{"product_id":"blu-dot-go-forth-bench-white-oak","title":"Blu Dot Go Forth Bench - White Oak","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGo Forth Bench — White Oak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery Japanese home begins the same way: you stop at the door, and you take off your shoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe genkan exists because that pause matters — it is the seam between the street and the home, and it deserves a place to sit. The Go Forth Bench is built for exactly that moment. Eighteen inches high, the right height to sit and unlace without stooping. Forty-eight inches wide, enough for two people to get ready at once without negotiating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat makes it work is what you don't see at first. A soft-close drawer hides in the front rail for keys, cards and the things that should never live on a countertop. An open compartment at one end swallows a bag or a folded umbrella. The shelf below runs the full length — shoes go there, out of the walkway, which is the whole point of a genkan in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe white oak is a veneer over an engineered core, and that is deliberate rather than a compromise: a 48-inch span in solid timber moves with the seasons, while this stays flat and true through a decade of humid summers and dry winters. The grain is real oak, pale and open, and it warms a hallway that most homes leave cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe form is restrained to the point of being quiet — one long horizontal line, no legs to speak of, no handles, no ornament. It reads as architecture rather than furniture, which is precisely how a genkan piece should behave: present when you need it, invisible the rest of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHeavy, too. At 99 lbs it does not shift when you sit down hard, and it arrives fully assembled — carried in, set down, levelled on its adjustable feet, done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOverall: 48\"W × \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16\"D × 18\"H (122 × 41 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e× 46 cm)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSeat area: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e39\"W × 16\"D × 18\"H \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(99 × 41 × 46 cm)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWeight: 99 lbs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(44.9 kg)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWhite oak \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eveneer over \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econstructed wood\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHidden soft-close \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edrawer\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOpen side \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estorage compartment\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFull-length lower \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshelf\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAdjustable \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efeet glides for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elevelling\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBIFMA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erated for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehigh-traffic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecommercial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenvironments\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eArrives fully \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eassembled\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e5-year \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewarranty\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWipe with a slightly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edamp soft cloth, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efollowing the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edirection of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egrain, then dry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethoroughly. 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