI love Shelly’s bench.
Joelle
October 24, 2016 at 1:45 PMI actually prefered Shelly’s bench in the before better, but then again I very rarely prefer white over colour. I am a new reader and have been going backwards through the posts and I see that seems to go against popular opinion here. I will admit that even I am conceding that the white versions usually look better. Shelly’s bench is gorgeous, just too clean for my taste. I liked the old worn look of the blue.
Michelle’s looks great both ways, but I probably would have added a little something to break up the line between the bench and the white wall. Even throw pillows would punch it up that last notch it needs to make a cute bench fabulous. Of course, that’s just my opinion and not worth the time it took for you to read this comment. Thanks for letting me chime in though! 😉
Joelle recently posted…After the Flood