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.
