I've always been drawn to the conversational nature of banquette seating in restaurants and pubs. The kind that envelops you and encourages you to stick around, just a little bit longer. Design-wise, it's a useful way to zone and anchor a space — rather than seating that floats around.
The problem with translating this kind of seating in your home, though, is that it's usually a custom job. And for outdoor banquette seats, that typically means truckloads of concrete or expensive timber frames. But that doesn't have to be the case. I recently came across this Handmade Garden Lounge Sofa Hoop by House Doctor (available at Westwing), and I couldn't help but draw parallels with its banquette-like silhouette.
