Three Reasons To Choose Leather-Topped Barstools

If you have a bar-style eatery in your home, you'll want to shop for a set of barstools that people can use when they sit at the bar. Whether it's a breakfast bar that extends off your kitchen counter or an actual bar area in your basement, the right barstools will provide a place for your family and your guests to sit, relax, and eat or drink for years to come. You'll want to find a retailer that specializes in furniture for the home to browse the available barstool designs. One style that you'll commonly notice is stools that are topped with leather. Here are some reasons that this design is a good choice.

More Comfort

While the contoured top of a wooden barstool can be comfortable to some degree, you'll almost always find that leather-topped stools offer more comfort to those who use them. These stools generally have a thick layer of foam beneath the leather to give the stool a plush, pleasant feeling under your body. If you're envisioning people using the stools extensively — for example, your family might plan to sit on the stools every morning for breakfast — comfort is important.

Matching Look

A lot of people have various leather elements in their homes. Leather couches and chairs are common, for example, while some individuals have decorative leather pillows on their furniture. When you're shopping for barstools, it's a good idea to assess what other leather elements might be in the immediate vicinity. You can then shop for leather-topped stools that will offer a matching look. For example, if you have a leather couch that is the color of dark chocolate and sits near where you'll be placing the stools, barstools that use a similar color of leather will be a good visual match.

Easy To Clean

If you have children, you can expect that they'll occasionally spill food and drink on themselves while seated on the barstools — resulting in some of the mess landings on the top of the stool. While there are some advantages to barstools that are topped with fabric, the challenge is that food can often soak into the fabric, cause a stain, and be difficult to clean. Leather is a highly resilient material that you'll have no trouble wiping clean, even if you don't notice the spill until well after it has occurred. This will allow you to keep the barstools looking new for years to come.