Abstract: An improved footrest assembly for a salon chair which replaces a standard one-piece U-shaped tubular footrest. By providing pivotally mounted foot plates on a unique yet simple tubular frame having spaced supports which connect to existing mounting holes of a lower surface of the seat of the salon chair, a user, especially an elderly person, may much more easily get to and from a seated position in the salon chair with the foot plates pivoted up. After being seated in the salon chair, the foot plates are easily pivoted downward to a horizontal position for foot support.