Wood cafe and restaurant chairs

Six wood chairs at 16 inches wide take 96 inches of wall. Six at 22 1/2 inches take 135. In a small room that gap is nearly a whole table. These 95 wood chairs list their widths and depths, so do that math first, then choose the back, the seat, and the finish.

Pick the back, and the room follows

Upholstered backs are the biggest group at 27 chairs. Curved backs follow with 16, vertical slats and square backs with nine each, slat backs with seven, and bentwood with six. Two of those have pages of their own: upholstered-back wood chairs and bentwood chairs.

In a small room, open slat backs let the eye run across the floor, while a padded back fills the view behind each table. Neither is wrong. It depends on how much of the room you want each chair to hide. Arms are on 24 chairs and padded backs on 29, and arms add width at the same table, so look at the listed measurement before you picture a full row of them.

Seats, and why the counts overlap

Many chairs here list more than one seat material, which is why the numbers add up to more than 95. By seat material, vinyl wins with 93 chairs, fabric has 81, and wood has 66. If you want a color the listing doesn't show, 87 chairs list upholstery options, and a free swatch from samples shows the real thing before you commit.

Stain is the same story. A stain or finish outside the listed options is a special order, and special orders run longer, so ask for a wood sample first, decide in daylight, and remember that a special order is final once confirmed.

Wood and weather

All but one of these chairs are listed for indoor use. Wood swells and fades in the rain, and the warranty leaves that out, along with the natural movement of solid wood. Warranty periods for wood chairs run from one to three years, and the product page states the period where it is clear; the full terms are at warranty.

Only one chair in this group stacks, so plan the closing routine around chairs that stay on the floor. Fifteen wood chairs and a mop make a slow evening if nothing stacks.

Numbers for a tight floor

One wood dining chair measures 16 inches wide, 21 deep, and 35 high. Another wood dining chair measures 17 inches wide, 19 1/2 deep, and 36 high, which is a little wider and a little shallower. Listed seat heights go as low as 17 3/4 inches and as high as 19 3/4.

Single chairs range from $44 to $306. Put a row of them on the plan in cafe plans and see where the aisle goes.