Whether you’re about to update your kitchen island with stools, jazz up your existing counter with chromed swivel kitchen bar stools or want that perfect retro kitchen stool, you’ll find zillions to choose from, even some that fold and kids can step on.
Where to begin?
1. Kitchen Counter Stools
These stools easily pull up to any style counter and are great for quick breakfasts on the run.
2. Step stools
These are versatile pieces that sit at counter-height, but below have another fold-out utility stool to make hard-to-reach places reachable. Most of them have sturdy legs and molded step treads for stability on the part you can stand on, while the chair part often has a retro style vinyl or leather padded seat.
3. Wooden stools
From utility unfinished pine to cherry, oak or cedar.
4. Folding stools
Surprise! They are not all made of metal with ugly hinges. Some are solid hardwood with padded seats and backs, the same rich look you’d expect from classic oak kitchen stools, but with folding capability for easy storage. Now it’s easy to accommodate visitors to your breakfast counter, bar or spread around a room or patio for extra casual seating.
5. Kitchen island stool
Depending on your kitchen island design you can choose low wooden bar stools especially if the island is cart style. If you have a stainless steel or marble top island you may prefer some modern kitchen stools in chrome or black leathers. If your kitchen is small and you have a drop leaf kitchen island that doubles as work table you may want to maximize your work space with a set of backless kitchen stools.
6. Wrought iron stools
Choose from swivel barstools to stationary seating. Tricia makes some great models in a choice of 18, 26 or 30 inch seat heights, and lots of upholstery choices in wild retro fun colors or classic stylish tones.
7. Country kitchen stools
For country with a twist of Mediterranean French country, try a Hills of Provence counter stool, hand-carved and finished in antique white.
8. Contemporary counter stools
One suggestion is the Silvi Bar Stool, a funky minimalist design made of polypropylene – light but strong, durable enough for commercial and outdoor use, and stackable for easy storage.
9. Italian kitchen stools
An Odette Bar Stool might be the touch of modern Italy you’re after. It’s a blend of elegance and ultra modern with a chrome frame, pyramid-like base and a seat made from one curved piece of wood, finished in a zebra pattern.
10. Gas Lift and Adjustable kitchen stools
Pod Bar Stools with chrome base, steel frame, molded curves and shiny construction, could be in a modern art gallery or in your kitchen. They come in vibrant red, yellow, blue or crisp black and white.
11. Kitchen Boston Bar Stool
If they’re made for commercial use, odds are they’ll survive the kids. They have a heavy base but a sleek ‘S’ shaped 360 degree swivel seat, low-set backrest and gas-lift.
