Lucy Diner Chair

Today’s post is dedicated to the most famous diner chair ever, the Lucy Diner Chair. The Lucy Diner chair is a commercial quality retro kitchen chair that is sold through Target. Target used to sell the Lucy Chair in its retail stores. They must have decided that it would do better online, because they pulled them out of the stores and now sell them exclusively online. The Lucy Diner Chair is Richardson Seating’s model 4240 upholstered in Naugahyde Zodiac Burgundy and Naugahyde Zodiac Silver. The diner chair features a button tufted back and a 2 inch box seat finish. The frame is made of 14 gauge steel. This chair is strong enough for use in restaurants. As a matter of fact, it is a restaurant chair. Richardson Seating is a manufacturer of commercial restaurant chairs. The chairs weighs 23 pounds. It is substantial. You can buy the model 4240 from any of Richardson Seating’s dealers. Check out Bar Stools and Chairs, American Chairs, and Target.

I need to put some pictures of diner chairs on Flickr.

Restaurant Bar Stools

The term restaurant bar stool or restaurant bar stools usually refers to a bar stool or counter stool that is made to be extra durable for commercial restaurant use.  As you know, restaurants are much harder on their bar stools than homeowners are on their bar stools.  Restaurants need bar stools that can be sat on all day for years and years.  There are many ways that manufacturers make bar stools more durable for restaurant use.  Restaurant bar stools typically use better quality components.  They use thicker upholstery vinyl, stronger thread, and heavier gauge steel.  The wood parts of a restaurant bar stool are typically thicker and made of higher quality wood.  Most bar stools you find online and in mass merchandise stores are geared towards home use.  If you are looking for high quality restaurant bar stools that are also attractive enough for your home, look no further than Richardson Seating.  Richardson Seating is a manufacturer of commercial bar stools and restaurant bar stools.  They sell exclusively to dealers.  If you are looking for a few stools for your restaurant or home, you can contact Bar Stools and Chairs.  Restaurant Bar stools by Richardson Seating will last for years.  Check out my Counter Stools Blog.

There are many different types of 1950s kitchen chairs.  The term 1950s kitchen chairs or 50s kitchen chair, typically refers to a retro diner chair.  Diner chairs were all the rage back in the 1950s and 1960s.   They were a standard kitchen chair used at the kitchen table and they were also a standard restaurant chair used in cafes and roadside diners.

Although this type of kitchen chair has remained in production since the 1950s, there has been a big resurgence of this style restaurant chair recently.  You can find diner chairs for sale on the website of large mass merchants as well as on dozens of online websites.  As you can image, we have our recomendation for where to purchase 1950s kitchen chairs as well.  We prefer the kitchen chairs manufactured by Richardson Seating.  Richardson Seating is a Union manufacturer of diner chairs located in Chicago, IL.  They make the chairs right in Chicago.

If you are a furniture dealer, Richardson Seating will sell to you.  If you are just looking for a few diner chairs for your home, you will need to buy your retro kitchen chairs from one of their resellers.  BarStoolsandChairs.com sells all of Richardson Seating’s diner chairs at great prices and offers free shipping.  They carry many style of retro kitchen chairs in stock and available for immediate shipment.  They carry v back kitchen chairs, handle back kitchen chairs, button tufted kitchen chairs, vinyl kitchen chairs, and retro chrome diner chairs.  Give them a look and see if they have what you need.  For more information on Cracked Ice Vinyl or Floor Mounted Bar Stools see the preceding links.  We can also get logo bar stools and regular counter stools.

Kitchen Chairs

Kitchen Chairs are often the most used chairs in a house.  The kitchen is where most families eat their meals.  Many hang out in the kitchen while another cooks.  People work at their kitchen tables.  With this in mind, I am going to say that kitchen chairs are therefore the most important chairs in the house.

With all the use and abuse that kitchen chairs get, one would think it important to get good reliable sturdy kitchen chairs.  I mean, after all, you only want the best for your family right?  One way to make sure you buy chairs that last is to buy commercial restaurant chairs instead of residential chairs.  Commercial furniture is made to last at a restaurant or diner for years under heavy use.  Residential furniture isn’t expected to necessarily last as long under the same abuse.

If you are like me and think a restaurant chairs is a good option for a kitchen chair, you should check out the commercial restaurant chairs at www.barstoolsandchairs.com.  Most of them are made by Richardson Seating Corporation.  There website is www.richardsonseating.com. Take a look at the reto diner chairs.  I think you will find that a restaurant quality retro diner chair makes an excellent kitchen chair.  Since all the kitchen chairs can be custom upholstered, you can get the exact colors you need to match your house.  You can read more about this at Cracked Ice Vinyl and at the Counter Stools blog.

Cracked Ice Vinyl

Cracked Ice Vinyl is the ulimate upholstery vinyl when trying to create that retro look.  Cracked Ice Vinyl was very popular back in the 50s and 60s.  There has been a resurgence in 1950s style restaurant furniture such as retro bar stools and reto kitchen chairs.  Because of this come back, Cracked Ice Vinyl has been put back into production.  It is not exactly the same as it was back in the 50′s but it sure is close.  The only difference is that the current cracked ice pattern was created on a computer.  They obviously didn’t create it on a computer back in the 50s.  Cracked Ice vinyl comes in three different colors.  It comes as cracked ice grey vinyl, cracked ice red vinyl, and cracked ice yellow vinyl.  I am only aware of one manufacturer that stocks cracked ice vinyl and that is Richardson Seating Corporation.  If you are looking to buy a few yards for reupholstery work, you can buy it by the yard or by the roll at www.barstoolsandchairs.com.  If you are looking for more information about cracked ice vinyl, you can do research at www.crackedicevinyl.com.

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One way to turn your kitchen into a retro kitchen is with the addition of retro kitchen chairs.  One popular style retro kitchen chair is the restaurant diner chair.  Diner chairs are great retro chairs.  American made diner chairs are built to last for years in a commercial diner.  If they last years in a commercial diner, you know they will last for years when used as kitchen chairs.  This style chair is also often referred to as a 1950s chair, a diner chair, or a retro chrome chair.  No matter what you call it, you will find high quality retro kitchen chairs at www.barstoolsandchairs.com.  The retro kitchen chairs sold at bar stools and chairs are manufactured in the USA by furniture manufacture Richardson Seating.  You can check them out at www.richardsonseating.com.  To see more retro kitchen chairs links, click retro kitchen chairs.

Counter Stools

I thought I would use this post to announce my new blog www.counter-stools.com.  The Counter Stools Blog is going to contain mostly articles and information about floor mounted bar stools, mounted counter stools, diner stools, cafe stools, and soda fountain stools.  Both blogs are owned and operated by Bar Stools and Chairs.  If you have any questions about any articles or any products you see on this blog or counter-stools.com, please contact matt@barstoolsandchairs.com.  Hope you enjoy reading.  Floor mounted bar stools or floor mounted counter stools make excellent diner bar stools.  When looking to add seating to your counter, mounted bar stools are the obvious choice.  Mounted Stools allow the customer to easily slide in and out of his/her seat.  When it comes time for clean up, mopping and sweeping is a cinch since you don’t have to move your bar stools.  You can clean right around them.  Commercial counter stools are the perfect solution for those looking to add permanent seating to his/her establishment.

Bar Stools Gallery
Bar Stools Gallery sells various quality heights adjustable bar stools for you.  We have a range of bar stools with designer touch that will suit your home, cafe, bar, restaurant or hotel.