The Bedroom Bench: 20+ Affordable French Style Ottomans
In this post: If you’re looking for a bedroom bench with great style at a reasonable price, this shopping guide offers more than 20 affordable French style ottomans.⇒
Have you got anything at the foot of your bed?
Unless a room has absolutely no space, I always prefer the finished look of a piece of furniture at the foot of the bed. A small bureau, a couple of chairs with a small table, or my favorite option: a bedroom bench.
Bedroom Bench
It’s a great place to sit to put on shoes, a catchall for extra pillows while you sleep or a lovely spot for a pretty vignette. Whether you choose one long bench or a few smaller ones, an ottoman bench in the bedroom is one of those little luxuries that can add grace to your day.
And what could be better than one with affordable French style?
As it turns out, I use ottomans all over our home.
In fact, the same piece might be used at one point as a coffee table and at another time as seating. Toss on a lot of pillows and it can double as a sofa in a pinch.
I use smaller ottomans in place of chairs, such as at a desk where I don’t want to block the view with a high seat back, or where there are too many other chairs nearby.
I even use them in our bathrooms, at the side of the tub as a convenient place to hold bath products, or simply tucked beneath a pretty gallery wall, to soften the look with feminine accents.
In a guest room they can provide extra storage for pillows and spare linens. At an entry they provide a place to sit, for a last minute opportunity to pull yourself together.
Whatever the function, these tiny pieces of furniture can add style and personality to your home.
Just add a pretty throw, a soft fur pillow and a vintage book and you’re all set. Or maybe a tray with tea and a vase of flowers can complete your look. However you dress it up, a bench in the home is one of those small pleasures that I love so much!
Resource Guide
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Great info Thank you and God bless
Thanks so much, Norma!
Gorgeous options Lory! My bench has a rush seat, so a little more country French than modern French, but couldn’t live without it at the foot of my bed. I love the idea of a vignette, but the little prince, my cat Roscoe would nudge it off. After all it’s HIS house as is everything in it!
Ginger
Sounds very pretty Ginger. You can always just do a throw and pillow then, so Roscoe can curl up in it… 😉
All so beautiful! I love my golden yellow damask tufted storage ottoman with a 6″ bullion fringe that I picked up for a steal at a consignment shop for under $20! It was meant to be mine to match my French modern sofa of a similar colour. Sunny yellow brightens up the whole space and is an unexpected splash of Frenchy colour. =) Happy Week, Lori! Blessings, Ally
It sounds just perfect!
looking for just the right size bench for foot of the bed. thanks for the inspiration.
I’ve saved this for when I can finally buy a bedroom bench that we so badly need. One day I will get our home decorated in the furniture I love….french style!! In due time. Love the white bedroom with touches of pink and rose colored flowers. Thanks Lory!! I’m dreaming through your visions here:0)
These are so pretty!
I use a simple cedar chest at the foot of our sleigh bed.
Really enjoy reading your comments every day.
I love your creative ideas! I have drawers at the bottom of my bed but love all your suggestions for my guest room!
Love your blog!
Love this & all things French! Thanks for sharing.
So love the ottomans…add so much style to a room!
To be hones, I never thought of bedroom bench/ottomans before – -but seeing them here I can see why they are a nice addition to a bedroom.
Your bedroom looks lovely and the bench adds to the decor!
Thanks for all the great ottmans on your post. Im looking for one to put at end of bed also to catch the extra heavy bedding each nite
I love benches!! I want to put one in my bedroom soon. Thx for all the greSt posts!
I purchased one of the benches posted here on wayfair. It is perfect!
Thank you for sharing your recommendations and I especially like having the links so I know where to buy it from.
I’m so glad you appreciate that!
Such beautiful options!
Thank you for all the great information!
One of these benches would be a possibility for my living room!
Gorgeous, gorgeous benches!!! I love that they can be double-duty, not only seating but a cushy substitute “table”. Beautiful, classic examples you’ve pictured~
The fancy, scalloped one and the round, all-over tufted one make me drool EVERY TIME I see them! One day!
I Love French decorating!
I love a good ottoman, I am always searching thrift stores for one that I can redo in my own fabric. Thanks for all the ideas!
We have a wooden bench at the foot of our queen-sized bed. It has three built in storage drawers so it does double duty. In fact, the way the bedroom is arranged, it’s the first storage area you reach when coming in the door. So handy!
beautiful benches!! They are so pretty! Thanks for sharing!
I have an old bench in the attic that I’m inspired to paint and recover the padded seat. Thanks for the ideas!
I have 2 ottomans in my house. One in the kitchen and one in the bedroom.
So many pretty styles!
I would love one of these benches at the end of our bed!
These are really beautiful benches. Having one at the end of the bed makes it nice to roll back the heavy covers in summer and have a place to lay them, as well as a place to sit. The upholster ones you’ve shown really dress up the room.
Great inspiration! A good bench is indispensable