Modern Commercial Seating

If you ever thought all you could do in a bar is to eat and drink, then you’d better think again. People who live in areas of the world other than North America or Europe just might be surprised at the concept of a nail bar. It looks like your ordinary bar at first glance. Only instead of liquor bottles arranged behind the counter, you’ll see rows and rows of nail polish. Instead of a bartender, you’ll see a cosmetician ready to create French tips on your fingernails rather than make you a French 75 cocktail.

The furniture is pretty much similar too. You’ll find stools and bar chairs and tables in both. Patrons extend their hands over bistro tables for manicurists to attend to; on these tables are bowls to dip one’s fingernails into or the beautician’s paraphernalia. An example is the Vanity K Nail Bar at the K West Hotel and Spa in London, England. You can tell from the picture that the tables they have there would look right at home in a regular bar or restaurant too.

Another popular nail bar company is nails inc., also headquartered in London. It is now the biggest and most successful nail bar chain in the world. Founded by former fashion editor Thea Green, the idea was to enable women to have quick and high quality manicures and pedicures that were also affordable. Of course, conventional tables just wouldn’t do if you’re having a pedicure done. Imagine hoisting your legs high over a table for the pedicurist to work on. Not a very comfortable thought, that.

Instead, there are pedicure lounge sections in nail bars, where customers relax on stuffed chairs with their feet resting on a low stool or ottoman. Again, seeing these nail bar furniture items, you would think you were in a bistro, except for the fact that food service isn’t the focus of the establishment. Both types of businesses have at least one thing in common though: to satisfy their customers with good service. And it doesn’t hurt for the environment to look good while those services are being provided.