Lifestyle Furniture Discount Code, Offers & Deals July 2025

The Curious Case of the £49 Tolix Stool

Most people don’t browse furniture sales looking for transcendence. They’re looking for a decent chair that doesn’t wobble. Maybe something semi-attractive that doesn’t cost as much as a boiler repair. And once in a while, they want to be reassured that buying online from a company they’ve never heard of will not result in a complicated email saga involving elongated delivery dates or refunds lost to the void. These are modest ambitions. Still, sometimes, the price tag forces you to wonder: is this a deal, or a warning?

A case in point: Lifestyle Furniture’s "Tolix Style Bar Stools" - currently on offer at £49 per pair, down from £249. That’s not just a discount; it’s an Entirely Different Price Category. You’ll find them in Gunmetal Matte with either Natural or Dark Elm seats, or in Black Matte if that’s more your brand of existential discontent. The stools are clones - tasteful ones - of the original Tolix design by Xavier Pauchard, a Frenchman who probably never foresaw his work being used to furnish Airbnb kitchens across England.

Form Follows Function, Mostly

You could argue the Tolix stool is more aesthetic archetype than furniture at this point. With its industrial chic and stacked simplicity, it turns up everywhere from LA coffee shops pretending to be Brooklyn to student share houses pretending to be solvent. Lifestyle Furniture’s version keeps to the script: arched metal legs, powder-coated finish, flat wooden seat. Tasteful, lightweight, and somewhat unexpectedly - flatpacked.

Assembly is minor, though not invisible. Standard bolts and a short encounter with an Allen key. The result: a seat that can hold a person (tested), maybe even two if one is a small dog. At 76cm high, these stools are strictly bar height - not countertop. Always worth measuring your island before committing to a life of swinging legs and mild regret.

The Real Question: Why So Cheap?

The original RRP of £249 might be more theoretical than historical. But at £49, for a pair, you’re squarely in "budget impulse buy" territory. The frame is steel, the wood is real (elm, apparently), the finish is fine. Not heirloom pieces, but no obvious structural flaws either. Improbably, they look good. They function adequately. Much like supermarket wine, you’ll find something passable if you don’t expect fireworks.

Shipping is free across most of the UK, with a surcharge if you happen to live somewhere romantic (read: far away). Refunds and returns are straightforward, at least according to their policy - 14 days for a change of mind, 30 for faulty goods. The small print favours the cautious, and the company does offer a two-year structural warranty, which is one way of saying "trust us, but only a little."

Should You?

If you're furnishing a flat on a budget, trying to make your kitchen island more than just a glorified shelf, or simply appreciate the look of curated austerity, these Tolix Style stools are not a bad bet. Especially at a price point that hovers somewhere between affordable and suspicious. The black version is the most versatile. The gunmetal with natural elm is aggressively Pinterest. The dark elm seat models look most like real furniture - though, ironically, least like "design."

Are these the most comfortable seats? No. Of course not. They’re metal stools. Meant to perch on, not lounge in. You’ll need to bring your own cushions - both literal and metaphorical. But they’ll do their job, and look fine doing it - which is really all most of us ask from our furniture, and possibly our friends.

Deals like this don’t usually require existential deliberation. When something drops from £249 to £49, you either trust the deal or assume there’s a factory somewhere with a serious overstock problem. Maybe these stools just didn’t Instagram well. Maybe the few remaining boxes are gently gathering dust in Worsley. Whatever the story, the stools are here, and they’re cheap. You probably won’t love them. But they won’t offend you either. Which, these days, is more than most things.

The Bottom Line:

Price: £49 (pair, was £249) Available Colour Options: Gunmetal/Dark Elm, Gunmetal/Natural Elm, Black/Natural Elm Shipping: Free UK delivery (small surcharge outside mainland areas) Returns: 14-day return window for change of mind, 30 days for faulty items Warranty: 2-year structural guarantee Verdict: Looks the part, works as a seat, cheaper than eating out twice. Just don’t expect magic.

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