{"product_id":"blu-dot-amicable-split-60-bench-walnut","title":"Blu Dot Amicable Split 60\" Bench - Walnut","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmicable Split 60\" Bench — Walnut\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapan spent most of its history without chairs. People sat on the floor, on a \u003cem\u003ezabuton\u003c\/em\u003e cushion, on a raised wooden platform — and the consequence is a way of thinking about seating that never assumed a fixed direction. A chair tells you where to face. A bench does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat is the quiet advantage of this piece and the reason it works in more places than a set of chairs ever will. Pull it to the table and it is dining seating. Leave it against a wall in a hallway and it is where you sit to deal with your shoes. Set it at the end of a bed and it holds what you take off. Nothing about it insists on a single use, which is exactly how a Japanese room has always been organised — one space, several lives, furniture that moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhere the white oak version of this bench is deliberately quiet — straight, parallel grain, nothing to distract the eye — the walnut goes the other way. This is solid walnut, and across sixty inches of unbroken top the figure becomes the event: long chocolate waves running the length of the seat, darker at the heart, lighter toward the edges. It is one continuous drawing, and it is the reason to choose this finish over the other. Decide which you want before you order. Quiet, or the grain doing the talking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSolid, incidentally, is the word that matters. Not veneer over a core — wood all the way through, which is why it weighs forty-five pounds and why the edges are left as plain square arrises with nothing to conceal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe intelligence is in the split. A flat bench looks correct and sits badly; there is nowhere for the body to settle. Here the seat is two solid planes set at a slight angle to each other, meeting along the length in a shallow trough and joined underneath with brass-tone steel brackets. You will not see the geometry. You will notice it twenty minutes into a meal, when you realise you have not shifted once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEverything else is one gesture. The top plane folds down at each end to become the legs, grain running over the corner and straight to the floor. No frame, no stretchers, no visible structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePractical notes. At 18\" it matches standard dining height. At 60\" it seats two adults comfortably, three at a squeeze. The seat is 15\" deep — normal for a bench, shallower than a chair, built for upright dining rather than lounging. Some assembly is required, adjustable glides level it on an old floor, and it is for indoor use only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall: 60\"W × 17\"D × 18\"H (152 × 43 × 46 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeat: 60\"W × 15\"D × 18\"H (152 × 38 × 46 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeg height: 16\"H (41 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 45 lbs (20.4 kg)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid walnut, two angled planes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrass-tone steel brackets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdjustable glides for levelling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndoor use only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBIFMA rated for high-traffic commercial environments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome assembly required\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5-year warranty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eClean with a slightly damp, soft cloth and wipe completely dry along the grain. Use a quality wood furniture cleaner for marks. Solid wood lives with its environment — keep the room's humidity reasonably stable, and keep the bench out of prolonged direct sunlight, which lifts walnut's colour and will bleach a stripe wherever the light lands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blu Dot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53645042221322,"sku":"AM1-WDBNCH-WL","price":990.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/4025\/1914\/files\/ChatGPTImage8.sep.2026_11_48_24_6.png?v=1788860918","url":"https:\/\/japancoo.com\/products\/blu-dot-amicable-split-60-bench-walnut","provider":"Japancoo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}