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Surely those issues are all preventable though? Add a back to the bench, make sure it's not at right angles...?
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I think the intention with most of these bench setups, and deffo with the one we're installing, is to mostly use chairs for day to day seating, and the benches as 'overflow' during dinner parties or whatever, where you can make things nicer with extra cushions & shit. It's also nice to be able to lie along a bench and read (aka sesh phone) with your feet up.
For us, the main boon is being able to use the benches as storage; they'll have full depth slide-out drawers for hiding crap that doesn't need regular access.
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@aggi
I think generally the trouble with benches is they're bloody uncomfortable. They're either too deep so you can't sit back properly, there's no backrest but a ledge or something to stop you leaning against the wall or the backrest and seat are at right angles which gets uncomfortable after a while.