How to Match Bar Stools with Your Kitchen Cabinets and Worktops

Bar stools sit right where cabinets meet worktops, so they are often the piece that ties a kitchen together. The simplest approach is to take one element from your cabinets and one from your worktop, then repeat them in the stools. Cabinet colour usually guides the seat or upholstery, while the worktop and hardware guide the frame. In this guide we explain how to coordinate stools with white, grey, navy, green, black and wooden cabinets, and with quartz, marble, granite, wood, concrete and laminate worktops. We look at how brushed brass, matt black, chrome and bronze frames can echo handles and taps, and compare tonal and contrasting schemes. Advice on connecting stools to the wider open plan room, choosing a wood tone that differs from the floor and testing samples in natural light helps you choose stools that feel considered, practical and right for your own kitchen for many years to come....