Get A Fashionable Set of Bar Stools
It is amazing how some products catch people’s imagination, and then several manufacturers are jumping the bandwagon and making copies, or near copies. The bar stool is a good example. These are popular in bars, of course, but are now also found in many homes of the well-off people.
There are many types of bar stool, but these days, gas lift bar stools are very popular These bar stools have a lever on the side which controls a gas cylinder inside. You take your weight off the stool for it to rise to the height you want, and just pull the lever to lower it. But don’t do that too fast, or with all your weight on the stool, or it may go down very quickly. It depends on the make. Generally, if you buy a good quality Italian bar stool, such as the Effezeta Snella bar stool, and the stool that started it all, which is the Bombo stool made by Magis.
The first of these stools to become famous were the Bombo bar stools which started the fashion for bar stools. They were produced by Magis, a maker of Italian kitchen furniture, and the design had a circular base, which matched the circular cushion. The stem tapered from the narrow bottom end up to the circular base for the cushion. On the stem is a ring coming forward, which serves as a footrest. This is a good example of simple but elegant design. Now, firms like Bontempi Casa, Calligaris, Effezeta and Magis, of course, make bar stools similar to the original Bombo.
It is not only bar stools that are popular furniture products from Italy. These large furniture companies make a whole range of products for each room in the house, and for bars, restaurant and hotel lounges.
