Manhattan Home Design Reviews | Barcelona Bench: A Design Tool with Unlimited Potential

Manhattan Home Design Reviews | One of the truly beautiful things about the world of home designing, decorating, and furniture in general, is the fact that creativity and innovation are welcomed with open arms, this way, designers are given a free pass to experiment with different kinds of furniture in order to find more ways to decorate and furnish bedrooms, living rooms, and spaces in general, to be improved in a certain way. In today’s entry of Manhattan Home Design Reviews, we take a look at the underrated but highly useful, Barcelona Bench! A tool you may not know much about yet, but definitely will want to try out!

A bench? really?

Yes! This bench is an amazing piece of furniture that not only serves as an actual piece you can sit on but also works as an outstanding tool you might want to use in places where a chair wouldn’t fit (for lack of room, for example)

Barcelona Bench
Barcelona Bench three-seater

Where can I place a Barcelona Bench?

Basically everywhere – One of the most acclaimed features the Barcelona bench has is its adaptability and versatility of places you can put it. You can place the Barcelona Bench behind a sofa for more seating or for display reasons. You can place it in a hallway along some wall decor so it doesn’t feel so empty. It does wonders when placed in front of your bed as you can place anything on it (really useful). Honestly, the possibilities are limitless, heck, you can place it in your backyard and it would probably look good too!

So it is safe to say that finding a place to put it won’t be the issue, but rather choosing the ideal design decision for your needs and likes

Some technical features of the Barcelona Bench

As you can see, it is of quite large proportions – with a height of 14.9″, a width of 19” and an overall length of 71″, it is what you would expect from a quality three-seater bench

The design and the mind behind it

A substantial three-seater bench with ample padding and distinguishable lace tufts. The outside is covered in gorgeous, authentic Italian leather, and leather is also utilized in the fastenings that are wrapped around the frame. The seating has an all-over asymmetrical webbing pattern. A German-American architect from the 20th century, Mies van der Rowe started his work at the tender age of 15. After World War I, when he assisted in leading the modernist movement in art and architecture, his work attained widespread recognition. After years of studying and developing further, he created his Barcelona Collection, and the rest is history

After this quick run-down of the facts and a brief history of the Barcelona Bench, it is safe to say that it is one of the finest pieces of furniture you can get right now! Be sure to check out our other articles