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Wood counter stools

Not every counter is bar height. A bakery or deli counter at about 34 to 36 inches needs a shorter stool, and these 6 are for exactly that: wood frames, indoor use, each with a choice of vinyl, fabric or wood seat. Measure your counter before anything else, then pick the back shape.

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Wood Counter Stool, School House
Wood Counter Stool, School HouseFrom $182.00
Vertical Slat Indoor Counter Stool, Wood
Vertical Slat Indoor Counter Stool, WoodFrom $165.00
Solid Wood Counter Stool, Ladder-Back
Solid Wood Counter Stool, Ladder-BackFrom $165.00

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Commercial counter stools

Notes from behind the counter

Picture the piece at four in the afternoon, after the lunch line has been through. Check the seat height against your counter and the base spread against the top. Save the models that pass to a shop plan, with a note on where each one goes.

Made for a counter of about 34 to 36 inches, commercial counter stools sit lower than bar stools, so measure your counter height before you count seats along it.

Keep counter seating separate

Use the listed seat height to distinguish a counter stool from a bar stool. Record the counter height with the selected model so two similar-looking seats are not mixed in the order.

Measure your actual counter

Check the listed seat height against the counter or bar where the stool will be used. Measure the underside as well as the top surface, and account for aprons and footrests.

Shop plans

Not every counter is bar height. A bakery or deli counter at about 34 to 36 inches needs a shorter stool, and these 6 are for exactly that: wood frames, indoor use, each with a choice of vinyl, fabric or wood seat. Measure your counter before anything else, then pick the back shape.

The lower counter

Counter height runs about 34 to 36 inches, a few inches below a bar. The stool that fits it has a seat of about 24 to 26 inches, which keeps the knees under the counter and the elbows on top. A bar stool at that counter puts your customer's knees against the underside and their coffee at chest height. Nobody stays long.

How do you know which counter you have? Tape it at the front edge where people will sit, not at the back where the till stands. Kitchen-style islands, deli case tops and bakery tasting counters usually land in the counter range.

Wood frames, your choice of seat

Every stool here has a wood frame, and every one lets you pick vinyl, fabric or wood for the seat. That makes it easy to match chairs already on the floor. Backs vary: curved backs, a schoolhouse back, vertical slats, a ladder back and a window back.

Take the ladder back wood bar stool at 17" W x 21" D x 37" H, or the slatted wood bar stool at 17" W x 21" D x 37" H. Both sit comfortably at a 36-inch counter. Prices range from about $164 to $201.

Spacing and the counter line

Measure 24 to 30 inches from the middle of one seat to the middle of the next. A 6-foot counter seats three at 24 inches, or two with plenty of room. Wood stools at a counter take knocks from bags and shoes, so pick a finish that forgives the odd scuff, and buy one spare from the same line.

Need bar height instead? The taller wood stools are in the wood bar stools, the rung-back shape at bar height is in the ladder-back bar stools, and stools that tuck right under a ledge are in the backless bar stools. The whole range sits under bar and counter stools.

Write the counter height on your shop plan before you add a stool, and the wrong height never reaches the order.

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