The Design House Bench Guide: Addison, Milan and Galerie Compared

Galerie, Addison and Milan trace three distinct approaches to the bench within The Design House's range, each suited to a different place in the home: a considered entryway seat, a dining companion, or an end-of-bed piece, depending on proportion and frame. All three can be adjusted in finish and dimensions as bespoke pieces, and the wider bench collection extends to several designs beyond these three. Prices span AED 6,280 for Galerie through to a fixed AED 7,890 for Milan.

The range, at a glance

How to choose between them

Galerie. Priced from AED 6,280, the collection's most understated silhouette, offered across multiple size or finish variants.

   Addison. Close behind Galerie at AED 6,490, also offered with a starting price across variants.

Milan. The only one of the three at a single, fixed price, AED 7,890, the highest of the range and roughly AED 1,600 above Galerie's starting point.

Where each bench works best in the home

Galerie's understated frame makes it the easiest of the three to place in more than one room, an entryway one week, the foot of a guest bed the next, without it fighting for attention against other furniture already in the space. Addison sits close to Galerie in price but carries a slightly more defined silhouette, which tends to read best as a deliberate piece rather than a flexible extra, at the end of a dining table or centred under a hallway console. Milan, as the range's single fixed configuration, works best where the exact dimensions are already known and unlikely to change, since there is no smaller or larger variant to fall back on if the space shifts.

Frame material also plays into where a bench belongs. A bench with a solid wood frame generally feels more at home in a dining setting, where it needs to bear repeated weight and movement, while a slimmer metal-framed option often suits an entryway or the foot of a bed, where the priority is visual lightness rather than heavy daily loading.

Sizing a bench for the room it's going in

A bench works differently depending on where it lands in the home, and getting the dimensions right matters more than with a single chair. A few general rules to measure against before ordering: