Choosing the perfect bar stools for your new kitchen

Choosing the perfect stool set for your newly designed kitchen can be a difficult task if you want the stools to match your kitchen perfectly. So today I’m going to go over a few ways to help you choose the perfect stools to complete your new kitchen!

The first thing you’ll want to decide on is the color; it has to match the color of your kitchen in some shape, form. So the easiest and most popular is to match the color of the stools to the cabinet doors or work surface, another option is to choose a complementary color that still fits in with your kitchen color scheme.

The next step is to decide if the bar seats are going to be leather, synthetic leather, or just plastic/wood. If you’re pairing bar seating with a wood theme, you’ll want to look at wood bar stools above anything else. Leather bar stools come in two types of real leather or faux leather, usually faux leather is cheaper, more durable and easier to clean, but it doesn’t have the same feel as real leather bar seats.

Now that you have decided on the color, material of the seat top of your bar stools, it is time to choose a style of stool. Bar stools come in a wide variety of styles, including weighted bases that are much more stable than the more traditional (and cheaper) trumpet bases, the other advantage of weighted bases is that they are more difficult to damage. Trumpet bases will usually dent easily if the stools are not cared for properly.

There are still more factors to consider when buying bar stools such as the height of the seat compared to the height of your counter where the bar stools will sit and whether you want gas lift bar stools or fixed height seats the advantage with gas lift seats is that you can almost completely get away from the problem of seat height.

With any luck, you know you have a good idea of ​​what to look for when shopping for bar stools and that you can take this newfound knowledge and shop for the perfect stools for your new kitchen.