Looking for months for an integrated bench or seat
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9 years agoThanks for the answer but I'm afraid I don't have so much space, the max depth would be around 15 cm and any bench i've seen around is more than that. I've been thinking about making it myself like you say and this is what i came up with for the bench. Lets say it's a 15 cm deep bench that can be folded into a 30x30 stool.
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoAs you can see it's a work in progress ^_^* On the left part there is a shoe closet with a mirrored door.
What I have in mind is something like this in the attached picture but for a seat, not a table. As you can see, the top part can serve as a place to leave keys, post, etc. and the whole thing would rest on the floor so the "seat mechanism" would be in the middle-upper part and when opened, the weight would be distributed among the legs of the chair and the main part so no need for heavy bolting. Although I don't have a problem with that either if there would be a flip-up seat with no floor support integrated in the "closet" part. And by the way this thing is precisely 15cm deep so it would totally fit in my plans :-)
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