How to Protect Floors from Metal Barstools

Don’t let your metal chair legs scratch your wood floors… Learn how to protect floors from metal barstools!

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Metal barstools like the ones we used at our island at the ranch house are becoming increasingly popular. In fact, metal furniture legs in general are trending right now… but nobody wants to ruin their floors with said trendy furniture, right?? Unfortunately, even plastic protectors made to fit tend to spin around and slide off and generally don’t get the job done. But I’m thrilled to share a quick and easy solution to the problem of how to protect floors from metal barstools. Because this certainly wasn’t working…

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tractor barstools lined up with plastic protectors all twisted

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I always find myself chuckling when I write a post like this. It’s not rocket science. It’s not even particularly beautiful. But necessity is the mother of invention, and protecting the wood floors from the metal barstool legs with definitely a necessity… and since I’ve gotten questions from reader’s about this very thing, I’d be silly to keep it to myself. The solution? Hot glue, of course. Isn’t it always?! 😉

Here’s what you’ll need:

Time needed: 3 minutes

Protect your wood floors from metal stools

  1. Decide where to put your plastic floor glides

    Set the barstool on its legs to see the natural touch points with the ground and make note. That’s where you’ll want to put your plastic floor protectors.

  2. Hot glue the glides to the metal chair legs

    Put a thin bead of hot glue directly onto the metal and slip the floor glide over the spot.metal barstools upside down, hot gluing with plastic protectors

  3. Optional: add felt pads

    For additional protection, cut a small strip of adhesive felt pad to fit the plastic floor glide and attach before using barstools.metal barstool legs with plastic protectors and felt pads to protect floors

Like I said, it’s so simple it’s silly! Before, it was totally a losing battle… But it’s been several months since I glued the feet on, and not a single one has come off or spun around since. It gives me such peace of mind, especially since the island is my kids’ favorite spot at the ranch!

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I hope this helps! Be sure to pin it. 🙂

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4 Comments

      1. Hi there, love this idea! I cant find the .5″ diameter size? We ordered the ones from the amazon link but too big in diameter. Thanks

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