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Bar-height table bases

A bar-height base lifts a top to about 40 to 42 inches, the height people stand at or sit up to on a tall stool. There are 21 bases here, most of them cast iron. Start with where the high-top will stand: inside by the window, or out front, because only a few are listed for patio use.

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Bar-height table bases

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.

Taller columns put a top at bar height, about 40 to 42 inches, so pair bar-height table bases with stools whose seats sit about 29 to 31 inches off the floor.

Review the finished height

Check the listed height of the complete arrangement, including the top where relevant. Pair the seating and support by their actual dimensions instead of assuming every bar-height listing is interchangeable.

Match the complete table

Review the base height, footprint, and stated top compatibility before choosing the finish. Check the top material and mounting requirements as part of the same decision.

Shop plans

A bar-height base lifts a top to about 40 to 42 inches, the height people stand at or sit up to on a tall stool. There are 21 bases here, most of them cast iron. Start with where the high-top will stand: inside by the window, or out front, because only a few are listed for patio use.

Why a high-top needs a heavy foot

A tall table tips more easily than a low one. An elbow at 42 inches pushes harder on the base than the same elbow at 30. Cast iron leads this group: nine of the 21 are cast iron, with two steel, two aluminum, one chrome and one stainless steel.

Weight low on the floor is what you want under a high-top when a customer leans in to read the board. Among the examples are a table support from the cast iron end, a plain T-shaped support and an X-shaped bar support. Read the size on each one against your top.

Matching the stools

Measure twice here. A high-top at 40 to 42 inches needs stools with a seat of about 29 to 31 inches. Counter stools at 24 to 26 inches will leave a customer with their chin on the table. Pick the base, set the top height, and then order stools from the same plan. A base that fits a 30-inch square may not be right under a 30 by 48 rectangle, so think of top and base together even though they are two lines on the order.

Spacing stools 24 to 30 inches apart, seat middle to seat middle, gives each person room for a plate.

Where they stand in a shop

High-tops do well by the window, where people eat a sandwich standing and go. They also work in the waiting area near the pickup counter, giving takeout customers a place for their bag. Every one of them can stand indoors, and three carry a patio listing. Use only those three under a sidewalk high-top, rinse them now and then, and store them when the season ends.

Prices run from around $43 to $213.

Other bases

For a regular table height, see standard table bases. Four feet under the corners are in X-prong table bases, and every heavy base is grouped in cast iron table bases. The full list sits under table bases.

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