The stools are a very practical pieces of furniture in any home. With all
types of stools available in the market,
wooden
stools remain the choice of most of the people. Whether it is a home,
kitchen or a restaurant, wooden stools are visible everywhere. If you too
want to buy a wooden stool, check out the various stool designs of present
day. As has been rightly said- Informed choice is always a better choice.
Wooden Stool Designs
Wooden stools generally come in two types-
basic and practical stools; and elaborately designed stools. The most basic
bar stools have padded seats with no back rests. They can be made from
different
types of wood- varnished or unvarnished
and have 4 legs with two sections of interlocking wooden beams for leg
support. This basic design gives traditional country look to homes, bars and
restaurants. The more elegant and artistic design in stools usually have
back rests and may have arms with detailed work on them.
Mission Stools
The bar stools with mission furniture design are
very ancient designs that are still popular as
wooden bar stools. They have basic
lines and traditional looks with straight angles, level seats, and back
rests having multiple vertical groves. However, they do not have arms. Oak
and cherry woods are generally used for making mission stools but they are
not difficult to find in other types of wood too.
Shinto Stools
These stools have Japanese design with heavy wooden
legs that diminish to wide ends where they meet both the seat and the floor.
The seats also extend out to wider ends and over lap the legs. The simple
yet elegant design of Shinto stools make these bar stools apt for a wide
variety of interiors. They are widely popular as comfortable
counter stools.
Queen Anne Stools
Queen
Anne Padded Stool The more fashionable stools, the Queen Anne Stools have
complex designed legs that gradually broaden at the base. These wooden
stools may or may not have arms and back rests. If they are present, they
have a lot of complex detailing. They will go well with country style as
well as modern home decor but if using with contemporary furniture with
straight angular lines, they might look a bit out of place.
Metropolitan Stools
The Metropolitan wooden bar stools focus on
arms and backrests. Both of these parts have an extravagant stylish pattern,
often in two shades of color- light and dark. Most of the modern
metropolitan stools also have a round (sometime square) rings of wood
attached with all the four legs, a little above from where they end. This
gives the stools their unique look which matches all styles of home decor.
Swivel Stools
Metropolitan
Swivel bar Stool These are the rolling stools- a
chair that swivels on its base. They can
be made with any height so that they could be used as
kitchen stools as well as for
other purpose like office stools. However, the designs differ for each
purpose. If it is designed as kitchen counter stools, apart from making them
high (sometimes the height is adjustable too), they are made with backrest.
However, for office use, it is simply padded without arms or backs.
Step Stools
Wooden Step Stools are generally
meant to be kids stool- a stool that steps them up for being more
independent. They can reach the kitchen counters or bathroom sink. These
step stools come in different types of step ups- single stepped step stools;
two stepped step stools; step stools with storage; themed step stools;
personalized step stools etc. The higher stools meant for reaching kitchen
counters etc. sometimes have a railing on all sides to keep the children
from accidentally tumbling backwards off the stool.
