Searching for more shelf and drawer space in your kitchen? The answer may be right at your feet. We've tracked down 10 kitchens that ingeniously incorporate storage into bench seating.
Above: A neon-banded bench with open storage in an Amsterdam residence. Tour the whole loft in Personality Not Perfection in Amsterdam. Photograph by Nathalie Krag.
Above: Built-in seating and drawer storage in an Oslo kitchen designed by Haptic, an architecture studio based in London and Oslo. Photograph via Dezeen.
Above: A built-in banquette with surrounding drawers overlooks a garden in Venice, California, by Marmol Radziner.
Above: A bench with open shelving extends off a kitchen in Sweden. Photograph via Tine Hellberg for Elle Decoration, Sweden.
Above: A San Francisco kitchen by architect Cary Bernstein features a breakfast nook with storage for shoes and other items. (For a full tour, see Potrero Hill Neighborhood Home).
Above: This modern farmhouse kitchen with built-in bench drawers was designed by Tim Cuppett Architect of Austin.
Above: Built-in drawers add extra storage in this light-filled kitchen sourced via Under One Roof.
Above: Min I Day architects of San Francisco detailed this Sonoma farmhouse kitchen with banquette seating (and drawers) wide enough to sleep on. For more, see the Architect Is In: A Farmhouse in Sonoma.
Above: Drawers front built-in benches in a kitchen nook designed by Roger Wade Deweese of Atlanta's Peachtree Architects.
Above: In a kitchen dining area by LA interior designer Alexandra Angle, drapery on a built-in bench serves as a shield for stowed things (and maintains a clean look).
See the Remodelista Gallery for more kitchen storage inspiration. And here are 15 Life-Changing Storage Ideas for the Kitchen. Gardenista is all about storage too—check out these 10 Garage Storage Units.
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