Making over your basement into a bar area is a great way to add a fun room into your house. Of course, you want to be sure to have a great bar with the appropriate lighting and accessories but one vital item that you must select carefully are the bar stools.
Bar stools come in many shapes, sizes, colors and decorating styles. Whether your bar is a tropical paradise, a fun and funky retro style or a formal and elegant version of the wine bar downtown, you are sure to find a stool that matches your décor.
But just finding a stool that looks good isn't enough. You need to buy bar stools that are comfortable to sit in and are also the right height for your bar. In addition, you need to know how many stools to get for that perfect fit around the bar, otherwise you might find that it is simply too crowded and not as much fun as you thought!
If you want to have the most comfortable placement of your bar stools you must think of the bar o r pub table you will be pairing them with. Before you buy your set of bar stools, you need to measure the height of the bar that you will be putting them under. Be sure to pick stools that will allow for ten to thirteen inches between the top of their seat and the bottom of the bar or pub tables in your basement bar.
If your choice stools have arms, be sure that you can still push the stool under the bar. Bar stools can generally be purchased with seat heights of between 17 and 31 inches however you may not be able to purchase the specific piece of furniture you want in the size necessary. You may have to make a compromise and take home something in a similar style. It's more important to get a stool that fits great and maybe isn't the want you wanted most since the fit is vital to the overall comfort of the chair and comfort is key in your basement bar.
While you are shopping for bar stools, remember to have in mind the amount of stools you would like. The most comfortable placement for bar stools is twenty five - thirty inches from the center of one seat to the next seat. Take a measurement of the span of your bar and divide by 28 inches and you've got about how many stools need!
Your basement bar is supposed to be a fun place to hang out so, remember when buying bar stools that they should not only be decorative, but functional too. Getting a good look is important, but getting a great fit is vital!
By: Lee Dobbins -