Comments on: Thumbs Up/Down: Recliners

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:29:08 +0000

Your comment made me smile, Martha. Thanks for sharing!

Cindy

By: Martha

Martha — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:42:12 +0000

I laughed out loud reading this blog about recliners. My husband and I have had that battle for years. In a moment of weakness 13 years ago, I agreed to get a leather recliner and ottoman for the media room. He picked a teal color that went with absolutely nothing but I didn’t care as it was going in his room. The chair never gets used and looks brand new. Well, don’t you know, the forgotten chair reared its ugly head over the holidays as my husband needed to elevate his knee because of a bout of bursitis. It killed me to haul that thing up to the recently redecorated living room with the new rug, media cabinets, etc. Now he’s on a campaign to keep the chair upstairs. I think there should be a law against recliners, especially the ones that look that they have swallowed the family pet. I emailed my husband your column and can’t wait to see his reaction!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:54:54 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Lori. I’m so impressed that you tackled reupholstering a recliner – let alone two of them, and with velvet too! Sounds like adding your personal touch to your husband’s favorite chairs works well for both of you.

Cindy

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:37:16 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story, Kathy. Your recliner’s nickname made me laugh! It sounds like you and your husband are doing a great job of making your home a haven for both of you.

Thank you for your comment.

Cindy

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:08:33 +0000

I fought having a recliner for YEARS but eventually gave in and let my husband have a huge, ugly leather recliner we called ‘the big a** chair’ because it was so BIG and because it was designed for someone with a huge behind. His happiness alone made it worthwhile; I’m 5′2″ and he is 6′1″ and I never realized how difficult it was for him to feel comfortable in the furniture I picked out. We since picked out a great sofa that we both love and I’ve realized that our furniture needs to feel comfortable for both of us as well as please my sense of aesthetics. The ‘big a**’ chair has since moved on to larger butts than ours and my husband has discovered an ottoman added to our sofa provides a comfy way for him to sprawl out at the end of a long day.

By: Lori H

Lori H — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:32:08 +0000

I have been married to a function- oriented, tall, needs-to-put-his-feet-up engineer for 32 years. There has been at least one recliner in our living room and or family room for 30 of those years. Although large and bulky, the recliners are the only chair type that has met the swivel, tilt back requrement to allow seeing out the window and then turning to watch the TV. The recliner is the only chair type that can support my hubby’s long thigh and ease his back to the right position. He does not even use the foot rest part, so we have recliners AND ottomans in each room. When redecorating last year, the recliners stayed and as a bow to my desires, I personally reupholsteredhe two matching Flexsteels in solid, royal purple velvet. Some might say they look like twin Barneys, but with a black grand piano, light bamboo floors, and Fall straw colored walls, it is quite nice.