Stools: our nomination for most useful furniture item. Invaluable as impromptu drinks tables, overflow seating at the dinner table, as boosters for rummaging in high cabinets. Here are five classics.
The Eames Walnut Stool, available in 3 different shapes (shown in Shape C), is $1,295 at Design Within Reach.
The Max Bill Ulm Stool is $370 at Nova68.
The Skagerak Fionia Stool, designed by Jens Quistgaard, comes in Teak; $336 at Finnish Design Shop.
The classic Aalto Stool 60 Birch, designed by Alvar Aalto and first presented in 1933, is $273 at Finnish Design Shop.
The CH53 Stool shown in oiled oak is $725 at Design Within Reach.