Upholstered bar stools

A bar stool is sat on for an evening and chosen in inches. 106 upholstered stools are listed here, mostly on metal frames, with vinyl on nearly every seat, a padded back on almost all of them and a swivel on 55. Start with the seat height your bar or table asks for, then pick the back and the cover.

Seat height first

Bar tables stand about 40 to 42 inches and want stools of 29 to 31. A counter rail, at 34 to 36 inches, wants 24 to 26 and belongs with the counter stools. The seat heights listed here sit in the bar range: 31 inches on 15 listings, 30 on 11, and 29 3/4, 30 1/4, 29 1/2 and 31 1/2 on six or seven apiece.

Leave 10 to 12 inches from the cushion to the top. Between 24 and 30 inches, center to center, is the spacing for stools along a rail. A stool 25 3/4 inches wide, as one example is, cannot sit at the tightest spacing of 24.

Seat, back and turn

Bucket seats lead with 66 listings, upholstered backs follow with 38, and 102 of the 106 have a padded back. Swivel is on 55 and arms on 10. Frames are metal on 84 listings, metal with a wood look on 12, wood on seven and steel on two.

Vinyl covers the seat on 105 of them and fabric on nine. A swivel lets a guest turn from the rail to the room, and a fixed stool holds a straight line along the bar. Overall height decides the sight line: one example stands 41 3/4 inches overall, another 47 1/4. Compare the metal bar stool with the bar stool at the other end of that range.

Covers, swatches and the room

Eighty-five listings offer upholstery options. Request swatches before the color is written into the order, and ask for a fresh one when stools join a rail that already exists. Two colors of one stool are two lines. Prices range from $98 to $316.

Indoor is the only use listed in this category, and no stool here carries a patio listing. Keep them inside, since a patio rail wants stools that are listed for patio use.

For the table that meets them, see bar-height restaurant tables. Within the stool range, swivel bar stools and bucket bar stools narrow the choice further. A rail can be drawn in seating plans.