Building A Banquette
The skeleton of the banquette.
Building a banquette. And the best part it wasn t difficult to build at all. So i started with two 1 x 4 pieces of lumber cut to 55 long. A banquette built around your kitchen table not only adds architectural detail to the room but it creates more seating without the need for a lot of chairs. The first step was to frame out the two boxes that would form the recessed base of the seats.
A corner built in banquette is a great way to fit extra seating around a small table. A big thank you goes out to purebond hardwood plywood for sponsoring this fun diy project. Here are the steps i took to build my banquette bench with storage. Long story short this article is the one i wish i d had.
In this article i m going to teach you how to build banquette seating for your home. Determine desired size of banquette seating stock cabinets come in 3 increments so if you intend to use the banquette for storage keep this in mind. It measured 55 wide. If you re familiar with framing you ll know how pocket holes can really come in handy.
These quantities are for an l shaped banquette seat that measures approximately 63 x 57. We determined the overall depth of the banquette and subtracted 3 to allow for a recessed toe kick. When i was just getting started i came across a bunch of helpful articles online however none of them quite described exactly what i was trying to do. First i measured the width between the cabinets where i wanted my seat.
While this small round table might only fit four dining chairs with a bench it could comfortably seat five or six guests to make this dining room even more functional a fabric skirt along the base of the banquette hides extra storage. Building the banquette this way also gave me greater flexibility in assembling the frame outside of the home. How to build the banquette. Build a banquette bench to fit more people around the table in less space.
They make for a really great joint between two pieces of wood. The benchtops open up providing extra space to stash things like those occasionally used small appliances. It describes the exact process by which i built my bench seating but also calls out opportunities. Measure the floor in the intended area to find the length.
Building and securing the base. How to build a bench seat with storage. Then use a comfortable dining chair as your guide to find the measurements for the proper height and seat depth. We were thrilled with the quality of plywood for the banquette bench which is something that is definitely important if you re going to be trying to match kitchen cabinets and staining rather than painting.