Hall Bench and Slim Console in Solid Walnut

a hallway in two pieces, both under 300mm deep, which is the measurement that decides whether a hall still works.

A package is cheaper than the pieces bought separately and, more usefully, it arrives in one delivery on one day. Furnishing a flat one item at a time from four different shops means four deliveries, four assembly sessions and four sets of packaging to get rid of, which in a flat with no garage is its own problem. Everything in a package is in the same material and the same finish batch, and it is all sized to work together in the floor area stated rather than simply to be small individually.

Specification

• Dimensions: both pieces under 800mm wide, full dimensions on each piece's own listing
• Floor footprint: about 0.27 square metres for the pair
• Material: solid American black walnut, finished in hardwax oil, which darkens very little because walnut arrives dark
• Finish: one finish batch across both pieces, which is the point of a bundle
• Capacity: as the individual pieces, stated below
• Assembly: flat packed, about two hours for the pair
• Getting it in: Flat packed in 3 cartons, largest 820mm by 900mm by 340mm. Through a standard 762mm door: on its side, yes. Into a small lift: yes
• Weight: approximately 58.0 kilograms for the pair
• Saving against buying the two pieces separately: about 10 per cent
• Both pieces from the same timber batch, cut in the same week
• One delivery slot rather than two
• Both pieces are also sold separately
• Everything comes apart flat for a move

What you get

• Both pieces, flat packed
• Handles or legs in your chosen finish
• Felt pads on every foot and a spare set
• Anti tip straps where the piece is tall enough to need one
• One hex key and one spanner for both

Assembly

Flat packed, with a hex key, a spanner and printed instructions in the box. Fittings are cam locks and threaded steel inserts rather than chipboard screws, which is what lets a piece be taken apart and reassembled without the joints going loose. We reckon on three moves and have tested to ten.

If you are renting

Freestanding, no wall fixing needed and no holes in anybody's plaster. An anti tip strap is in the box if you want it and there is nothing to make good if you never use it. Felt pads are fitted to every foot as standard, because the other way to lose a deposit is a scratch across a floor you did not lay.