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| Hello all,
I've been reading through all the real posts on banquette seating and haven't seen the answer to this question, but if it has already been answered, please feel free to point me in the right direction! I am looking to put in built in banquettes in an L shape under two windows. The height of the windowsill is 23" off the floor. I am trying to decide how to deal with back support and comfort due to the window sill sticking out a bit. I am tempted to just put pillows that can be moved so that the window isn't blocked by something permanent. Would that provide enough comfort against a window sill? Or would you put a small backrest that would permanently block a portion of the window? or is there another solution I haven't thought of? Any thoughts or experiences with this would be so greatly appreciated! Thanks to everyone! |
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- Posted by Caspian101 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 18:38
| sorry to say that I rejected just such a planning option due to windows backing a banquette. The built in banquette would look great until someone went through the window backwards :-( or no one would sit with their backs to the windows in the winter :-( or we kept losing guests behind the banquette window drapes :-) We will be going with regular chairs. Caspian |
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We put a piano hinge on the back, so it can fold down 
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- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 18:46
| The piano hinge is a great idea. I don't tend to sit back when I am eating, but I always felt "vulnerable" somehow, with my back right against the window in my friends' bay window banquette. |
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| That piano hinge is brilliant, a2gemini. Does the board angle back? How do you keep it from falling forward--is it attached to the window molding or wall somehow? |
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| Pillows? |
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| Our GC came up with the idea. I hoped for a slight angle but the pillows are a bit more plump, so it is close to straight up. GC was going to use magnants but we decided not to install as it stays up just fine. I love my nook! |
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