A bench you can actually use
There is space in front for a person bending to tie shoes, with bags stored clear of their feet.
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ROOM 125 · Other
Mint at the muddy entrance
Published
A country-house entrance, conceived for Northumberland.
Coming home takes a little floor space. This mint boot room leaves room to bend over shoes, put down a bag and let the next person through.
See the product sourcesTHE DESIGN
The bench has clear floor in front, with boots on the stone below rather than in the passage. Smaller dry things move into wall storage; the tall cupboard takes what need not remain on show. Each stage of arrival has a place before the next begins.
Mint covers the walls beside the oak bench, with a small tomato-red accent. The directed light reaches hooks and seat on dark afternoons. Canvas storage uses its compatible wall module and needs the specified fixings; it is a working part of the arrangement, not an object to hang wherever there is a gap.
WHY THE ROOM WORKS
A room can take the mud without taking the joy out of coming home.
Colour palette
- Mint
- Natural timber
- Warm stone
- Tomato red
Separate wet and dry
Boots stay on the stone floor; gloves and scarves go into the wall storage.
Colour on the useful wall
Mint surrounds the bench and storage. One small red accent is enough against it; the ordinary coats and bags will supply further variation.
Light the return home
A directed wall light reaches the bench and coat hooks on dark afternoons.
WHAT TO BORROW
Sit on the bench and lean forward to tie a shoe. Keep that space free, with wet footwear below and dry gloves somewhere separate.
THE PIECES BEHIND THE DESIGN
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Brooklyn Bench
Living With Luxury
The oak Brooklyn bench provides a clear place to sit for boots, with a simple form suited to a practical entrance.
£318.99
Salvar Natural Oak Wood Tall Cabinet
Living With Luxury
A tall natural-oak cabinet takes the larger items behind doors, leaving the mint walls and bench visually calm.
£1,799.95
Mannu Cotton & Hemp Wall Hung Basket
Storage · Large · Natural & Black
Nkuku
A soft wall basket keeps small entrance items within reach without projecting a rigid corner into the room.
£38.00
Boots are made for walking Art Print
The Roost
The A4 Boots print gives the entrance a small, apt image that does not compete with its practical storage.
£29.00
Kaos Endeløs Storage Bag for the boot room
Kaos Uk
The Endeløs storage bag adds a removable soft container to the wall system for gloves and everyday loose items.
£25.00
Tabosa Brass Spot Light
Antique Brass
Nkuku
A brass spot can put useful light on the bench and hooks as daylight fades, rather than relying on one central fitting.
£110.00
Puli Recycled Linen Cushion Cover: Natural · 60 x 40 cm
Natural · 60 x 40 cm
Nkuku
The linen cushion makes the boot bench more comfortable while remaining a single, easily moved layer.
£65.00
Kaos Endeløs single module
Kaos Uk
The Endeløs module supplies the actual timber support for the selected bag; the accessory is not treated as a free-floating object.
£110.00