Storage Benches
A storage bench is a blanket chest that learned to sit up straight, and the room only ever notices the top. Inside, it holds the throws, spare pillows and off-season linens that otherwise pile up on a chair. Every storage bench here is chosen to read as furniture first, part of our larger range of modern benches, with the storage kept out of sight.
Most people buying one are shopping the foot of the bed, which is why these share so much with our bedroom benches: lengths around 60 inches and a seat height just under a mattress edge. The difference is depth and a little extra visual weight, which is the trade for hidden space.
Storage Bench for the Bedroom
An End of Bed Storage Bench for a King or Queen
At around 60 inches, an end of bed storage bench matches a queen mattress and sits comfortably inside the width of a king. The extra depth that storage needs makes it read heavier than an open bench, so give it room and keep 30 inches or more of clear floor between the bench and the nearest dresser. By the front door the same bench works just as hard, and our entryway benches cover the shallower, open versions for halls where depth is tight.
What Goes Inside
Plan for the bulky, soft things: duvets, throws, guest pillows. Shoes and boots belong in an entry, not at the foot of a bed, and anything you need daily belongs somewhere you do not have to clear the seat to reach. A bench at the foot of a guest bed is the exception: there it can hold everything a visitor needs, from a spare blanket to towels, so nobody has to ask.
Upholstered Storage Benches on Oak Bases
Fabric Storage Benches in Oat, Taupe and Gray
An upholstered storage bench softens what is, underneath, a box. Oat and taupe fabric reads warm against oak, gray suits cooler rooms, and the dark green and orange versions give a neutral bedroom one strong note. A solid oak base lifts the upholstered body off the floor, so the bench looks lighter than its size.
A Wood Storage Bench for the Entry
A wood storage bench in painted reclaimed wood is the harder-wearing choice for a front door, where wet boots and bags land on the seat every day. Worn, painted wood forgives scuffs that would mark fabric.
Bench With Storage or a Storage Bench Seat
A bench with storage still has to be a good seat. Check the seat height, ideally 17 to 19 inches, and check that the top is padded or solid enough to sit on every day, not just to look at. A storage bench seat that shifts when it is loaded is the most common regret in this category, so look at the base as closely as the fabric.
Look at the seam line as well. On a well made storage bench the line where the storage opens is tight and sits in shadow, so the piece reads as one solid form; on a poorly made one the gap shows from across the room and the bench reads as a box with a cushion on top.
Storage Ottoman Bench or Storage Bench
A storage ottoman bench is shorter and squarer, and reads as a footrest. A storage bench is long enough to hold a line at the end of a bed. If the room can take the length, choose the bench.
Out of Sight, Still in Reach
The point of a storage bench is that nobody knows it is one. From across the room it should read as a quiet, upholstered line at the foot of the bed. Only you know the winter blankets are inside.