The Game-Changing Chairs We Sit In All Day

I never thought I’d have such strong feelings about counter stools, but these Bali Counter Stools from Hati Home have genuinely changed how I use our kitchen. Our kitchen counter isn’t just where we eat. It’s basically my second desk. I answer emails there, write, work on The Mom Club, eat breakfast, have coffee and somehow end up sitting there for hours throughout the day. Before, I never really thought about how much the wrong stool could affect you until I realized I was constantly shifting around or getting up with an aching back.

These are completely different.

They’re actually comfortable enough to sit in for long stretches, which sounds like such a basic requirement until you realize how many beautiful counter stools are designed almost entirely around looks. I can work from the kitchen now without ending the day with my back bothering me, but they still look like something you’d find in a beautifully designed hotel or vacation home.

And they are STUNNING. The woven detailing, natural materials and shape give the kitchen so much warmth without making the space feel heavy. They’re noticeable, but in that effortless way where they just make everything around them look better.

Another huge win: they arrive already assembled. No mysterious bag of screws, no trying to decipher instructions, no husband getting dragged into a two-hour furniture project. You literally take them out of the box and put them at the counter.