I don't have time, or patience, to read much these days unless it's a children's book for the 19-month old... If that's the case, I prefer the cheap second-hand rocking chair I found for $20 and refurbished.
My wife on the other hand loves her Helsinki Chair (knock-off).
I've been eyeing a Saarinen Womb Chair just for this purpose - but have yet to pull the trigger on buying it. I actually usually read in bed or laying on the couch.
It’s a stokke highchair. It starts as an infant chair with the smaller seat as pictured. The you switch them as you get older. I like it because it’s hard to slouch in, and not comfortable, so you’re alert and take breaks.
Ah Josh, came herd to post same! We had a Womb chair sitting around our office on loan from Knoll for awhile, and I fell 100% in love with it from pure reading comfort alone. I never would have normally considered it -- not that I don't like the aesthetic, but it's definitively very distinctive and a bit "space-age-y", but damn if it isn't the single most comfortable chair I've ever read in!
Also they make a 3/4 scale version that I found suited me better than full-scale, FYI. And get the ottoman too!
Your favorite reading chair thread
What reading chairs do you all use? Looking to replace my 1984 hand-me-down.
I don't have time, or patience, to read much these days unless it's a children's book for the 19-month old... If that's the case, I prefer the cheap second-hand rocking chair I found for $20 and refurbished.
My wife on the other hand loves her Helsinki Chair (knock-off).
I've been eyeing a Saarinen Womb Chair just for this purpose - but have yet to pull the trigger on buying it. I actually usually read in bed or laying on the couch.
Found two of these Gispen chairs on the street a couple of years ago, they do the job rather well...
As you can see I like to read at the table.
current fave
It’s a stokke highchair. It starts as an infant chair with the smaller seat as pictured. The you switch them as you get older. I like it because it’s hard to slouch in, and not comfortable, so you’re alert and take breaks.
That's my son's dining chair :)
Perhaps soon to be yours
Not that soon, he's just 10 months old...
No love for Aalto?
Never sat in one of his chairs so wouldn't know if it would be a favourite of mine...
Also they make a 3/4 scale version that I found suited me better than full-scale, FYI. And get the ottoman too!
Plycraft Mr Chair
I don't own one, but I'd use more reading as an excuse to get one.
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