We are just slightly addicted to chairs and we could easily have a house full. We do have some restraint but there are so many more chairs that we would love to have but they just cost more than we are willing to pay at the moment. Hopefully, some day, we may just find them in skips and things or charity shops so we may get them for a lot less with just some restoration work to be done on them. Here’s to wishful thinking…(we can dream can’t we?!)
Before Lucas came along, and we had a little extra cash, we purchased this beautiful white Verner Panton chair. We have always loved it but it was a bit more than we would have liked to pay for a single chair. It’s just divine and so comfy. We use it at our computer desk but it was originally bought to go around our dining table with a selection of other chairs. Once Lucas came we decided to move house, and the table, in the original dining room, has now gone into storage to make way for a playroom for our boy. We now eat at the Danish table, in the kitchen, left by the previous owners. We also bought a fake mini one for Lucas. Wooly (the sheep from Woolworths shop) has pride of place on there at the moment.
We have also extended the love of chairs to Lucas. We had to get this shipped direct from Sweden. The people at Svan were wonderful and they got this over to us in speedy time and it cost much less than buying it from the US, which seemed to be the only place selling it at the time?! He has had so much use out of it. It’s a bouncer which reclines and can be used from baby to about the age of three. Lucas likes to sit in it to watch his favourite telly programmes and his friend Harriet loves standing and bouncing on it. It’s such a simple design with no mechanisms it’s just wood and fabric. I never really went in for all baby patterns or mechanical rockers. I wanted his things to be stylish but also simple. My nan never had the technology we have now so if she could do without it, so could I!
When Lucas started weening we read so many reviews and articles on chairs and feeding it made ours head spin. We always liked the idea of the Stokke tripp trapp as it grew with the child and I am a big fan of longevity. He’s 28 months now and he still likes to sit on it. He uses it at the kitchen table to do painting and crafts. He uses it for eating times and he now gets on and off himself like a big boy. It may eventually get put in his room so he can use at a desk when he is at school. Great!
I just love this chair. There was a big debate about whether to buy this or not. It wasn’t the cheapest of chairs and it seemed a lot for a 2 year old. It’s by magis from the me too collection. It’s called the trioli and designed by Eero Aarnio. It’s called trioli for a reason, it has 3 functions. Well 2 really. Firstly it’s a seat but it has two heights, just turn it over and it is either lower or higher. The other function is a rocker. Lie it down on it’s front and there is a handle to hold on whilst you rock back and forth. Brilliant! It was about £130 on every website I found it, except one. The shop was about 30/40 mins drive away so persuaded Ste to come with me to have a look at it. Unfortunately when we got there they didn’t have one in so they would have to order it. Shame. Anyway the owner of the shop went to the website to see what it was and checked the book for ordering details. He discovered that the price on the website was wrong. He said as soon as we walk out of the shop door he was changing it but if we ordered it he would honour the price on the website. Well it was quite a big saving so we ordered it and got this chair 4 weeks later for the discounted price of £85! Bargain? Well I think so but you decide. He loves it and we have found another purpose for it. He stands on it to help mama & dada cook. It’s the perfect height and his feet don’t slip off the edge like the previous step we used. Winner!
Ok back to adult chairs. This one is one of my favourites. It’s a 70′s? rocking chair. We have been meaning to re-cover it since we bought it about 6/7 years ago! The wood is beautiful and it’s so comfy. I’ve seen the exact chair in a home in Living etc with orange covers and that’s the colour we originally wanted. We’ll have to wait until we decorate before deciding. Please ignore the dodgy wallpaper. It is coming off very soon! I think it cost us in the region of £10-£15 from a 2nd hand shop.
These two we bought recently for the dinner table. They were £2 each! Can you believe that? Charity barn sale locally which is just brilliant. We bought a retro mirror for £2 and also a Meakin teapot which I was drawn too. I’ve now realised why I was drawn to it…we have the full set in the attic! Ste’s mum gave it to us but we have nowhere to put t until we have the kitchen/dining/garden room done. Ah well…the more the merrier. I aslo have a piece on a bracelet.
These tam tam stools are in Lucas’s bedroom at the moment. The tall one Ste bought from a 2nd hand shop in Blackburn for a few pounds and the small one, base missing but still works, is from a shop round the corner from his work and we got it for a £1! I just love a bargain.
This stool is also from a 2nd hand shop in Blackburn. Ste paid £5. Love it.
This step stool we bought in Lytham. The top needs re-doing as the wood had bent. A little job for me. The steps fold into the base and Lucas uses it to reach the kitchen work surface. It’s very cute and I just had to give it a home.
There used to be an old Mill in Darwen which housed lots of collectors finds and we bought so many things from there in the past. Being pregnant and after we just never got around to going there for about 2/3 years. It moved just before we stopped going but has recently been sold to a single owner who sells antiques. We did get these from there recently but the choice is not the same. Ste spotted this chair hanging hight up in the rafters and it turns out it belonged to the original owner. So a phone call later and it was ours for the sum of £15. It’s in the spare room with the sewing machine. The table here is also from the same the shop. It has quite a low back but is so comfy. I love doing my sewing on it.
This chair was a bit of a find. We didn’t know anything about this chair before we bought it. A very stylish furniture shop opened in Blackburn and when we walked past we both loved this chair, but never went in to ask it’s price. One day we decided to pop in and enquire. The shop was closing down although no signs to say so. A day later and it all would have gone! We asked the price of the chair and expected a stupid price…£25!? Eh, errr we’ll take it. Not that I came across too keen or anything. Months later I discoved it was quite an expensive chair, about £300/£400. I don’t for one minute believe this could be an origial for the price we paid. It must be a copy but even for a copy it’s a fab price. I love it more each day. Again this used to be at our dining table but has been relegated to the bedroom until the kitchen is done.
An ebay purchase. We have 2 of these. They were inteded for the dining table until we moved house. They are ok but not brill. We may end up selling them but we don’t want to get rid of anything until the kitchen is done as we may find a space for them.
This was an impulse buy from Ste. He was doing some work for a local auction house and spotted 2 of these and placed a bid. We paid £69 for the pair. Very solid and comfy but very big. We are debating whether or not to sell them.
So there you go…our chair addiction. Some you may hate, most you may love. Some chairs are most definately mssing from the collection but watch this space…
