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Collection by Allie Weiss

Modern Benches for Indoors or Outdoors

Whether a backyard picnic table or a hallway perch, benches make for an easy, modern seating option.

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In the garden room, Juhl's 1957 Japanese chair lies next to a sofa table and a built-in bench, designed for the house. The blue upholstery matches Anna Thommsen’s carpet.
In the garden room, Juhl's 1957 Japanese chair lies next to a sofa table and a built-in bench, designed for the house. The blue upholstery matches Anna Thommsen’s carpet.
A cantilevered ipe bench hugs a custom board-formed concrete fire pit.
A cantilevered ipe bench hugs a custom board-formed concrete fire pit.
In the living room, a sofa by Vico Magistretti is next to a plywood armchair by Gerald Summers. The coffee table is by Enzo Mari; the Cesta lantern is by Miguel Milá for Santa & Cole. “It’s too expected for us to put Hans Wegner here,” Duncanson explains.
In the living room, a sofa by Vico Magistretti is next to a plywood armchair by Gerald Summers. The coffee table is by Enzo Mari; the Cesta lantern is by Miguel Milá for Santa & Cole. “It’s too expected for us to put Hans Wegner here,” Duncanson explains.
Mathias Hahn's folding table and bench ($129 and $75) are suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Hahn describes it as "visually refined and reduced to a minimum due to a smart but simple folding mechanism."
Mathias Hahn's folding table and bench ($129 and $75) are suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Hahn describes it as "visually refined and reduced to a minimum due to a smart but simple folding mechanism."
Bold color continues in the entrance hall. The bench is from an antiques fair.
Bold color continues in the entrance hall. The bench is from an antiques fair.
A Bay Area landscape designer works her yard like a jigsaw puzzle, packing a bevy of distinctive destinations into a steep and diminutive plot. Photo by: Morgan Rachel Levy Read the entire article here.
A Bay Area landscape designer works her yard like a jigsaw puzzle, packing a bevy of distinctive destinations into a steep and diminutive plot. Photo by: Morgan Rachel Levy Read the entire article here.