The banquette is compact, but also cozy and welcoming — and it can transform a space. Here’s how to design your own. By Tim McKeough When most of us think about furniture, our minds conjure ...

If your dining area is on the small side, experts say to consider installing a built-in banquette. Banquettes can maximize seating while adding a cafe-cool vibe.

In New York City apartments, dining rooms are as rare and coveted as banquettes are in restaurants. So when the owners of a 996-square-foot flat in Brooklyn tasked interior designer Abigail ...

“While banquettes are common in restaurants, we’ve been using them in residential projects in spaces that are a tight fit, or to make a dining experience feel more elevated and special.

These dining room furniture trends will give your scheme both a practical and stylish revamp. ... If you're looking to create a dining room nook, banquette seating should be at the top of your list.

Practical, comfortable and cute, a built-in seat for the dining room is otherwise known as a banquette. Photo: Stocksy. Banquette seating is the cute, retro dining room feature we want back.

While we have no doubts that Kylie still has a more formal living room elsewhere in the home, we'd be happy to adopt the dining room sofa in our own space. And so, it seems, are designers.

“We have an L-shaped banquette in the breakfast room, and it’s great for piling in the kids,” said Mr. Booth’s client, but for dinner, she prefers the rounded grouping.

Banquette seating isn’t new to the design world, but it’s grown in popularity for Aussie homeowners. Here’s how to add a ...

Banquette seating in Supernormal, Melbourne. Kristoffer Paulsen. Practical, comfortable and cute, a built-in seat for the dining room is otherwise known as a banquette.