Bar stool height

The bar stool con­sists of a seat, legs and footrest, it can have a back and arm­rests. The height of the bar stool can be fixed or adjustable, met­al con­struc­tion stools can be swiv­el or fold­ing. Prod­ucts are made of wood, met­al, plas­tic and uphol­stered. The choice of mod­el depends on the fre­quen­cy of use, style and size of the room.

Bar stools have GOST standards

The height of the bar counter is deter­mined by the char­ac­ter­is­tics of the human anato­my. The posi­tion in which he sits, the aver­age height of both the sit­ting and stand­ing bar­tender is tak­en into account.

With these fac­tors in mind, a stan­dard bar stool height has evolved over the years:

1. For the bar­tender on the work­ing side, a height of 90 cm is used. At this height, it is most con­ve­nient for him to work.
2. For the client side, the height varies between 115–135 cm.

GOST defines the ratio of the size of chairs and racks. So, for a sur­face with a height of 110 cm, a 75 cm chair is anatom­i­cal­ly suit­able, and for a stand 130 cm from the floor — 85 cm.

Stan­dard dimen­sions apply to fixed height mod­els equipped with a rigid met­al or wood frame. Most often, these are prod­ucts with 4 legs with a cross­bar at some dis­tance from the floor for ease of use.

Correct bar stool sizes

Increas­ing­ly, bar tables and stools began to appear in the homes of mid­dle-class peo­ple. This has led to a demand for these pieces of fur­ni­ture. Design­ers devel­op mod­els that could sat­is­fy even the most picky buy­er.

For pri­vate use, the sizes of bar stools, their appear­ance and even the pos­si­bil­i­ty of sav­ing space dur­ing use are indi­vid­u­al­ly select­ed.

Height adjustable

The stan­dard height of the prod­uct is not always suit­able for some peo­ple whose height is rad­i­cal­ly dif­fer­ent from the aver­age. In this case, an excel­lent option is to equip the mod­el with a lift­ing mech­a­nism. Such prod­ucts con­sist of a met­al leg, a plas­tic or wood­en seat, and may have soft uphol­stery. The only draw­back of stools may be insta­bil­i­ty, because they have one leg.

The most reli­able for a bar stool is a gas lift swiv­el-lift mech­a­nism. Its func­tion is to com­press the built-in spring under the influ­ence of the valve, the direct pres­sure on which is exert­ed by the gas.

When the adjust­ment but­ton is pressed, the valve releas­es gas. In addi­tion to its direct func­tion, the mech­a­nism plays the role of a shock absorber. Despite its reli­a­bil­i­ty, the gas lift has a num­ber of lim­i­ta­tions in use, such as the weight of a seat­ed per­son. It does not tol­er­ate low enough tem­per­a­tures.

The aver­age oper­at­ing life of a gas lift is 1 year, sub­ject to con­stant wear, after which there is a risk of fail­ure of the mech­a­nism. Even if the stool looks strong enough, it is bet­ter not to change the height while sit­ting on it.

With a backrest of different heights

If the height of the bar stools is select­ed accord­ing to the stan­dards, then the dimen­sions of the back­rest depend on indi­vid­ual pref­er­ences.

If reg­u­lar and long-term use is expect­ed, it is nec­es­sary to ensure the great­est com­fort, in which it is pos­si­ble to lean on and relieve ten­sion from the back.

When choos­ing a com­fort­able back­rest, you must rely only on sen­sa­tions. No need to be shy, you should sit down on the stool you like, close your eyes and ana­lyze your con­di­tion.

Folding models

There are mod­els that will help save space — fold­ing. When fold­ed, they can be hid­den in fair­ly nar­row nich­es, on the mez­za­nine and bal­cony, in the pantry and even in a clos­et, and if nec­es­sary, get it.

Fold­ing is car­ried out thanks to riv­ets between two adja­cent legs and a seat that is not fixed on one side. Even a child will answer the ques­tion of how to assem­ble a bar stool. We set the legs to an acces­si­ble width, fix the posi­tion of the seat in spe­cial grooves. We strength­en the prod­uct with a cross­bar between the legs.

What material to choose

The wide range of mate­ri­als from which bar stools are made is amaz­ing.

Wood is the most attrac­tive and envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly mate­r­i­al. Chairs made of wood can be both sta­tion­ary and fold­ing.

Mod­els with a met­al frame are high­ly durable, can be chrome-plat­ed, paint­ed in var­i­ous col­ors, have 1, 3 or 4 legs. Most often, they use soft seats and backs, but there are also more bud­get options with ply­wood and plas­tic inserts. Forged pieces of fur­ni­ture look beau­ti­ful in the inte­ri­or.

Increas­ing­ly, chairs with wick­er ele­ments made of rat­tan, wick­er or cane are used. The weav­ing tech­nique pro­vides high per­for­mance, but it is bet­ter to keep such stools away from high humid­i­ty.

Plas­tic stools are the most afford­able in terms of price, while not infe­ri­or in qual­i­ty to their wood­en coun­ter­parts. At the same time, the range of col­ors is unlim­it­ed. Plas­tic is a fair­ly strong mate­r­i­al, but may be prone to fad­ing under direct sun­light.

If the choice fell on com­fort­able mod­els with soft uphol­stery, it is bet­ter for the kitchen to give pref­er­ence to nat­ur­al or arti­fi­cial leather. Plain fab­rics get dirty quick­ly.

How to choose chairs for the style of the interior

Since the bar counter func­tions as a bor­der between two zones — din­ing and work­ing, you should choose mod­els of chairs that fit the over­all style of the inte­ri­or and do not stand out against the dom­i­nant back­ground.

For a bar counter in a clas­sic kitchen, it would be most appro­pri­ate to pur­chase wood­en mod­els of any con­fig­u­ra­tion.

The ultra-mod­ern design of the room implies bright, shiny inte­ri­or ele­ments, so high-tech and art deco styles are per­fect­ly empha­sized by plas­tic chairs and chrome legs. Depend­ing on the over­all con­cept, they can play the role of a col­or accent or not stand out at all.

If the kitchen is equipped with an island, it will not work to sup­ple­ment it with high stools. In this case, it is bet­ter to pur­chase semi-bar chairs for the kitchen, the height of which is 60–70 cm. Mod­els of such pieces of fur­ni­ture can match any style. The mar­ket offers trendy chairs made of met­al and plas­tic or exquis­ite wood with leather uphol­stery.