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Five of the best Kitchen Stools

There are certain pieces of furniture that are essential to the functioning of any house - I have written before about the power of the Persian rug, the lure of antique furniture and the flexibility of the console table, but there is another that is so useful in any home and given that the WFH
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10 Best Barstools

muuto nerd barstools
Time for our regular 10 best series and this time we're looking at the 10 best barstools. As ever I have tried to include a range of styles, colours and prices that will go in every home. I am asked a lot about bar stools and when you stick it into google you can see
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Floral Stool

While I am no fan of the "keep it for best" school of thought, I do like the idea of being able to change things around from time to time. Now you can't really do that with big pieces of furniture which is why most of us tend to stick to cushions and rugs to
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Vintage Wooden Stool

vintage wooden stools using old chapati boards as seats from discover attic  Every room should have some old wood in it. Whether it's just the floorboards or a few vintage chopping boards, wood brings warmth and character to a space. It's particularly important in a kitchen where there are often lots of cold surfaces and
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Leather Bar Stool

One of the questions I am asked almost more than any other is where to find bar stools. Everyone who is redoing their kitchen wants an island and everyone wants a stool to put at it. And so many of the bar stools out there are just horrible. For years we had two old Singer
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Painted Stools

I may have mentioned it once or twice before but I do like the idea of doing something unexpected in a room. I firmly believe that there should always be at least one element that provokes a remark. It's not always easy to pull off but when you can that is the wow factor. And,
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Wooden Footstool with Pink and Grey Cushion

Look at this pretty little stool with her pink cushion and delicate grey dip-dyed feet. It's a collaboration between the furniture makers the Galvin Brothers and Tori Murphy who makes beautiful cushions and throws. Both of them make everything in the UK so it's a truly British collaboration. This is her Hamilton design and it's
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Copper and Enamelled Steel Stools

Following on from yesterday's wooden stool with the brass accents, I wanted to show you these today as copper is still very much an ongoing trend. Called Last Stool, it takes its name from the mandrel used by shoemakers to flatten a piece of leather into the shape of a foot and describes something that
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Wood and Brass Stool

brass lights by workstead and stool by another country There were so many wonderful things to see at Clerkenwell that I can't possibly talk about them all, but in addition to the candy coloured salvaged lights I wrote about the other day, another of my highlights was the stand at Another Country. They make my
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Tractor Seat Stools

tractor seat stools from fade interiors
tractor seat stools from fade interiors Look! Just look at these. Height-adjustable stools made with old tractor seats. I have been looking for something like this for ages. Ever since the vintage Singer sewing machine stool snapped in half (I'm blaming the eldest child for swinging on it) we have been hunting for a suitable
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Gold and Copper Industrial Stools

metallic industrial style bar stools An industrial stool spray painted in copper or gold metallic paint. What could be lovelier? It comes in two heights as well so you can use at a kitchen island or at the table as extra seating. copper, gold or iron bar stool comes in two heightsThere are three colours,
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Objects of Design #363: Storage Stool Magazine

use old magazines to make a stool like this one from hockenheimer
use old magazines to make a stool like this one from njsutdio.com Now I don't know about you, but my house is being taken over by magazines. And not even gradually. There is a pile of half-artfully half out of control on the coffee table. There is a (growing) stack under the coffee table. By
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Objects of Design #357: Mirrored Trunk Stool

mirror trunk stool by malafor from e-side
mirror trunk stool by malafor from e-side Forget what I said yesterday about spraying that industrial pipe coat hook, because about five minutes later I found these stools. Now I know I was saying that our halls tend to be tight spaces but you if you can fit that coat rack you can fit this
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Objects of Design #330: Coloured Metal Chairs and Stools

coloured metal chairs from ideahomeco
coloured metal chairs from idea home co I've never been one for things being all matchy matchy so when I saw these multi-coloured chairs I was immediately taken. Grant, I'm not usually one for masses of bright colours either, but hell, even I'm a bit fed up with January at the moment. And, as much
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Objects of Design #303: Concrete Stool

concrete stool with fly motif from hollys house
concrete stool with fly motif from hollys house Regular readers will know that I do love a stool. And I do love an object for the house with a bit of wit. Life's too short to take the decor too seriously and things that raise a smile or a laugh are always welcome in my
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Objects of Design #287: Milk Stools by Ellen Thomas

milk stools series 2 by Ellen Thomas Milk Stools 2 is a collection of three stools inspired by the humble milking stool and embellished in a beautiful way. I particularly like the addition of one brass leg. one leg is coated in brass detail But, in addition to that, underneath each seat, Thomas has inlaid
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Objects of Design #210: Embrace Storage Unit, Table and Stool

mult-tasking furniture Yesterday I spoke about multi-tasking furniture (yes I did, did you read to the end?) and while I know that many of you are reluctant to spend lots of money on items that your children will grow out of in ten minutes, there are pieces out there that will really go the distance.
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Objects of Design #196: Any-Mal Stool

decorate it anyway you like A clever idea from the Netherland for today's Object of Design. This stool, or you can buy a table, comes with a chalkboard at one end so your child can decorate it anyway they like. Yes, furniture that is supposed to be drawn on. is it a duck? or a
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Objects of Design #155: Lombok Stool

brass decorative stool from lombok When it comes to bathrooms, there is one piece of furniture I always want in there (apart from the obvious) and that's a stool. Perfect for resting a glass of wine or cup of coffee when you're lounging in the bath. wooden shanxi stool from lombok Great for draping a
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Objects of Design #17: Industrial Twist Stool

industrial twist stool from Cox and Cox Ever since my beloved Singer sewing machine stool collapsed with metal fatigue (or the 11-year-old's persistent swinging) we have been hunting for a replacement. I haven't given up hope that a foundry might be able to do a repair job, but even then we have decided that two
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