Banquet Seating for a Small Kitchen

When we first started house shopping we were looking for a house with a little bit of character.  What we finally decided on was a home with some character, but then again 75 years is a lot of character. One of the little jewels of our home is the kitchen that hasn't been touched since the house was built.  We have been slowly renovating our kitchen and we finally got to the seating!  I have really been wanting a kitchen nook.  A cozy place to write, read, and drink coffee.  

This is before....

We have been working on the kitchen for months including pulling out the old floor, counter tops and more but the banquet seating is my favorite addition! The corner was already empty dead space so it was simple for me to tape off where I wanted the booth installed.  I had an idea of what the booth would look like but I definitely needed Travis' help and tools. The first big step was going to Home Depot for the materials.  

We saved a lot of time by writing down our measurements and having home depot cut the pieces for us.  The first few cuts are free and after that it was only $0.25 a cut!  Good deal!  Travis built the frame and attached the backer board to the wall for me.  

He started by building a frame out of  2 x 4's and attached backer board to the wall to give the booth more definition.  To seal the cracks in the backer board we used simple painters caulk.

Adding the trim was very time consuming but definitely gave it a completed look.  Next came my part. Painting!  We have a deal he builds I paint! Totally worth it. 

I used Behr paint Aqua Smoke on the backer board and just simple white on the trim.

 I originally wanted to be able to open the top of the booth for storage but that was a little out of the skill set of my carpenter. 

So I decided that a solid top would work just as well and save us some time and trips back to home depot.  After a couple days of staining, painting, and building its done!

I did not want to add cushions but a few pillows made it feel homey and soft.  I am so excited to have it built! I was finally able to move the chandelier over the table and so were all of our visitors over 6 feet tall. 

After all the hard work its great to have the booth ready to use.  I got really lucky and found the table on the side of the road (free!) and painted it with the leftover paint from our kitchen walls.