A seat with a view. Window benches are a real luxury in a home—an escape within your own four walls. We'd like to take a seat in any of the benches shown above, armed with a book, a cup of coffee, and a couple of hours to waste...
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Comments (9)
The thing I love about Window Benches/Seats is that they always accompany big windows and lotsa light. Love the 1st, 2nd, and last one. : )
I must have those pillows! They are gorgeous!
All that window bench needs is a table and some pot. Awesome!
I love window seats and like geenie said the light that accompanies them. I also like the colors in all the photos picked, I'm saving them in my color inspiration folder.
love, love, love the 2nd photo!
What I wouldn't give for the window bench in the first picture....lol
I love everything about that first one, colors, style, all of it!
I'm a bookworm who's always desperately wanted a house with a window bench. My own little cozy corner with lots of sunlight would be fantastic. The first picture is my favorite, too. :)
we're moving into a place next week with a bench-able window... do you think we can repurpose an old coffee table for this? we would love to put books or something underneath but i don't know where one would get such an item!