Jason wants to know: Besides Design Within Reach, where is a good place to shop in SF for contemporary bar stools?(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first.
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Please share your suggestions with Jason in the comments...thanks!
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Comments (8)
designpublic.com has a great selection http://www.designpublic.com/shop/seating/stools
I have that Emeco bar stool on the left in my kitchen, and it is very uncomfortable. All style and no comfy.
Room & Board on 7th has a decent selection. www.roomandboard.com
designpublic does have great selection of stools online, but they don't have a showroom to test them for comfort, do they? There are so many items on their site that I would buy if only I could see them in person (and had won the lottery)...
on a kind of related note, does anyone know of a physical store in SF that sells fatboy cushions?
I will add cb2 to the list of stores for contemporary stools. They have a bent plywood one that's nice.
Right down the street from LIMN is a stool and chair shop. I don't know how design-y they get beyond being the wooden version of a hubcap store that it appears to be from the front, but it's worth a check. It's by the motorcycle shop and that restaurant with the patio (that may even have the word "patio" in its name), between 4th & 5th on Townsend (I think).
zinc details...california at fillmore
http://www.homedecorators.com/search.php?search=stools&x=0&y=0
aluminum stools here, i purchased the melanie swivel counter stool and was very happy with the service and quality somewhat like a emeco only less expensive
Try Passion Decor in SoMa. Their prices are rather reasonable, and you can probably bargain some more and walk out with cute barstools.