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I am in Kitchen counterstool Hell! Help!

18 years ago

I have really hit a roadblock and need everyone's help, please! I need 2 24" high counter stools for my peninsula. I think I've looked at over one thousand stools and I'm not loving anything I see! I know I have overthought this whole thing way too much. I am looking at either matching my hardware and lighting finish which is weathered pewter or matching my dining table and chairs/livingroom cherry furniture. Which do you think would look nice in my home? Any and all suggestions are appreciated!

Barb

Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen Pics

Comments (13)

  • 18 years ago

    I'd just go with a simple, country style painted white.

    Look, you've already done all the hard stuff, choosing cabs, stone etc. It's time to relax and enjoy. If you end up hating what you've choosen, it's the easiest possible thing to fix.

  • 18 years ago

    Oruboris: Thanks so much for the advice. My brain knows that whatever I put there will be fine, but I guess my emotions are getting the best of me now that I'm almost done!
    Barb

  • 18 years ago

    I love your kitchen! I would def. do a white french country style stool. i like the way you have mixed the dark woods with the white! Where did you get your cabinet pulls? I LOVE them!

  • 18 years ago

    I would personally do french country chairs (with backs would work well, or stools if you prefer) in a darker colour, not white. I think you should have a contrast there and have a gradual introduction into the warmer colours in your eating area.

  • 18 years ago

    I love your kitchen, have something very simular myself in size and style. I think you already have enough white and need to mix it up a bit, why not buy unfinished stools and paint them the same green as you have in your table cloth or yellow for some contrast? If you don't like painted furniture, go with a wood finish. Either way you need something to offer contrast to the white and neutrals. It will help make it POP!

  • 18 years ago

    I think white would look nice, as long as it's not all white. If the seat is seagrass or woven jute it would add a nice textural interest. Cherry that coordinates with your table would look good too and stand out from the white. I also think a white stool with a fabric slipcolor would look sharp. Have you checked out the stool selection at Pottery Barn?

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks for everyone's help!
    Amanda: Thanks for the compliments on my cabinet pulls. I got them online for $2.49 each! Heard about them on this forum. I "think" they came from "my home hardware" or something like that.
    I hadn't even thought about white stools. I keep going back and forth trying to match the dark cherry furniture or going totally opposite and getting metal stools with a pewter finish. If I got stools to match the cherry wood, do I have to match my dining chairs? I want stools with a back that swivel with no arms. I can find stools that match my cherry wood, but they're in a totally different style than my ladderback dining chairs. I'm so MUCH a matchy match girl, it's terrible! Below is a link to a stool I saw at JC Penney that I thought would look nice, but not sure if it's too much.
    Barb

    Here is a link that might be useful: What do you think?

  • 18 years ago

    I have seen counter height chairs like the below that are modern in style, but I wonder if any are like an Henri II chair. The exact pic below isn't a suggestion, just the style.

    Or, maybe you could use those chair slipcovers (something like this) to place over relatively plain stools. They could be made out of a co-ordinating print to the table cloth.

    Here is a link that might be useful: {{!gwi}}

  • 18 years ago

    bbtondo, those Adolpho stools are really ornate. I don't think they're a fit. I did choose to match my barstools to my hardware and appliances. They're simple swivel chairs from Crate & Barrel. I think pewter chairs with backs would look great as well as white with a woven, painted or fabric cover seat. I'd pick cherry as my last choice.

    {{!gwi}}

  • 18 years ago

    There are always these as well...Village Swivel Barstool (JCP) [cherry or black--assuming they've fixed the finish problems w/the black ones]

    Both LindyBarts & I have them (LindyBarts' Kitchen (in FKB))

    But I'm not sure either the Adolfo or the Village go with your kitchen...I think you may need simpler lines.

    Have you thought of a black...but then again it might be too dark. I'm not the greatest at visualizing things, sorry! But others may be able to chime in with how they might look. FWIW, the ones I've linked are very comfortable! Everyone seems to want to sit in them b/c they're so comfortable!

    Here is a link that might be useful: Thread: Lindybarts...Are You Around? Q about Village barstools

  • 18 years ago

    Here is a link to a store with a nice selection of stools:
    http://www.onewayfurniture.com/barstools5.html.
    Good Luck!

    Here is a link that might be useful: one way furniture

  • 18 years ago

    Thank you all for your suggestions. I really appreciate them!
    Ruby7: Those stools with the rush seats would really match, but we want swivel with a back. I think that's where my problem is. If I didn't want swivel with a back, JC penney has a ladderback stool with a rush seat that would match. But, I'm not nuts about them.
    Anywho, I think I made a major mistake, because I asked DH what he thought.... He likes the JC Penney one that I think is a little over the top that I posted a link to above. So... I caved and ordered them! This entire kitchen has totally been my choices, I've had complete control (DH wanted stained wood), so being the loving DW, I figured I'd get the ones he likes. I'll show you pics when I get them! If they look really bad, I can always return them to the local Penney's.
    Barb