So you're answering your own question? Help how? Change your wish list or change the stools. Pay up or put up: ) or.

I have never understood the need for swivel., but. to combine it with rattan will up your price, Or change the material, or the need for backs.

The little cherubs will drop crumbs and put their sticky fingers on the arm rests or chair sides.🙂 A hand vac helps if it’s not a scrubbable surface, but that’s a pain to whip out on a daily basis. I would go with kid-friendly and inexpensive. Just one more battle you won’t need to fight.

I agree with Shady Willow--either plain wood or leather on the stools will be the easiest to clean with little ones. Not only do they drop crumbs and put sticky fingers on the stools, they also have a habit of picking at rattan or cane. Ask me how I know!

I LOVE that I went totally upholstered and would not live with out my swivel and no arms to constrict getting in and out. It's really about how you will use your stools. I spend a lot of my time perched here between my kitchen and living room with patio doors in sight open from the dining room to our back yard, working on my lap top. The swivel saves my neck and back when I want to see the TV/bird feeders etc. Be smart go with COMFORT first!!

To help determine the best height...

What will the height from floor to under the counters on island be?

What will be the overhang be?

If possible, I suggest buying 1 sample chair to try & make sure you like the quality & comfort at your island. Then buy the rest in confidence.

I know some people who bought chairs for their kitchen overhang areas & ended up not liking them. It cost them a lot of inconvenience returning a set versus 1 chair. Some weren't able to return & sold them at a lost online or yard sale.

Here's a tip, try to get a lighter chair & get chair leg protectors or velvet to protect your floors for the constant pulling in & out of chairs. I personally prefer no to low arms to easily sit down to eat everyday at an overhang area.

If you have kids IMO a stool on a pedestal with adjustable height and swiel . Kids dragginf stools across the floor is never ideal. BTW why wood at all so many really cool leather or vinyl colorful stools I use stools for a pop of color often .I also like a lower back with not arms on a swivel.

Have you looked into indoor/outdoor stools? You can have the look your want, swivel, but not have to worry about spills. These are from Serena and Lily ($$$$), but there are different brands out there.

i like rattan/swivel. but while kids are the issue purchase some less expensive: Ikea /Pier One/ World market/ on line retail/ etc.....cheaper nice stools shown ..... then note better investment styles for long term [last pics] something like stools you can be flexible over time w various issues and unknown if you want swivel/arms/etc.

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Basic leather saddle stools will be the most practical and durable with kids. I still have some that are 12 years old from Pottery Barn. In my new kitchen I only designed a spot for 2 counter stools, so I ordered some fancy upholstered ones that should arrive in October.

How old are your kids? When mine were ages 0-10, we had these stools from C&B, and they were awesome. Super sturdy, the backs are a nice height, and kids spent hours in them. They blended into the design rather than being a focal point. I could clean with a Magic Eraser. But eventually the leather started to wear off. We now have these wooden ones from Ballard. My plan was to recover the seats, but then we started our remodel and now I need backless stools. I actually ordered some from Williams-Sonoma that looked like yours in the top left, but the wait time kept getting extended and extended so I cancelled. The Ballard ones were in stock and arrived in a week!

I think with little kids and swivel stools, you will constantly hear "swivel" sounds and have feet banging your island as they swing around. That is why I didn't do it but you may have more tolerance for noises than I do. :) I love, love, love rattan but think of all the stuff that could get crammed into the weave! However, maybe the outdoor version would work since you could scrub them.

Or would something like this work? Light wood/sorta beachy look but you could recover the seat in something wipeable.