Light Solid Oak Bar Stool 03

The frame is 100% solid oak throughout. No MDF, no chipboard in sight. Cut a leg in half and it is oak all the way through.

It is joined using traditional woodworking joints rather than screws and cam locks, which is what keeps a seat rigid after years of being dragged in and out. The oak is then sprayed with a clear lacquer that seals the grain and protects it from marks and moisture, while leaving the timber looking and feeling like timber.

Oak is a living material, so colour and grain vary from piece to piece. That variation is the point, and it is why no two are identical.

The seat sits 675mm from the floor.

That is counter height. Most UK kitchen worktops and breakfast bars are around 900mm high, which leaves roughly 225mm between the seat and the underside of the worktop, about right for sitting comfortably with your legs underneath.

If your worktop is a true bar height rather than a standard worktop, measure it first. As a rule of thumb you want 250mm to 300mm between seat and worktop.

This is a counter-height stool, made for standard kitchen worktops and breakfast bars rather than a tall bar.

Measure from the floor to the top of your worktop. If that is around 900mm, this will fit comfortably. Aim for 250mm to 300mm between the seat and the underside of the worktop so there is room for your legs.

Five fabrics, across three families. Oatmeal linen for a soft, natural look. Green and chocolate velvet for depth and colour. Tan and light vegan leather for something harder wearing and easier to wipe.

The upholstered fabrics are all treated for spill resistance, and every fabric is available on every oak finish, so you can pair a pale frame with a dark seat or keep the whole thing tonal.

If you are torn, order the free sample pack. It is easier to judge a fabric against your own floor and walls than on a screen.

The seat pad is treated so that everyday spills bead on the surface instead of soaking straight in. Blot it quickly with a clean cloth and most things, including red wine and coffee, lift without a mark.

Blot rather than rub. Rubbing works a spill into the weave and spreads it. For anything greasy, a little warm water and a mild detergent on a damp cloth is enough. Avoid solvent cleaners and bleach.

It is a treatment, not a force field. It buys you time to deal with a spill, which with a dining chair is usually all you need.

Three oak finishes, all on the same solid oak: natural, light and dark.

Natural keeps the timber close to its raw colour, warm and pale. It is the most forgiving of the three in a room whose light changes through the day, and the easiest to match to an existing floor.

Light is the palest and coolest, and it lifts a room that does not get much direct sun. It suits paler floors and a more contemporary scheme.

Dark is a deeper brown that brings the grain out most strongly. It holds its own against darker floors and heavier furniture.

Screens lie about wood colour, and oak keeps moving for a few months after it arrives as it settles into your light. If you are matching something you already own, order the free sample pack and hold the real thing against it.

Teflon glides are nailed into the underside of every leg as standard. They are fitted before the piece leaves the factory, so there is nothing to stick on and nothing to remember.

They let the piece slide rather than scrape, which matters more on a seat than on a table. A dining chair gets pushed in and pulled out several times a day, and bare timber on a hard floor is what leaves the marks.

They work on wood, tile, vinyl and laminate. On a soft floor such as vinyl it is still worth lifting rather than dragging when you move furniture any distance.

Every piece we sell carries a ten year structural guarantee. If a frame or a joint fails in normal domestic use within ten years, we will put it right.

It covers the structure rather than wear. Fabric marks, dents and the way oak changes colour in daylight are all normal use, not faults. There is a 30 day no-quibble returns window on top, and we collect free of charge.