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Title: bar stools
Post by: BigThumbToe on January 26, 2011, 09:26:14 pm: Hey all, just wondering where you got your bar stools, chairs, etc. How much did you pay for them and would you recommend them.. I'm getting tired of standing for long gaming sessions and steel chairs are to low and not very comfortable. Resting your chin on the panel, not so much
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: scream1973 on January 26, 2011, 10:29:24 pm: I got our bar stools which we use at the bar at wallmart.
$30.00
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: Paul Olson on January 27, 2011, 12:23:18 am: Go look at your local restaurant supply store. I got mine for $50 each, and they are the same ones that a lot of bars use. They are very well built.
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: D_Harris on January 27, 2011, 03:05:11 am: I got mine via Craigslist. The center posts of each stool is a giant bottle of Budweiser. ;D

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: bleargh on January 27, 2011, 03:26:04 am: I picked up a pair of these a year or two ago at Costco; think I paid ~$75 a piece for them.

Swivel seat, pneumatic height adjustment, backrest, and a wide base (so the kids don't fall over when they climb up onto them).

Love them.

Doing a quick Google now, though, the only place I seem to be able to find them is a classifieds site back in Cornwall, Ontario. Too bad; they're great seats.

(http://www.simcentredeliquidation.com/images/outillage/seatcrewline.JPG)
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: DirtyDachshunds on January 27, 2011, 07:49:06 am: I'm in the market for a couple stools as well. I found decently priced stools at Value City Furniture, but didn't love any of them.
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Post by: JohnEDollar on January 27, 2011, 10:58:27 am: Try Big Lots!

I got bar stools there for $30.00 a piece. Good selection! :applaud:

- John
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: BigThumbToe on January 27, 2011, 11:15:56 am: Thanks for all the input. I have a Big Lots rights around the corner from me and I think my parents have a cosco card. Might be time to make a visit :) The last stool I bought was from walmart, pretty comfortable and had a back rest but it literally fell apart on me.
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: DirtyDachshunds on January 27, 2011, 11:21:14 am: I really like these.

http://www.amazon.com/Leather-Swivel-Backrest-Cherry-Finish/dp/B000AYQLTA/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1296145244&sr=8-20 (http://www.amazon.com/Leather-Swivel-Backrest-Cherry-Finish/dp/B000AYQLTA/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1296145244&sr=8-20)

But don't want to pay $160 for a set
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: garnerb350 on January 27, 2011, 01:01:49 pm: Hey BigThumb...Go to Big Lots...I got mine there...classic metal vinyl seat..360 svivel ...I paid 30 and i love it...thinking bout getting another...
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: ids on January 27, 2011, 05:03:16 pm: I'm going to head on over to BYOBS, see how others have built their own bar stools ;D

truthfully, the idea has been on the back-burner for a while. Doesn't look too hard (famous last words). Some legs, a swivel (http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?cat=3,44013&p=40585 (http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?cat=3,44013&p=40585)), etc.

Anyone here ever build a bar stool?
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Post by: Donkbaca on January 27, 2011, 06:42:27 pm: doesn't seem hard, but seems more expensive then 30 bucks a piece...
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: BigThumbToe on January 27, 2011, 09:13:17 pm: So I stopped by Big Lots on the way home and they had these real nice stools but it came with a table set :( there's no way to buy them seperatly either. My search continues
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on January 27, 2011, 09:34:31 pm: Quote from: pinballjim on January 27, 2011, 11:36:49 am
Someone alert QBert24/7 to this thread....

Touche. :oldman
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: secret80sman on January 28, 2011, 11:51:06 am: Bed Bath and Beyond has some decent ones for $50, use their 20% off coupon and the price gets even better. They rotate too so fun for the kids. :cheers:
Title: Re: bar stools
Post by: BigThumbToe on January 28, 2011, 06:12:08 pm: Big lots had a checker pattern one like that flame chair for 30. Was temped to get it but it wasn't all that comfortable..