Beautiful Banquette Designs

Fetching Fabric

Broad awning-striped upholstery fabric and fuchsia accent pillows turn a simply built banquette into a focal point in a mostly white kitchen. The gray fabric takes its cue from shimmering silver accessories, stainless-steel appliances, and chrome cabinet hardware; the pinks reflect the homeowner's love of pumped-up hues.

Finely Furnished

No need for a built-in banquette in this breakfast room where cushy freestanding banquette bench promotes lingering. Designed to wrap a corner, an elegantly tufted sofa take a modern turn thanks to clean-lined legs stained to match a progressively profiled table and a rustic woven side chair.

Defined Dining

Columns built of molding support this lovely bench shaped to follow the curve of an expansive bay window. Built-in bookcases, cheery window treatments, an oval table, and a color-coordinated area rug accentuate the dining area's geometry as well as its classic character.

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Ultimate Breakfast Nook

See how this breakfast nook is more than just a pretty face. It's packed with plenty of function beyond just banquette dining.

Handsome Quarters

An interplay of textiles, furniture styles, and shiny and rough textures rendered in earthy neutrals create an understatedly sophisticated dining area. The sculptural table provides a freewheeling counterpoint to the formally dressed leather banquette and the chairs' casual, contemporary contours.

Modern Attitude

Sleek silhouettes, chrome legs, and white upholstery combine for bright and breezy banquettes that reflect sunbeams streaming through the windows that wrap around the banquette area. The sofa-like seats reach around a corner, stretching far enough to serve two midcentury-modern tables, which also partner with equally modish S-style chairs.

Lively and Lovely

A board-and-batten foundation anchors this banquette in beach-house style. The bench's partners--piles of posh pillows, an antique dining table, and a crystal-draped chandelier--give the casual concept an unexpectedly classy twist.

Location, Location

By backing the banquette up to their kitchen island, these homeowners expanded on an already good thing. The leather-clad banquette houses narrow cabinets and provides conveniently positioned seats for enjoying family meals and entertaining guests.

Banquette Nook

A shipshape take on an retro diner booth, gray-upholstered seats complete with pullout drawers supply sit-awhile berths for a family of four. A flat screen TV and an up-to-the-minute pendant light update the alcove's traditional architecture.

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Cool Blues

Blue-leather cushions add zing to a traditional banquette. The upholstery ties to the window fabric and exterior paint color seen through the window. Drawers and electrical outlets amplify function in the space.

Refining Casual Dining

A partial wall rises to craft an alcove large enough to house a wrap-around banquette that seats many. Durable upholstery fabric, a farmhouse trestle table, and a distressed bench stylishly withstand constant use; drawers beneath the seat store everything from table linens to outdoor gear.

Color and Pattern

Banquettes offer the opportunity to introduce color and pattern. In this dining room, the same colorful fabric dresses the chairs, cushions, and pillows to fashion a cohesive view; the textiles also visually soften the room's hard edges and straight lines. The blues and greens in the patterns are a cool contrast to the room's warm wood finishes.

Polished Outlook

Showcased in a hardworking kitchen, this banquette's pearlescent upholstery fabric, stately silhouette, and nail-head patterns offer plenty of pretty. This formal approach works well in kitchens outfitted with classic marble countertops, old world details, and plainly paneled cabinets.

Lofty Impressions

In a kitchen with high ceilings, a wooden canopy extends outward from a wall to create a banquette and a lower ceiling that cocoons a distinctive dining space. A vertically tufted leather-upholstered wall behind the cushioned bench furthers the two-in-one-unit illusion.

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Going for Gorgeous

A velvet-covered frame, velvet skirting, and gold-lame upholstery fabrics give this banquette a glamorous facelift and elegant appeal. The banquette's fabrics and simple outline complement carved chairs and a detailed table base that boast Far Eastern flair.

Regional Medley

Desert harmonies sound a convivial note in this kitchen eating area. A built-in plastered banquette provides a good-looking banquette base that supports an earthy mix of cushion and pillow fabrics inspired by the walls and floors. Rough-textured chairs introduce another organic element into the Southwestern-inspired space.

Tailor-Made

Custom-crafted to fit a bay of floor-to-ceiling windows, this banquette-inspired sectional makes a statement thanks to its overstuffed contours and its freestanding design. Opting for freestanding over built-in ensures the seat doesn't block light or breezes streaming in through the windows.