Sidewalk & Sky Outdoor Restaurant Furniture / Topic collection
High seats outside have to survive wind, sun and the nightly stack. These guides cover outdoor bar stools and counter stools, with or without backs, woven or stackable, and how to match each one to the height of your rail or high-top.
Measure the rail before you shop. A bar rail near 40 to 42 inches takes stools around 29 to 31; a counter ledge near 34 to 36 takes stools of 24 to 26. Center to center, stools want 24 to 30 inches between them, and on a windy roof take the wider gap and a stool with some weight.
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Bar stools · 6 min
Seven o'clock on the rail. The sun drops behind the tower across the street, the second round arrives, and the guests on backless stools start shifting their weight.
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Bar stools · 5 min
A rail with a view sells itself. Put a row of stools along a rooftop edge or a street-facing ledge and people will sit there before they sit anywhere else.
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Bar stools · 5 min
The ledge is 36 inches. The stool seat is 30. That leaves six inches for a pair of knees, and nobody sits there twice.
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Bar stools · 5 min
Last call at eleven. The rail empties by half past. Then sixteen bar stools have to leave the sidewalk, and the crew wants to go home.
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Bar stools · 5 min
Golden hour hits the courtyard and the woven stools glow. Brown, cream, a little red. Guests walk past metal and sit on the weave. Wicker bar stools win the look.
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Save finished configurations by space, then copy a plan when another sidewalk, roof or courtyard opens.