I don't know if you have done a lot of faux finishes, but bar stools is not a good start for a crackle finish. It would be difficult to explain why but it has to do with the legs and the rounds. I would spray paint bar stools an decidedly different color and no crackle here. I think it not only is very difficult but will bring down the look of your room and devalue what you are trying to accomplish. I don't think that is true of all crackle finishes as they are great in some locations, just not this one. JMHO, flame me, flame me but I think you need to go with a strong other color in solid paint. Do I see black on your frames on the wall? Black will give your room another dimension and bulk it up as it needs that. It will give it the look it deserves.

Hi there. Domain did go out of business, but the barstools you are interested in are by Artistica Furniture. Here is the link to there website: http://www.artisticametal.com/pages/subcategories.asp?idCategory=1&idSubCategory=5 Hope this helps. If you contact them, I am sure they can put you in contact with dealers who sell their furniture. Good Luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Artistica

You did a great job....and great lesson learned to yourself about perfection and expectations. And thanks for sharing your experience with everyone. When are you going to remodel another kitchen? What will you do differently? Sometimes when I get clients that over obsess about selections, I try to refer them to a color specialist interior designer to NOT MAKE their decisions, but to have someone HELP them make their decisions. The small money spent for hourly help on this can be well worth it!!! I once had a client like you...I referred her to a color specialist and they helped her with the paint colors. She was thrilled and said she NEVER would have thought of the color he picked for her walls. Before she hired him, she bought like 10 quarts of paint and made her husband paint cardboard and hang them around the room. I think it just confused her more. Hiring interior design help is like having a personal shopper. My husband can shop for me better than I can for clothes! hahaha. Another job I did, the homeowner wanted white. The brand I carry had a half dozen whites to choose from, but it still wasn't that perfect white that she wanted. She then decided to do a custom color which added 30% to her kitchen. I thought it was crazy. In the end, she didn't love the Sherwin Williams white color she picked. She didn't hate it, but it wasn't exactly the perfect white. Her kitchen was gorgeous....and I hope she let that go and enjoyed it.

Terrible picture of new stools.... they are functioning fine but I'm not sure they're "THE" stools. I do have a bit if space so it's not totally necessary that they tuck under, if that makes sense. I do like that my girls can easily climb onto them... but backs might be nice too. I had some girlfriends over this week. My new kitchen functioned just how I hoped! We all surrounded the island and chatted for hours :) 2 friends whose opinions I value thought the wood on new bar stools was too dark and I should go lighter or maybe even white. Thoughts? Suggestions?