Bar Stools Seat Height - The Crucial Question

Bar Stools are available with many different seat heights

, which can cause confusion. Some Bar Stools have seat heights between 700 and 810 mm (27 to 32 inches). They are mainly intended for High Bar Tables (sometimes called Poseur Tables) or Drinks Bars, which are about 1000 to 1100 mm High (39 to 43 inches). There are some high Breakfast Bars or kitchen islands in this height range also.

Often the Breakfast Bar is just an extension from the normal kitchen worktops. This will have a height of about 36 inches (920 mm) from floor to top surface. The comfortable Bar Stool seat height for this layout is between 25 and 26 inches (650 to 680 mm). If the seat is much higher than 26 inches (680 mm) you will bang your knees. If the seat is much lower than 25 inches (650 mm) then your elbows will hit the worktop.

How do we find the correct height for any particular installation - It is quite easy. When you sit at standard dining table on a standard dining table, it is comfortable to eat. Dining tables are normally 28 to 30 inches (720 to 760 mm) high. Dining chairs normally have a seat height of 17 to 19 inches (450 to 480 mm). Obviously it is the DIFFERENCE between these two heights that is comfortable - about 10 to 11 inches ( 250 to 280 mm). It does not matter what is the height of the table top as long as the seat height is about 10 to 11 inches less.

If you want to sit at a standard kitchen breakfast bar with an overall height of about 36 inches (920 mm), then the comfortable height for your Bar Stool will be about 36 less 10 inches = 26 inches seat height. (920 less 270 mm = 650 mm seat height). You can calculate the ideal seat height for any worktop by deducting 10 inches ( 270 mm) from the overall worktop height. Very tall people or short people may prefer a slight variation on this formula but there will not be much difference.

If you want to check this for yourself, then sit on any table on any chair. Is it comfortable for eating? If the seat height is too low, then place a telephone directory on the chair to raise the height. If the seat height is too high, then try the telephone directory on the table top. Once you have found the comfortable difference for you, then measure from the seat to the table top and note this as your personal difference. Is it about 270 mm (10 inches) ? This allows you to order the correct height of Bar Stools for your worktop.

Different Bar Stools are available with different fixed seat heights. When buying Bar Stools make sure you check this point because it is so important. If the supplier does not show seat heights then you should question if he is a specialist who knows what he is talking about. There is an alternative, easy solution. There are many Bar Stools which have adjustable Height Gas Lift Mechanisms. You should check that the seat height range is suitable for your worktop.

by: Graeme Lang

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