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I'm in love with a chair, will it work??

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

** See Pictures shown in comments section, they wouldn't load in my question.I currently have 2 smaller scale occasional chairs in my living room that are not really what I like there in the room. I have kept watch on these hide chairs for 6 months and they are half off but non returnable if they aren't the right scale. They run about 4 - inches deeper and wider than the current chairs. That area requires a smaller scale chair, and these would be the largest size I could get away with especially with the oversized coffee table, that I really want to replace. I love everything about these chairs, and They are different which I particularly like, not to mention surprisingly comfy. Please ignore the things I am working on changing, such as...the shelves next to the fireplace. I would also change out the hide rug to an off white one. The chair under the shelves is actually situated just off a walkway, so I'm also wondering if I should only get one and not have a chair there? Help me decide!

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  • 7 years ago

    Another coffee table:

    Clifton Reclaimed Wood Coffee Table With Carved Base · More Info


    User thanked Elaine Ricci
  • 7 years ago

    And one more:

    Emerald Home Interlude Cocktail Table · More Info


    User thanked Elaine Ricci
  • 7 years ago

    I think you should definitely get that chair you're in love with!

    User thanked Elaine Ricci
  • 7 years ago

    Here's an idea for a rug: cream-colored wool sheepskin look.

    Classic 6'x9' Natural Flokati Rug, Premium 2.5" Pile, 100% Wool, Hand Made · More Info


    User thanked Elaine Ricci
  • 7 years ago

    One chair and a smaller,lower coffeetable will make a big difference. So would a new rug.

    User thanked hollybar
  • 7 years ago

    Here's another rug possibility.

    Loft Loomed Rug, Gray, 7'10"x9'10" · More Info


    User thanked Elaine Ricci
  • 7 years ago

    Another rug idea:

    Nuloom 5'x8' Flatweave Naoma Rug, Gray · More Info


    User thanked Elaine Ricci
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    @groveraxel, wow!! That's awesome to see it in the room. Thank you much. I prefer a different rug or no rug, but that is really helpful!! We have a German Shepherd and his hair is never ending so it really seems to come right off a hide rather than other rugs. So I have gotten rid of all the rugs in the house. But your photo shop skills are very helpful! Thanks again!

  • 7 years ago

    Hey, W, I know ALL about dogs and rugs. I have also banished all rugs from my house.


    User thanked groveraxle
  • 7 years ago

    Love it! Wonder why my eye prefers it without a rug. My husband would be thrilled he doesn't like rugs. Thanks for that rendering without the rug.

  • 7 years ago

    Definitely a rectangular coffee table. 22" from sofa arm to wall, how deep is the chair? Ideally the front of the chair would not cross the front of the sofa, and obviously the chair back shouldn't be hitting the wall.

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Hi greenfish1234, I believe the chair arm will cross the couch, although it will meet at the inside of couch arm. The couch arm is wide and boxy. And I could angle the chair and push it further to the end of the wall near arch wall opening. Hoping that will work? I'm still undecided, because it's non returnable if it's too big. Being that it is an open chair with the wood back/arms, I feel it could work. I hope!

  • 7 years ago

    I've got to tell you, I think you're forcing it. Put the smaller chair in the space you would put the new chair, push it up so that it is as close to the sofa as it would be if it were larger. Take some pictures from straight on and other angles so we can see how the chair interacts with the sofa arm? I'm big on mock ups , so any way you can mimic the size of that chair and its location will be really helpful to you and us in trying to help you.

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Hi greenfish1234, So I have positioned the chair (on an angle) where the hide chair will come out past the couch, and if you see the front little leg on the little table next to the chair, the 2nd leg from the left (closes to the chair), that crosses over another leg, that is how wide the chair is. Hope the visual helps. There won't be a table there if I get the chair. For some reason to my eye the light color of the chair and being that it's wooden armed and not a large upholstered chair is making me think it could work.














  • 7 years ago

    Ok. It's a bit cramped but 1) you are right the style makes it work better than if it were solid 2) you love it so let's try to make it work.

    -Why is angled out? Are you not able to fit it perpendicular to the sofa as Grover showed? That would look best. Second best would be angled TOWARD the sofa

    -are you sure it won't be touching or nearly touching the wall given the front is where the front of the current chair is? The current chair looks very close to the wall.

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • 7 years ago

    Try it like this to maximize space from sofa, but don't let it impede walkway.

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    Unless you can move the sofa down, there isn’t enough room for that size chair. Can you “force it”. I suppose but why? What is it about this chair you love so much. Find a smaller one that will work.
    User thanked Flo Mangan
  • 7 years ago
    Would it be possible to lose the small, drum-like end table (I think that's what it is) next to the couch and scoot the couch over just a tad in that direction? That would leave a little more room for the chair on the other side.
  • 7 years ago

    Width isn't an issue, but 1/2" is too close to the wall

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • 7 years ago

    I feel a round table is a mistake in this long narrow space.

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • 7 years ago

    Flo, as to what I like about it, it's the style, the wood, the hide. It's fun and artful/different. Not your typical chair. Statement peice I guess.

  • 7 years ago
    Another thought: Would it be possible to switch the positions of couch and chair, with the couch nestled beneath the passthrough window?
    User thanked Elaine Ricci
  • 7 years ago

    This is one of those spaces where you WANT the walls. My friends knocked down the wall between their kitchen and narrow dining room and were twisted in knots trying to plan an island to replace the wall. I told them to can the island and move their large farmers table up "in" to the kitchen end instead. It works so much better than a narrow little island would have. But this isn't even a dining room! You would lose all semblance of living room here, and say goodbye to your accent chair.

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • 7 years ago

    I wouldn't occlude the arm of the sofa with the chair unless you angle the chair toward the sofa rather than away. There is no reason for the chair to face the fireplace anyway.


  • 7 years ago

    The more I look at it the more the rounded back of the chair under the rounded hole in the wall bothers me. It just looks off to me. How else can you set up the room?

    User thanked mrykbee
  • 7 years ago

    Appreciate the visual @groveralex! Thank you!

  • 7 years ago
    You love it? Just get it! If they make your heart go putter patter, you will regret not getting them. The chairs are awesome! If you have to hire a local designer to come in for a consult to help with placement, do it. As an alternative to just getting one under the arch, What about setting them up in front of your windows and finding another home for those large white loveseats? They would make a great conversation area.
    User thanked laurelcollins
  • 7 years ago

    Hi lauralcollins, unfortunately the roll arm chairs under the window have to stay. There's no other space for them, they are comfy, so we use them. if i do get the chair, it would just be one. Thank you for the feedback!!

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Ok now one last attempt for scale. This cushion represents size, however it's 3 inches wider than the chair, and I have it positioned 3 inches from wall depicting how far it would come out. I'm feeling scale wise it could work and not feel or look too cumbersome, hope i'm not wrong? Again, thinking because it's not a full upholstered chair it will feel as if it's not taking up as much space??







  • 7 years ago

    Not a designer or even a little bit of an authority on what works in a room, but I love that chair. If it were mine, I’d find a way to work it in whether other people agreed with my decision or not.

    To some extent, our homes really ought to break a few rules. I think that just comes with personalizing things.


    Apologies if you answered this but where did you get the chair?

    User thanked Corinne Masterson
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Looks like it works to me! Go for it! You have the room, in fact, you could pull it off the wall a bit more. Good test! Hard from the pictures to see this so this is very useful. the openness of the chair will also help. Perfect!

    User thanked Flo Mangan
  • 7 years ago

    Sometimes,ya gotta break a few rules to not build a space that looks like a dull,staged,static real estate photo. That said, are you OK with breaking the rulez? Look closely at the pics below,rule breakers everyone! Heck,some of these decoratin' miscreants broke multiple rulez in one photo!

    Upstate New York Residence · More Info


    living space · More Info


    hill and harbour · More Info


    User thanked hollybar
  • 7 years ago

    I think I'm going to spring for it!! Worst case I have a chair I love that's a little larger than it should be.Hoping the juxtaposing styles work.

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    @corrine, the chair is called the Maraa occasional chair. I found it at a local furniture store, I did look on line and you can order it on line from 2 places. I've been eyeing it since spring, but couldn't bring myself to pay $1200 (what they had it priced for locally). It was one of those things I couldn't get out of my head, and when I saw it on sale I had to go for it.

    Thanks for the feedback!! Would love to know if you plan to get one too!

  • 7 years ago

    Go for it. Then start looking for a non hide rug:)

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    I think you are going to love it. You will find ways to integrate it. You have an "eclectic" sense of style. Go with it!

    User thanked Flo Mangan
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Ok everyone, I went for it and love it!

    Sorry blurry pics!





  • 7 years ago

    Awesome :) I like it angled to the sofa, try a bit closer to coffee table, and can we see from the other side?

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • 7 years ago

    yup- gorgeous. Sit on it with pride lol

    User thanked Corinne Masterson
  • 7 years ago

    So glad you decided to go for it! I had a feeling you'd be glad you did!

    User thanked Elaine Ricci
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    You will enjoy that chair for years to come. So happy for you. I think you could scooch (technical designer term-lol) it a bit closer to the coffee table. A bigger rug that anchors your whole seating arrangement would really make the space feel bigger. You can always layer the hide on top of a rug.

    User thanked Flo Mangan
  • 7 years ago

    Excellent ! Looks terrific in the space.

    User thanked hollybar
  • 7 years ago

    The chair totally works. Love it!

    User thanked groveraxle
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Thank you everyone! Thanks Flo, I'll have to entertain a rug. Although my husband like to see wood and we have a german shepherd, therefore the hair doesn't come off of rugs as well as they do the animal hides in my experience.

    I also want either shelves or something next to fireplace. Maybe 2 pieces on either side that match? But my current chest works. I might just change out my shelves and stick with my chest I've had for years.

    I took a few pictures of some things at the furniture store that struck me the other day, but not sure. Don't want everything too rustic, but do want something that has that primative feel similar to chair.


    Could replace my current chest that's on other side of fireplace with this, and it would fit better, or do 2 of these or something similar, these are not as deep as my current piece.

  • 7 years ago

    I like the idea of matching console tables but very, VERY slim ones.

    User thanked greenfish1234
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    What you don’t need in this room is more bulky looking pieces. Find a drink table for that new chair. Many great ones out new this fall. I will post some. Bbl
    User thanked Flo Mangan
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    Here are a couple. West Elm has several and Pier 1 has some too. Might be some good sales before Thanksgiving.
    User thanked Flo Mangan
  • 7 years ago

    Love the idea Flo, thanks!! I will hunt one down!

  • 7 years ago

    I love that chair. I’m glad you bought it.

    User thanked toats
  • 7 years ago

    You know, to Flo's point , I wouldn't even put slim consoles by the FP. You need some empty space or it can start looking like a furniture shop. No more, and maybe less than what you have. Art on the walls only would be nice.

    User thanked greenfish1234