![Idunsgate apartment project by Haptic Architects](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/067_idunsgate-apartment_photo-11_lli-768x533.jpg)
Searching for more shelf and drawer space in your kitchen? The answer may be right at your feet. We’ve tracked down 10 kitchens that ingeniously incorporate storage into bench seating.
![Idunsgate apartment project by Haptic Architects](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/067_idunsgate-apartment_photo-11_lli-733x455.jpg)
![A built-in banquette with surrounding drawers overlooks a garden in Venice, California, by Marmol Radziner.](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Built-in-Banquette-Storage-Remodelista.jpg)
![A San Francisco kitchen by architect Cary Bernstein features a breakfast nook with storage for shoes and other items. (For a full tour, see Moving Up on Potrero Hill.)](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/cary-bernstein-potrero-house-kitchen-Remodelista_0.jpg)
![This modern farmhouse kitchen with built-in bench drawers was designed by Tim Cuppett Architect of Austin.](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Farmhouse-kitchen-with-Banquette-Remodelista.jpg)
![Min|Day architects of San Francisco detailed this Sonoma farmhouse kitchen with banquette seating (and drawers) wide enough to sleep on. For more, see the Architect Is In: A Farmhouse in Sonoma. Photography by Bruce Damante, courtesy of Min|Day.](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Min-Day-Architects-Farmhouse-Built-in-seating-kitchen-Remodelista.jpg)
![Drawers front built-in benches in a kitchen nook designed by Roger Wade Deweese of Atlanta’s Peachtree Architects.](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/White -Grey-Kitchen-Built-in-seating-Remodelista.jpg)
![In a kitchen dining area by LA interior designer Alexandra Angle, drapery on a built-in bench serves as a shield for stowed things (and maintains a clean look).](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/los-feliz-stairway-interior-designer-Alexandra-Angle-Remodelista_0.jpg)
Gardenista is all about storage, too–check out these 10 Garage Storage Units.
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