We have a very small eat-in kitchen and no dining room. There are two options for making the most of the space: custom seating and a custom table, built to maximize the utility of the room. Although the custom table is still in the works (an embarrassingly long project that I began about the same time as the custom seating and still haven't finished), the banquette has been … [Read more...] about How I Built A Banquette
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A Built In Bookcase
How do you take a piece of furniture and make it better? Make it a built-in. It is the proverbial cherry on top. Built-ins fit the space perfectly, offering increased functionality and aesthetics. In a small home with limited square footage, every inch counts, even vertical space, so custom built furniture that maximizes utility that is also visually minimalist is perfect. The … [Read more...] about A Built In Bookcase
A Built In Desk For A Small Space
As a family of four living in 1200 square feet, we have no room for a dedicated office. Until March 2020, there hadn't been much need for an office since my wife and I both worked in NYC and we were only at our "weekend house" on - well - weekends. Somehow we had made do during COVID with both of us working from home in Connecticut. I often used our little guest cottage and … [Read more...] about A Built In Desk For A Small Space
A Built-In Entryway Shoe Bench
When you live in a 1200 square foot house, you really need to make efficient use of space. Where some homes have palatial entry ways featuring closets and coat racks and storage galore, our 1850 farmhouse enters right into the kitchen with no logical place to deposit shoes and a handful of hooks that we added via a classic Shaker peg rail. This system is woefully inadequate and … [Read more...] about A Built-In Entryway Shoe Bench