This example hydraulic barber chair is configured by upholstery colour and base shape. The running summary becomes the specification you would send to a salon furniture supplier.
A barber chair is bought for a room, not on its own. The owner is fitting out a shop, usually several stations at once. Every chair has to work with the floor, the mirrors and the brand. Oxblood and cognac suit a traditional shop with tiles and brass. Grey and black sit better in a concrete studio. Getting it wrong means living with it for years.
Salon and barbering Configurator demo
Hydraulic Barber Chair
- Product
- Hydraulic Barber Chair
- Colour
- Black
- Base
- Round
Illustrative product. The design and images are generated examples, not a real model for sale.
What you can configure
Upholstery switches between black, oxblood, cognac and grey, four of six colours, and the base can be round or square. The base is more than looks. A square base sits neatly against a wall run, while a round base gives a softer outline and is easier to sweep around. The base choice is held in the summary without altering the image; a production build would show both.
- Colour: Black, Oxblood, Cognac, Grey
- Base: Round, Square
Why a configurator suits barber chairs
Six upholstery colours on two bases is twelve chairs. Most salon furniture suppliers show one or two in a brochure and rely on a swatch card for the rest. That works in a showroom. It works badly for an owner planning a fit-out from a laptop late at night. They need to see four cognac chairs in a row before committing.
Barber chairs are often upholstered to order, with lead times measured in weeks. A configurator lets the buyer lock colour and base early and see the lead time for each. The order then arrives as a structured specification. That avoids the painful error in this category: a set of chairs arriving in the wrong shade of brown.
For dealers and distributors, the same configurator becomes a sales tool. A rep can build a shop's specification with the owner and save it. The quote then covers chair count, colours and matching furniture from the range. The supplier, meanwhile, sees which colours are being chosen across new shop openings.
How a production version would be built
Layered imagery suits a chair well. The base, the chrome footrest and the upholstered seat and back are each shot separately from one fixed angle. A new upholstery colour is then one new layer, not a full reshoot. The supplier provides vinyl or leather codes, base options, lead times and any colour restrictions. Because these are high-value orders delivered by arrangement, the build usually ends in a quote connected to the supplier's CRM. My notes on salon furniture technology go further.
Build sheet for this range
- Colours in the full range: 6 (4 shown in this demo)
- Base choices: 2
- Combinations to support: 6 × 2 = 12
- Images for one photograph per combination at 3 angles: 36
- Images if bases can be shown as separate layers, at 3 angles: 24
- Data each of the 12 combinations needs: a SKU or variant ID, price, stock or lead time, and any dimensions or specification that change
Questions about barber chair configurators
Can a configurator show several chairs together for a whole shop?
It can. A simple layout view can repeat the configured chair across a row of stations, with mirrors or units from the same range. It is not a full room planner, but it shows the owner how four or six chairs will read together, which a single packshot cannot.
What about upholstery colours that look different on screen?
Vinyl and leather-look materials shift colour under different lighting, especially reds and browns. I calibrate images against physical swatches and recommend a free swatch request from inside the configurator. That request captures the shop's details, which also gives your sales team a warm lead to follow up.
Can it show the chair raised, lowered and reclined?
It can, with an image per position from the same camera angle. Working height and recline are genuine buying questions for barbers, who think about their own posture over a long day as much as the look. A short sequence or slider earns its place on a chair like this.
What does a configurator for a salon furniture range cost?
There is no fixed price. Cost depends on chair models and options, whether usable photography exists, and where the order goes, such as a quote form or CRM. I reply to enquiries within two UK working days and can outline what your range would need.
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This demo uses an illustrative product. If you sell barber chairs, I can build the same experience around your own range, photography and ordering process, connected to Shopify, WooCommerce or a quote workflow. I reply to enquiries within two UK working days.