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Wood bar stools

A wood stool at the counter gives a bakery its old shop feel. Here are 46 of them, every one on a wood frame and listed for indoor use, nearly all with a choice of vinyl, fabric or wood seat.

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Wood Bar Stool, Henry Curved Back
Wood Bar Stool, Henry Curved BackFrom $124.00
Wood Bar Stool, Leonardo Curved Back
Wood Bar Stool, Leonardo Curved BackFrom $124.00
Wood Bar Stool, Biedermeier
Wood Bar Stool, BiedermeierFrom $161.00

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Wood bar 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.

A wood frame shows every knock, so with wood bar stools choose a finish that will still look decent after a year of heels, shopping bags and the mop bucket.

Compare the wood finish

Read the stated wood or surface material for the model, then compare the offered finish references. Grain and color variation are part of the material comparison; use available samples to judge the palette in your room.

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

A wood stool at the counter gives a bakery its old shop feel. Here are 46 of them, every one on a wood frame and listed for indoor use, nearly all with a choice of vinyl, fabric or wood seat. Decide the back first, curved, slatted, ladder or padded, and try to make it the same shape as the chairs on your floor.

Seat and back

The seat is your choice on almost every listing. Vinyl, fabric and plain wood each turn up on most of them, so the frame can stay the same while the seat changes to suit the room. A hard wood seat is the quick-turn choice: wipe it, flip the stools up, sweep. Padding suits the regular who reads the paper at the window for an hour every morning and leaves the same tip.

Curved backs are the biggest group. After them come padded backs, vertical slats, ladder backs, square backs and window backs. Some have arms, and arms add width, so read the measurement on each listing before you work out spacing along the ledge.

Height at the ledge

Most of the listed seat heights fall between 28 and 30 inches. That is bar height, right for a window ledge set 40 to 42 inches up. The Sigrid wood bar stool stands 19" W x 19 1/2" D x 40 1/4" H; a plainer wood bar stool comes in at 17" W x 20 1/2" D x 43 1/2" H. Prices range from about $112 to $277.

Is your counter lower, around 34 to 36 inches? Then these are too tall. The counter stools are wood as well and sit at the right height for a deli or bakery counter.

Wood at a working counter

Wood shows wear. That is part of its appeal and part of the job: heels scuff the lower rails, bags knock the legs and the mop bucket finds every corner. Choose a finish that will still look decent after a year of that, and keep a spare stool or two from the same line in the back for the day one needs replacing.

If metal suits your floor better, the metal bar stools come with vinyl, wood and fabric seats too. The ladder-back bar stools match a room of ladder-back chairs, and the whole range sits under bar and counter stools.

Write the ledge length, the stool count and the seat and finish into your shop plan, and the order nearly writes itself.

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