In any project, there are a handful of design moments that help establish the personality of that entire project. For the cabin project that I have been working on for the past 2+ years, one of those moments came to life during the design process of a pair of benches that sit outside the guest bedrooms.

In any project, there are a handful of design moments that help establish the personality of that entire project. For the cabin project that I have been working on for the past 2+ years, one of those moments came to life during the design process of a pair of benches that sit outside guest bedrooms.This was the original concept sketch that I created for a pair benches – you can see from the date on that sketch that I drew this in August of 2015. What these benches represent is the spirit of hospitality that the clients have for their guests. Since this is a lake cabin, the owners have a revolving door of house guests during the summer months – and sometimes there is more than one family visiting at the same time. What we wanted to do was design an entry point to each bedroom that would welcome these visitors to the cabin and give them the things they would need during their stay. These benches, sitting outside of each bedroom, have a role to play. The benches provide a spot for the host to place extra towels and blankets – there are hooks where jackets specific to the occupants can be hung, there is a shelf where books, small games, even spare toiletries ca...