Hey, cafes and diners have been doing this for ages to streamline their floor-cleaning routines. So why not have suspended bar seating in the home kitchen? Here are a few sources for exactly that:
The idea is to suspend counter-height seating so that there are no legs cluttering up the floor. As a result, one can sweep or mop in a jiffy. We still aren't used to seeing this in residential applications, so the execution always looks a bit commercial to us, but we could get on board with something that makes cleaning the kitchen floors much faster and easier.
We located two companies that are producing such seating for residential kitchens at this time: Seating Innovations and Suspend-It. What we'd like to see are systems where you can provide your own seat, as most of their standard seating options aren't our cup of tea.
What do you think? Would you go for suspended bar stools in your home kitchen?
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nah, I wouldn't do it, I don't have enough stools to make floor sweeping/mopping difficult enough to justify this (4 stools). I like being able to move them to use as "step stools to reach things in high cabinets and move them for dinner parties and such. I wouldn't want chairs that can only go and must stay in one place.
I really like this idea! My only problem is that some members of our extended family are rather large (and rather heavy) and seem to lack common sense about what is or isn't a good place for a heavy person to sit, even when there are better options readily available.
Uhm, yea and diners and fast food places also design their seating to be just uncomfortable enough to discourage you from lingering. Not being able to adjust how far/close you are from the table is subtle, but uncomfortable, and in my home i want people to be comfortable and to linger. Doesn't work for home application.
My two most hated aspects of sweeping and mopping the kitchen are (1) moving the chairs away, and (2) moving them back. To me, this is pretty brilliant, although I must stay that @mh330 has a point.
I have never actually seen a cafe/diner with this type of seating... any in the philly area?
Wouldn't this prevent me from spinning around in circles on my chair?
I would point out that this would prevent moving the chairs out and using the bar as a buffet. Otherwise not a bad idea.
Awesome idea, makes sweeping up at the end of the day soooo much more quicker. I want to get these set up in our cafe... And kitchen :D
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Dave @ Driveway Cleaning.