What is your favourite chair?

Well I've found my chair. I wouldn't say it's a favourite chair but it's nice and it's comfy and only £50! From the British Heart Foundation :-) Looks new almost.

That sounds nice :-) It's such a shame when good companies close. We also have a favourite two seater settee that is so comfortable but was too low for me. It had very small bun feet. So we also put new legs on it and now it's a great height :-) I found these on Amazon - only £16 and now the sofa looks even better than it did before! Mind you OH had to drill bigger holes for them.

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While I love the sofa, I prefer sitting in a chair these days so I sit properly or I forget and twist my knees.

I absolutely love my two seater covered settee which I sit on in the evenings to do my tatting while watching tv. My ex husband and I bought it, along with a 3 seater, nearly 25 years ago. They were bought from my favourite shop - Multiyork - but they closed down after the pandemic. They are so well made and comfortable and not low, but I have great difficulty getting out of chairs, so have had them raised a bit. I know I will never find any settees as good, so decided several years ago to keep them and hope that they will last the rest of my life by replacing the covers and seat cushions every few years. I am waiting for new covers & seat cushions to be delivered at the moment, but wish I could have still bought them from Multiyork, as the fabric was always such good quality.

Any more favourite chairs? :-) I've seen one with a powered footrest in a sale, but it's cream leather. OH says that's ok it can be washed. But I think it will need a lot of regular cleaning and I'm trying to make life easier!

I used to swap between a 3 seater and a two seater :-)

Mine is the right hand side of our three seater.
Got my cushions and blankets on there just as I like.
A side table to the right and the coffee table in front of me for my stuff.
The dog has the middle bit with his blankets, cushion and chews.
Then my dd has the left hand side with the same arrangement as mine but opposite.
Nobody uses the two seater.
Well dd did use it for about three weeks after she saw a spider in her spot, but she’s over it now and she’s back. I thought she may stay on the two seater because she could put her feet up but no.
I think the coffee table was just a tad out of reach so she didn’t like the stretch.
We could have moved it nearer to her but then I would have had to stretch. So no.

A nice comfy sofa. I'm sat in a very uncomfortable armchair as my sofa went to the recycling centre today because our new sofa is coming tomorrow. Can't come soon enough this chair is falling apart.

DH has a recliner chair, I make do with a big squishy pouffé for my feet 🙂

So many lovely chairs :-) I meant both really - favourite and/or most comfortable. Which probably go together .

It's so lovely seeing and hearing about all these chairs. I've been looking around for a new one since we got rid of a big sofa so getting some nice ideas here!

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I have a favourite one in the study. Its made with cuts of plush material, and is unique.
Only trouble is, it has been hijacked.

Great chair! It appears to have a bear cub in it😲

I thought OP meant what type of chair do we find most comfortable, rather than a particular chair. I love a Queen Anne style chair with a wingback. Perfect shape to hold your back correctly, arms at right height to hold your forearms, and wings comfortable enough to nod off against, which happens me regularly! Ours are getting very tatty so need recovering rather than replacing!

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This one in Harris tweed that I bought last summer.

Ooh that is lovely

My little chair

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I love my dad’s tall recliner, it lifts & tilts him forwards to help him up.
Someone on here had a beautiful little nursing chair that they had recovered themselves- I have also got a similar chair by the kitchen door & like to sit & read- may get mine recovered but it’s quite expensive & not a dab hand at stuff like that, so will have to stay a little shabby a while longer

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I have a Parker knoll three piece suite with two recliner chairs, one of which is in my garden room and my late husband occupied it almost permanentl!!! I now use it all the time and there is a slight indentation on the left arm where he used to rest his hand and a screwed up loose cushion on the seat that fits into my lower back and eases my aches in that area. I get huge comfort from sitting in it, imagine we are still holding hands by putting my hand where his used to be! Soppy old fool, aren’t I? Xxx

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This one in Harris tweed that I bought last summer.

I can sit anywhere as long as I have my Back Friend! But an Ikea Poang was known as the magic chair when DGD was a baby as there was just enough “give” to rock her to sleep.

We have a corner setee. Beloved sits at one end and I sit at the other. Nice and comfy for stretching out.

I love a good wing chair. I have a green leather one which is blissfully comfortable and in the TV area we have a matching pair of terracotta slightly more formal wing chairs. we have never suffered from bad backs since we bought these chairs in the past 15 years. My husband also had a hand made green leather chair with rolled arms and a lower back and there is a large two-seater(fits three people easily) green leather sofa . We had a rustic wooden chest , great for storage so we had the top padded and re-upholstered in green leather and had wheels fitted so it means we can both put out feet up on it at the same time. In the TV area we also had a lovely big square ottoman stool covered in the terracotta leather which again is a great footstool that we can both use. The terracotta probably sounds an odd colour but it goes perfectly with a large Italian fresco and looks much nicer than it sounds.

I have a Poang as well, but the movement makes me feel a bit giddy - my AC love it

I am sitting on the John Lewis sofa bed at present.
We bought it for mum when she had had a back operation and needed a firm and fairly high seat to stand up from easily. The bed part is really comfy too for visitors.
It must be at least 20 yrs old.
My latest chair is one I found on free cycle as a project for an upholstery class. I didn't finish it but recently a friend has and it's really nice.
Third favourite is my 1930's 2 seater settee with ends that come down. We inherited it.
I've had it reupholstered but it has
had heavy wear.
I'm loving this thread!

Another Poang afficionado here. The 'spring' is the thing! Also Halo Reggio brown leather little high backed 2 seater - for curling up.

Yup! A lovely, comfy armchair where I knit, read, do the crossword and play games on my phone. It was bought by my parents when they married in 1949!! Love it and it still has a lot of wear in it. I also have a large kitchen table that I acquired from a friend who was throwing it out in 1976! I'm the original recycler/ recyclist a d nothing goes to landfill if I can help it.

Since I had a fall and fractured my spine, my most comfortable chair is the Ikea Poang. Cheap but just suits my back. I do miss it when I am away from home. Has a foot stool
as well. Much more comfy than any other one even the expensive Kettler recliners in my conservatory.

Love to read of other GN people 'throwing one leg over the chaur arm'!! I do this and sometimes 'throw' both over! My favourite chair, an electric recliner' is in the summer house so not in use once the weather changes!