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If You Buy One Thing: Woven Leather Bench

This is one of the most versatile pieces of furniture you can buy and I have found it in white, brown and black so it should suit all colour schemes although I will confess to rather loving the white one.

woven leather bench white from soukcollective
woven leather bench white from soukcollective

This will go at the end of the bed – as shown – although sadly I don’t have room for that in my bedroom – but it would also work well on a landing, or in a hall (that is wider than mine) as well as doubling up as a coffee table and extra seating at the kitchen table – it’s 45cm high, which is standard chair height.

woven leather bench in brown:tan from homelia.com
woven leather bench in brown:tan from homelia.com

It will, as all leather does, also improve with age as you move it around from room to room. Having now listed where I can’t fit one I would put one under the window in my office, in the library for extra books as well as in the loft where it would work as table, seating and storage.

alp design black woven leather bench
alp design black woven leather bench

The two top ones are 120cm long, this one above is 43cm so you can line them up as shown in the image above or use them as individual stools or bedside tables.

Like I said; it’s an incredibly versatile piece of furniture so…. if you buy one thing.

Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.

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  1. I agree that a bench is a very versatile item, but I’d much rather go for plain wood: it will be sturdier, match any colour scheme better, will adapt much easier as a coffee table (sturdier (leather bends and moves), no cracks for i.e. an earring to fall through, better stain resistance should you spill something. And if you’re a proud mother of one or three cats, wood has slightly better chances not to serve as a nail sharpener.

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