I really really wanted to keep the airy feel of the living room/entry so I didn't want to stick anything there that would take up too much space. We considered a bench but, I was scared I would stub my toe on it all the time :-S.
Ikea usually has such great space saving organization cabinets etc. (Although, some of their stuff just make a room a bit to 'cluttery' for me). I could have gotten my Dad or Matthew to make somethings similar for me but, I wasn't sure it would be that much less expensive and I'm a wee bit impatient, I really wanted to get something soon.
Ok so that is AWESOME!!!! Good find! If you still wanted a bench you could stick it under the elephant pic....do you remember our coffee table? It's a storage bench, fake leather...soft lol! We used it in our old apt as a bench right at the front door with a lot less room then that and it worked well + it had storage for mitts, hats ect! Now it makes a great coffee table with storage and less head injuries if Amelia trips! :)We got it at Home Outfitters for pretty cheap!
ReplyDeleteI like that idea, except that the wall with the elephants on it is a bit small for most standard benches so, if we did stick one there then Matthew would probably make one that fit exactly right:-) But we'll see... I also don't want to clutter that area too much. :-)
ReplyDeleteWe also have one of those soft, fake leather, bench, coffee table things :-) At our old place we used it as a coffee table and I stored some workout stuff in there. Now we are using it as a coffee table in the rec room, works great for keeping snugly blankets in :-)