Built-in cabinetry add a nice touch to any room. When we were redoing our family/breakfast room we decided to build some benches to go under the picture window and wrap around the L shape. This would give us seating around the breakfast room table without taking up as much room as traditional chairs.

Turns out my favorite thing about the benches is the storage that is available inside of them. We made a hinged lid on top and the inside is perfect for storing things that you don’t use every day, but still would like to have somewhat convenient.

We started by building long rectangular boxes out of finished plywood, as you can see in this photo.

Lowes has instructions for building their built in window seat.

The plans that they suggest follow the way that we built our bench. You can vary the dimensions to suit your needs and also change the type and size of the face molding.

Note sure you want to build a bench from scratch, This Old House has instructions to build a window seat using stock cabinets.

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