Corner storage
banquette
An L-shaped built-in bench with lift-lid storage — modelled to the millimetre and broken into transport modules. Spin it, open the lids, blow it apart, recolour it, read the cut list.
01Interactive 3D model
Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom. Click a lid to open it, pull Explode to separate every part, and try a paint colour. Click any part to read its size.
drag to orbit · click a lid to open it
02Cut list & sheet layout
Every cuttable part, grouped by material, with the ply parts nested onto 2440×1220 sheets. Prices: Somerset Timbers (Jun 2025, incl. VAT).
03What it costs — three ways to cut it
04How it goes together
Built as modules in the workshop, painted and cured, then bolted together on site — locate on dowels, run the bolts, scribe to the wall, drop the lids on.
05Sourcing, painting & upgrades
Who cuts it
Dirk's workshop — free CNC cut + edge + 32 mm drilling, and he pre-builds the carcasses. Cheapest + most precise.
TimBuild Somerset West — Altendorf panel saw, edging, drilling, cutting lists (~R1,200). Paid fallback.
Somerset Timbers = board + hardware supplier (no cut-to-size). Cape Boards / Bob's Boards = alternatives.
Painting
DIY, ~R700–1,200: sand → wood primer → 2 coats Plascon Velvaglo WB / Duram Enamel&Trim, foam roller or HVLP (flat loose panels = ideal).
TimBuild doesn't spray (sells the paint only). Pro booth spray (Phoenix / Cape Spray / Spray Away) ~R5k–14k — overkill for a bench.
Keep Dirk's booth in reserve for at most a final topcoat.
Colours: Plascon (tinted at TimBuild's Plascon counter). A cream like Pieces of Eight or Ballet Cream reads cosy & built-in against the wood — try them on the bench above ↑.