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About Project
A simple square style bar stool with a slight angled front leg. A tad edgy, a ton useful.
Dimensions
Materials and Tools
12″ of 1×12 Board
4 1/2 feet of 1×4 Boards
2 – 2×2 Boards
2 1/2″ Screws
Cut List
1 – 1×12 @ 11 1/2″ (Seat)
2 – 1×4 @ 11 1/2″ (Short Aprons)
2 – 1×4 @ 13″ (Longer Aprons)
2 – 2×2 @ 30″ (Back Legs)
2 – 2×2 @ 30 1/8″ (Front Legs, both ends cut 5 degrees off square, parallel to each other)
1 – 2×2 @ 12 5/8″ (Longest Point, one end cut at 5 degrees off square)
1 – 2×2 @ 10 1/8″ (Longest Point, one end cut at 5 degrees off square)
2 – 2×2 @ 13″ (Leg Suppo
Step 1
Seat Aprons
Attach the seat aprons to the seat with 2 1/2″ screws and glu
Step 2
Longer Aprons
Attach the longer aprons to both the seat and the shorter aprons with 2″ screws and glue.
Step 3
Legs
Build two of the legs as shown above. Use 2 1/2″ screws and glue.
Step 4
Assembly
Assemble the seat and legs as shown above. Screw from under the seat to hide your screw holes.
Step 5
Supports
Attach the supports to the legs as shown above with 2 1/2″ screws and glue.
You may wish to add cork pads under the legs to protect your floor and take any unevenness out of the stool. You will want to elevate the bottom onto four points because most floors have some unevenness.
The thing about bar stools is you gotta have support at the bottoms. But how to build with simple tools and basic off the shelf lumber? Not always as easy as you would think.
But today, I'm so happy to give you the first indoor bar stool plans on our site. We do have outdoor bar stools already online that some of you have used for indoor stools.
Aren't they just beautiful! Actual reader photo from these plans.
But today, we are going to build with angles. Not much of one. But even a small angle helps keep the stool from wiggling apart over time. And the bracing on the bottom supports the ends of the legs.
This one is really simple. You totally got this one.
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Hi Ana - Those bar stools
Hi Ana - Those bar stools made counter height are actually mine! I was so surprised to see my photo up (today is my birthday so it was a great treat!) and I wanted to thank you for the acknowledgment of my work. Here's the link to my post about the actual process I went through to make the stools.
http://thatsmyletter.blogspot.com/2010/09/s-is-for-stools.html
I absolutely cannot thank you enough for your plans, you really do a great job of making it easy for others to build. I wish you the best of luck at Blogilicous.
I have an extra-tall bar. Is
I have an extra-tall bar. Is there any issue with modifying these plans to make the stools 32 or 34 inches tall? It seems straight-forward, but don't want to overlook any stability issues. Thanks!
Extra tall bar
I have an extra tall bar as well. I am going to make the bar stools an extra 4" inches and see what happens. I can't imagine that would make a big difference in stability but we'll see.
Tall Bar
My bar is going to be 45in. With your plans, can I make the bars tool 35in tall? Will that effect the stability?
Hi, Can you tell me what the
Hi, Can you tell me what the approximate cost of building one of these stools is?
Hello- Great stools, but I am
Hello-
Great stools, but I am looking for the blogger that does the stools in your picture of the white stools at the kitchen island. She does everything herself and I can't find her site. Could you give me a link to her site please? Thanks!
Emmy
Nice Looking Stool
I like the modern look of the stool and it seems easy enough to build! I'm going to build a couple of these and I was wondering are the long and short aprons for the seat just 3 1/2" in width,the width of a 1"X4"? If it's a different width then a standard 1"X4", I didn't see it or may have over looked it.
Does anyone know what the
Does anyone know what the approximate cost of building one of these stools is?
Cost
You can usually find an estimated cost at the end of the post. In this case, it states "under $20".
Cost
You can usually find an estimated cost at the end of the post. In this case, it states "under $20".
Screw Length Question!!
I love this seat and I'm going to make some. I'm wondering about using such long screws? In steps 1 & 2 the seat and sides are made with 1X material and normally you use like 1 1/4" screws to attach the 1X material. So how and why did you put it together using 2" & 21/2" screws? You kreg jigged them right or did you screw the side pieces directly into the seat without kreg jigging them? If you kreg jigged them how far back did you clamp the jig, to drill the pocket holes? I'm sure I'll figure it out by trial and error but I thought maybe you could tell me? Do you think using 1 1/4" k.j. screws will work for attaching the sides to the seat?
keg jig
I just can't afford a kreg jig right now, will the mini kreg jig work for this project?
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