WAWGTDWI - part 2

So, I think we can all agree, we have a big kitchen. Its got a ton of counter space, lots of cabinets, and a full wall pantry:

It also has a great coat closet:

Which was totally perfect when it was summer. However, now that it is winter, and we don't want to track snow everywhere, we've been doing this:

And while this is perfectly fine, the awkward, hopping dance we do every time we come in is fun to watch, but less fun to do. So i thought, hey, we have a lovely big kitchen, why not take some advantage of it? Enter the bench:

It matches our furniture and we can sit on it to take our shoes on and off. Amazing, I know. If we want to get really fancy,we can even buy some bins to go on the bottom and a cushion for the top. Plus, if we put it in front of the window, Leroy won't have to sit on our table (in baskets) to see out the windows anymore:

Not that he's even trying in this picture, but trust me, on a normal day he spends a pretty good amount of time there trying to see what the squirrels are doing in our yard.