It’s unfortunate that furniture bar stools aren’t as popular as they used to be. Perhaps it’s because they are often associated with the kind of furnishings you would see in the staid living room or on the veranda of an old person’s home. These associations aren’t necessarily true but it’s hard for me to not make this correlation. I didn’t see it any differently until my mom (a senior citizen, mind you) bought the furniture bar stools for her own living room. I never considered her to be outmoded or unfashionable. Even in her old age, she was always on the cusp of style.
I asked her what made her want to buy this whole set of furniture bar stools. It’s so tacky, I said. She responded with a two-word, “Try it.” I sat in one cushioned bar stool and immediately felt enveloped by its comfortable embrace. “Let go!” I wanted to yell at the stool but before I could, I was asleep.
When I awoke, my mother explained to me in more words why she preferred furniture bar stools over regular bar stools. Furniture bar stools, she argued, are more like sofa chairs than swivel bar stools or commercial bar stools. They are superlatively versatile and cozy and can therefore be brought in their living room or game room as extra seating. If you wish, they can also stay in the kitchen as regular counter bar stools.
Overall, the feeling you get from sitting in furniture bar stools is an overwhelming sense of leisure and ease. When you sit on one, you don’t want to do anything else but be right there.
