Thanks so much for the feedback, everyone. It is interesting how different everyone's experience is with these stools.ie. some have problems with the swivel, or swivel return, others do not! I wonder if some swivels are "stiffer" than others and don't swing around so much? I love your barstool, buel. (I love how when I moused over the photo, I could find out exactly what it was and where you bought it!I just checked- they aren't carrying it anymore.) Shar-az- what a good idea to put a clear bumper on the stool! I actually called my granite company today to ask if they have had problems with people chipping the granite edge with a counter stool--they said they have never had a customer call to ask for one to be repaired, at least. Jterrilynn- I like your idea of a dark leather or vinyl seat. I never thought about making it easier to slide off; I was just thinking about color and ease of cleaning. My first pick was really this stool which has a brown vinyl seat-- I just had a bit of sticker shock when I put 4 of them in my cart (with tax it is close to $600 and I still need to buy another two more bar-height ones for the dining room!) Then I started questioning the whole swivel thing. It is too expensive to make a mistake. I think now I may just go ahead and bit the bullet and pay the money. I was running around all day today looking at bar stools! What do you all think of this one? My cabinets are a honey-spice maple, with a light colored granite, so it will be a contrast. Here is a link that might be useful: corsica counter stool

When I try to contact HOUZZ this message pops up..........Connection Failed The resource could not be loaded because the app transport security Policy requires the use of a secure connection. I don’t know how else to contact HOUZZ. Can you send phone number? Also I took this photo of the directions for assembly and that’s exactly how we followed them. There isn’t even a photo of the wrench so we did not assemble incorrectly. Can you now tell me how to disassemble so we can return the damaged order?

Them is it better to buy swiveling stools?? I haven’t seen that many that I like.. I LOVE my swivel bar stools. My mom loved them right after her hip replacements /found it easy to slide into the seat, then twist towards the bar ... and wouldn't sit anywhere else at my house. Where'd we find them? Yard sale. $5 each. I will own them for the rest of my life (but they're gonna turn RED in my new kitchen).

I had to use a hinge-pin swivel bar towel hanger in our teeny-tiny bathroom for a year, because there was zero wall space to hang anything. The arms were sturdy. They were inexpensive, hollow pipe construction. It held damp towels and allowed them to air dry. I don't see why a wall hung swivel bar would be any different. (Also I don't recommended a hinge-pin hanger unless absolutely necessary. Opening and closing the door it's hung on made it swing constantly, even after I tried to magnet secure the bars to the door, lol)