Aggrajag
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The better half has taken to sewing with a passion and like myself is struggling for space. We've got a "chill room" (it was a dining room but is too small for a dining table!) where we have a 2-seater settee a 1m square games table and a record player. There isn't room to swing a cat.
I was originally thinking of laying a piece of wood across the settee for her to have space to place stuff, rather than working space, and it can be stored behind the settee when not in use. But face it that's not much use.
I'm now thinking of creating a bench that is fastened to the wall just above the settee and is still stored behind the settee but we pull the settee out, lift up the bench, pop out some legs and roll the settee back underneath. A bit of a faff but then she's got a sturdy usable bench that we can mostly hide when necessary.
So it needs to hinge downwards to fold away but I'm also thinking it needs to hinge upwards to enable the legs to be pulled out from under the benchtop over the settee that's likely still partly in the way. So I need a double jointed hinge. I've never used one. Is it workable or is there a better solution?
I was originally thinking of laying a piece of wood across the settee for her to have space to place stuff, rather than working space, and it can be stored behind the settee when not in use. But face it that's not much use.
I'm now thinking of creating a bench that is fastened to the wall just above the settee and is still stored behind the settee but we pull the settee out, lift up the bench, pop out some legs and roll the settee back underneath. A bit of a faff but then she's got a sturdy usable bench that we can mostly hide when necessary.
So it needs to hinge downwards to fold away but I'm also thinking it needs to hinge upwards to enable the legs to be pulled out from under the benchtop over the settee that's likely still partly in the way. So I need a double jointed hinge. I've never used one. Is it workable or is there a better solution?
