subject: Decorating With Bar Stools [print this page] Bar stools have evolved by leaps and bounds since the first three leg wooden stool. Now we have a wide range of sizes, styles, colors and seating materials. The idea "bar stool" came about because they were regularly found in taverns, saloons or bars, but today, furniture bar stools serve more functions than it did back then.
Today, across the country and around the globe it is no longer unusual to find furniture bar stools gracing a breakfast nook in an elegant home or in front of a counter at your local diner. They look rather smart at a kitchen counter top or island, in a recreational room or at poolside.
Modern bar stools are made from a number of types of materials, needless to say you have the ordinary wooden bar stool, then there's the even sturdier frame constructions such as steel, including steel, chrome, iron and in some cases heavy gauged aluminum, seat coverings like bamboo, leather and vinyl to help with making those little design decisions They come in backed and backless, fixed or rotating and are available in heights ranging from 24 to 36 inches tall. Styling? cover retro, contemporary, antique and rustic.
The first thing you must look at when shopping for bar stools is the height. How tall or short do you need them to be because you will want them to be shorter than the counter or bar top you'll be using them with. It doesn't make sense to purchase a 36 inch high bar stool for a 36 inch high bar. After you have decided upon the correct height, you will have a bit fun with choosing the fashion and color you'd want. Other questions you would want to ponder would be if you need a backed or backless, if you're laid back kind of person a backless may not be the best choice. How about to swivel or not to swivel? Does the area you're using them in afford enough room for that? The swivel chair is the most popular of the bar stools but there are actually just some spaces where they would be awkward enough to create you want to just say, "Its ok, I'll just stand." This is something that should probably be considered when thinking about the height of the stools, perhaps? Let's not forget that you continue to have to decide on what type of seat cover you need because they've a nice selection to choose from. Leather? Cloth? Vinyl? How about the sink less canvas seat or the mesh?
When you consider it, it is kind of funny that our forefathers never had to take any of these things into consideration because they had the prototype for all the bar stools that came after it. Not once did they have to think, "Is this bar stool the right height for this bar?" or "Does this seat covering match my eyes?" It has been a long road for the bar stool indeed.
