The best of both in OEM would be buckets and a buddy seat. Again expensive, if you can find one.
Another option is bucket seats with a substitute console from some other vehicle or homemade. Those consoles provide more storage space under the padded door /armrest plus cup holders, lighter wells, etc...
There are measued drawings of a homemade console in a thread here somewhere.
Any bum can sleep on a bench. He's gotta be mighty sleepy to sleep on 2 buckets. LOL