I didn’t post last Wednesday because J and I were frantically packing for our Gold Coast trip. The weather wasn’t the best up there but we had a relaxing time, which was the important thing.
So, the long-awaited occasional chair has finally arrived! Before I post photos of the chair, I want to take you through our chair selection journey …
Soon after we purchased our sofa, we decided on buying a stand-alone chair.
I didn’t know about the term “occasional chair” until we started shopping. To this day I don’t know what makes a chair “occasional”. Is it because you sit on it occasionally (rather than all the time)? Or because you only sit on it on special occasions? If so, what are those occasions? I googled an answer at some point, but the reasoning was not convincing and I can’t remember what it was anymore.
Our furniture is fairly conventional in design - we wanted the chair to be in a bold style to contrast the clean lines of the lounge room. So began our hunt for a funky chair.
J and I saw Matt Blatt’s replica designer chairs in a home magazine and thought they were a lot of fun. Here are some of the chairs on offer.
The Egg Chair
The Ball Chair
The Garden Egg Chair - it closes to form an egg!
Eames Lounge Chair
Corona Chair
I went to the showroom one day. Unfortunately none of them were particularly comfortable and the fabric used to line the Ball Chair wasn’t up to standard. It was a shame.
There was also an interesting chair at Jimmy Possum:
Alas, the ~$3500 price tag wasn’t as attractive. Also, the colour of the chair didn’t work with our red feature wall.
So, what did we get? You’ll have to come back for part 2 
