I love those stools and think they'd look great. Butttttt... I prioritize ease of maintenance these days, and all I can think of is that those seats would be difficult to keep clean. But your family members may be neater than mine!

Maintenance and comfort - I’d want saddle stools with some padding unless they’re just for looks and you don’t plan to sit on them.

I think saddle stools are a good choice. We have them with wood seats and they are comfortable enough for a quick. I love the look of the woven seat but also immediately thought about keeping them clean, especially at a vacation home. Your kitchen looks great!

I have saddle seats, but cloth … I wish I’d gotten leather. Mine are similar to these:

I love that woven look, but do think solid leather might hold up better.

Yes! Good choice. I like the grey ones!

Either brown or grey.

At our vacation place I had custom cushions made for our bar stools. I picked a Schumacher fabric for the windows and a corresponding small print fabric for the seat cushions. My upholster covered the fabric with vinyl which made them easy to keep clean and wipe up spills. The cushions also had vinyl coated ties so they they stayed in place.

I like the brown and woven seat esp with the table. I get the cleaning issue - the look is really nice but maybe you'd like something with no worries?

How about something similar with a solid wood seat?

Go with a solid wood seat or cloth covered.

The style you picked are not very comfy to sit on with shorts or a bathing suit.

Haha - it's true - those woven seats will leave some awkward prints on the backs of one's thighs 😄

OK, I hear you all. Scrapping the leather back chairs. What do you think of these? I am actually at my cottage and realized we could easily put three roundstools comfortably at the counter. These would work very well, and require no assembly. Just wondering about the color. It comes in a lot of colors. I’m posting the tan one to show the stool clearly, but i wont go with that color, These are the three colors I’m considering

thanks again!

I like those a lot, I think in the medium oak. Even better if the tops swivel!

We had stools similar to those round ones with a scoop out for one's rear and were very comfortable. They did swivel and were very comfortable-enough so that my daughter purchased identical ones. I found them in a little furniture shop in Blue Ball, PA, owned and made by the Amish. It's probably no longer there. Forgive my digression; I think they would work well for your cottage.

Nice. I'd say the hickory or the oak....

Jojo, you don't need a larger overhang. Mine is only 8" and it's perfect.

We use these retro metal swivel stools and have had them for 11 years now and because of the steel frame the foot rest doesn't get scratched. Or badly scratched. :) If people are going to sit on the saddle stool quite a bit, I'd rethink wood. And the weight of the person.

I use a painted saddle stool as part of my decor in the LR.

Yes. When are we going to do something?