#10 Hall Tree

I've been searching for a bench for our mud room for the last six months. I found many that I liked, but they were either too big for our space (blocking our doorway) or too expensive ($$$). There were a few qualities I was looking for: 1) a dark, colored wood 2) hooks to hang coats on and 3) some sort of storage space. Edward spotted this one at Pier One Imports while we were out doing some holiday shopping a few months ago. It was not the time to be making a big purchase for ourselves, so we've been saving our monies and went last week to finally get it. I had a mini panic attack because when we got the store they did not have it out on the floor. Edward asked the clerk and she said one was actually coming in a few days so we could pay for it now and come back to pick it up. It actually ended up working out better because we would have normally had to buy the floor model and now we were getting a brand new one! Edward also mentioned that now we wouldn't have one that had "God knows how many butts on it." Gross to think about, right!?! Edward put the thing together and now it resides in our mud room. It looks great and will look even better come this spring when we actually put a floor in the room and paint the walls. So far...I love everything about it!