Keep the stair route clear
The seat occupies the wider landing bay, beyond the path between the stairs and bedrooms.
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ROOM 124 · Other
The landing with somewhere to sit
Published
A edwardian family house, conceived for Cardiff.
The wider part of a landing is often left with a plant and no purpose. Wisteria, a slim upholstered bench and a lamp turn this Edwardian pause between rooms into somewhere useful to sit.
See the product sourcesTHE DESIGN
The seat occupies the bay beyond the main stair route. That distinction matters: furniture beside circulation can be useful, while furniture in circulation is an obstacle. The clear path to the bedroom doors remains visible.
Brown upholstery makes the bench distinct against wisteria. The little bedside-style table works just as well here, taking a lamp and a book without the depth of a console. A throw can wait on the bench for the colder part of the evening.
The Panni print brings a sharper graphic note to the soft wall colour. This is not intended as another sitting room. It is somewhere to wait for a child, finish a conversation or read a few pages away from the television downstairs.
WHY THE ROOM WORKS
Borrow a pause from the landing, not from its escape route.
Colour palette
- Wisteria
- Walnut
- Buttercream
- Graphic black
A lamp makes a pause
Local light changes a circulation space into somewhere to wait or read.
Wisteria belongs to the wall
The colour stays broad and calm while the graphic print supplies the sharper moment.
A small table does enough
A narrow drawer takes a book and lamp without turning the landing into a second sitting room.
WHAT TO BORROW
Measure the bay beside the landing route, not the landing as a whole. A seat is useful only if the path between bedroom doors and stairs remains clear.
THE PIECES BEHIND THE DESIGN
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Brooklyn Upholstered Bench - Brown
Living With Luxury
The brown upholstered Brooklyn bench turns a wider landing edge into a seat while preserving the route past the stairs.
£265.99
French Chic Wooden Bedside Table
The Roost
A small bedside-style table serves the landing seat without the depth of a console or chest.
£549.00
Hexagon Bedside Lamp
The Roost
The blue hexagonal lamp creates a reading-scale pool of light beneath the larger stair volume.
£410.00
Panni Framed Matchbox Label Print
The Roost
Panni's strong graphic image gives the landing a destination visible from the approach, with pink cutting across the wisteria.
£120.00
Dantri Jute & Cotton Cushion Cover: Soft Grey · 50 x 50 cm
Soft Grey · 50 x 50 cm
Nkuku
The Dantri cushion provides a textured back support on the bench without overfilling a seat used for short pauses.
£55.00
Luxury Pure Wool Throw
The Roost
The black fishbone throw adds warmth to the landing seat and a fine pattern beside the larger graphic print.
£89.00
Ranoli Iron Etched Photo Frame
Antique Brass · 5 x 7
Nkuku
An etched iron frame brings a personal image to the little table, keeping the landing from feeling like a corridor display.
£42.00
San Stem Leaves
Antique Brass
Nkuku
A few sculptural leaf stems give the table height without a large plant intruding into circulation.
£22.00