Banquette
Emma-Jane and Graeme from Leeds contacted me to see if I would be interested in making a banquette for their kitchen. To be quite honest, I did not know what a banquette was. After an initial meeting I discovered it is seating that runs along a wall, similar to some restaurant and pub seating. I agreed to make the frame and appoint an upholsterer to take care of the upholstery.
Due to the Upholsterer taking on the refurbishment of a student university bar there was an initial delay of 4 weeks but eventually they did a really nice job. The banquette was upholstered in Camira’s Intervene fabric a hard wearing fabric and from what I could gather a difficult fabric to work.
On the day of installation I hired a friend for the morning and upon arrival we realised it was going to be a bit of an obstacle course. We negotiated the cars parked on the drive, the backyard gate, up the steps of the back door and then finally through the back door. We positioned the banquette in the kitchen and that’s when I felt my back go! I spent the next hour and a half flat on my back on the lawn. I had a conversation with E-J about the position of the banquette and several with Russell about how he was going to move the banquette on his own whilst I was still flat on my back on the lawn. Russell had to finish up and did a nice job. He also had to get me into the back of the van and to Teesside Hospital (another story).
E-J and Graham where really pleased with their banquette and they use a round dining table and a couple of dining chairs to create a really comfortable and intimate dining space.
