A shopping writer’s favorite new piece of furniture is the counter-height, bouclé bar stools from Wayfair that have transformed their island into a workstation during the day and bar top at night.

"Bar stools and counter stools. People toss the terms around like they're the same. They're not," states Judi Cooper, principal interior designer at Kitchens Inside Out.

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