where will our visitors place their rumps

The painting has begun in our foyer. I am, as usual, not doing any of it. I did however, find a shelf and coat hooks. Now my mission is to find a bench. The shelf and hooks I bought are on the industrial side of things. Although I want part of the bench to be wooden, I think we will need to choose something that is also metal. What I really want is a turnbuckle bench. My issue is the ones I want are all super long or not made of solid wood. We tried out wood composite with our credenza and are not impressed. It sags and I do not know how to fix it and it infuriates me every time we watch tv in the living room. No more non-solid wood in our house, that’s a promise. 

As for the bench, we would love to try to find one at an antique store, but I feel as though I have more luck shopping for things we aren't necessarily looking for, or in other words, when I have a shopping mission I never find what I want. My husband also mentioned he wanted to sit on the bench and test it out before making a final purchase. I am picking up what he is putting down.