Do this thing To hold A holiday crowd

Make sure guests are well-fed as well as comfortable this season with space-saving seating. dining benches have been gaining popularity in recent years since they provide the feel of a restaurant banquette, as well as they’re in tune with the pattern of more communal dining. Take a look at a variety of stylish concepts below.

For casual, in-kitchen dining, a mohair bench adds a touch of cozy high-end to a weekend home’s vintage farmhouse-style dining table. Bonus: it can seat two kids easily.

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Photographer: Donna Griffith

Source: home & house April 2011

Designer: Ingrid Oomen, Qummunicate

Everyday family-style dining benefits from the simplicity of a simple bench. To keep it from looking as well much like a picnic set up, the black bench as well as table are contrasted by curvy, Gustavian-style chairs that strike a more formal note.

Photographer: Jean Longpré

Source: home & house June 2010

Think beyond the bench as well as kick things up a notch with a tufted sofa with back support for guests, such as this one in the quite dining space of H&H editor-in-chief Beth Hitchcock.

Photographer: Michael Graydon

Source: home & house November 2013

Designer: Sarah Hartill as well as Stacey Smithers

Feeding a crowd at the cottage? double up on two benches, like Cory DeFrancisco does at his Muskoka retreat. The benches can be quickly moved under the window as well as the chairs rearranged around the table when the meal is over.

Photographer: Michael Graydon

Source: home & house July 2013

Designer: Cory DeFrancisco, Muskoka Living

Karen Kain, creative director of The national Ballet of Canada, chosen out the bench in her cottage, as well as ringed the table with a charming mismatch of chairs. A custom pillow makes the bench an even more comfortable location to dine.

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ফটোগ্রাফার: অ্যাঙ্গাস ফার্গুসন

Source: home & house July 2011 issue

Designer: Cameron MacNeil

Curving its method around the table, this sofa-style banquette can seat a major crowd in the house of fashion czar Joe Mimran as well as his spouse designer Kimberley Newport-Mimran. The round Saarinen-style table curves completely into this stylish nook.

Photographer: James Tse

Source: home & house September 2008

Designer: Burdifilek

In designer Sarah Hartill’s kitchen, the flip-up banquette likewise conceals dishes as well as appliances that her household doesn’t utilize everyday. She made sure the upholstery was difficult wearing, as well as can conceal spills.

Photographer: Michael Graydon

Source: home & house February 2014

ডিজাইনার: সারা হার্টিল

This West-Coast vacation home’s open idea dining area is a convivial location to hold a Thanksgiving celebration. The two contemporary benches can be rearranged on each side with chairs at the end for smaller groups.

Photographer: Janis Nicolay

Source: home as well as house may 2014

Designer: McCarthy Hinderএকটি মসৃণ টেবিলের শৈলীর পাশাপাশি ক্রিস্টোফ ডেলকোর্টের ডাইনিং চেয়ারগুলির সাথে মেলে বেঞ্চগুলি এই উন্নত ডাইনিং রুমে টেবিলের প্রান্তে নির্বিঘ্নে মার্জ করে।

ফটোগ্রাফার: ভার্জিনিয়া ম্যাকডোনাল্ড

উত্স: বাড়ি এবং বাড়ি সেপ্টেম্বর 2008

এই মুসকোকা কুটিরটির বসার সমাধানটি কিছু অতিরিক্ত ফ্লেয়ার সরবরাহ করতে একটি দীর্ঘ গৃহসজ্জার বেঞ্চ একটি গ্রাফিক প্যাটার্নযুক্ত থ্রো সজ্জিত।

ফটোগ্রাফার: ডোনা গ্রিফিথ

উত্স: বাড়ি এবং বাড়ি মে 2013

ডিজাইনার: মিশেল লয়েড পাশাপাশি ক্রিস্টিন রাল্ফস, লয়েড র‌্যাল্ফস ডিজাইন