Have you considered contacting a local cabinet maker/carpenter?

I can ask my cabinet guy but I wanted more of an upholstered piece.
Like this but not an L shape.

Maybe have a carpenter build the frame and find an upholsterer for the rest. Sounds like you've got a custom job on your hands if you want it to look like the photo.

I'm doing a restaurant booth for my banquette, tweaked to look a more residential.

i am going to have one built at a custom sofa place. i haven't ordered it yet, so cannot post any pics or feedback. they charge a lot less than what my cabinetmaker was quoting for non-upholstered. Most sofas are around 7 feet long anyway, so it is not too much of a stretch (forgive the pun) for them to make it longer. here is a link to a local place in my area that does the custom sofas, they have an online store too. HTH!

Here is a link that might be useful: buildasofa

I forget where you are. Look online for local companies that make restaurant banquettes. Super comfortable. I've noticed some also do residential upholstery on the side and will happily make the whole shebang for you. A cabinetmaker can do more of a traditional kitchen banquette, all wood, maybe some morgue drawers with a foam cushion on top, but that's not what you want.

Agree with marcolo. Look for a local company that does restaurant banquettes.......we got a quote for the exact size we want, no more than wood frame with cushions.

michoumonster - thanks, wonder if they go out of state? I'll check.

marcolo and Maggie- GReat idea. I'll check that as well. I'm in NJ.

Here is a place in Freehold, NJ that may be able to help. They do custom booths and upholstery work.

Here is a link that might be useful: jhdinettes

corgimum- My decorator just mentioned that place last night : ) She lives in freehold. I'll check it out! Have you used them?

No, but I've been doing extensive banquette research so I had it bookmarked. My banquette will be built-in by my cabinetmaker so I think I will be going the cushion route.

CKGM--that is what we did. Only we did drawers because we did custom door/drawer fronts. We used three of the over-the-fride 36" wide cabinets and filler. It's working great, and I LOVE the extra storage!

Shelayne- great to hear that it worked:) I am so glad there was an affordable option. Can I ask what other materials you purchased to make this work and to post a pic? Sorry to hijack 2LittleFishes:(

Corgimum,

I had to laugh...I was just about to post the link to J&H Dinettes, in Freehold. I haven't had work done by them, but I was upstairs in their upholstery workshop and saw quite a few banquettes being worked on several months ago.

Helene

Would love to see a photo or two (3!) of your IKEA "hacks" for banquette benches. Especially to understand the filler.
Thanks!
Will post as a separate entry.

CKGM and BalTra, I just posted pics and a quick explanation of what we did on BalTra's separate thread. :)

Here is a link that might be useful: IKEA Banquette hack

I found another company that serves NJ on my banquette search today. It looks like they do a lot of custom work. I linked to one of the many that they display on their website:

www.shemoidesigns.com

Here is a link that might be useful: A lovely looking banquette with button tufting

There is a banquette maker in breezy's home state that she brought up on an earlier post. I remember being relatively impressed with their selection. I forget the name, unfortunately, but I hope she'll pipe back in and remind us.