Almost every room requires seating, and in most cases that mean both primary and secondary seating. A living room will have a sofa or a sectional, but occasional chairs always come in handy for guests or for when you might need to reach the top shelf of a closet. Other rooms also may have a need for a task-oriented place to sit or occasional chair.
Let’s delve into various rooms in our homes.
A lot of living rooms are open to a kitchen. With that said, I love to add a swivel chair or two. This way, a person can swivel toward a TV, toward the main seating, or toward the kitchen area. This makes them a very important and integral seating choice. There is sometimes that “dad” chair, a reclining style chair that is offered in a variety of styles and fabrics or leathers.
Kitchens sometimes have island seating. Sometimes the counter overhang is level with the main counter, and sometimes the overhang is raised. Thus, a counter height chair, or stool, is perfect for the same level and a bar height stool works best for a raised counter. Some of these stools also offer a swivel option, others have backs and some have arms.
A dining room and breakfast nook need chairs for the table and there are some options to consider here as well. If you have a round table, the chairs are usually all the same. If you have a rectangular table, the two end chairs could contrast from the others by having taller backs and arms.
I find that some of my clients desire a bench on one side of a rectangular table. This bench could be just a plank, have a back and maybe even have arms on the end.
A home office requires a task chair at the desk. This chair can be on wheels or be stationary and it can sometimes adjust to accommodate a variety of body and leg heights. It is nice to have a guest chair or two should you want a colleague, client or your spouse to visit the room.
It is always nice to have a chair in a bedroom. This allows you or your guest to sit and tie shoes, or maybe you add a chaise so that you can lay back and read a book or take a nap.
A bathroom might be a good place to have a chair. Maybe it is a smaller stool at a makeup vanity. Or perhaps your bathroom is so large that you need to fill the space with a piece of furniture and a chair will give the room an inviting upholstered piece.
Again, maybe a place to sit and tie your shoe.
I find that some clients like to add a chair to a front foyer or back entryway. In a foyer, a chair can add an inviting look. In a back entryway, you might add a bench that also has shoe and backpack storage.
Some of my clients are adding a theatre room in their homes. Of course, some reclining theatre seats are optimum for this space, but you can get creative, so long as the seating is comfortable enough to sit in for two hours or more.
I find that a chair is such a great addition to almost any room. They are usually small enough that they can be regrouped in a different way or maybe moved around from one room to another. They are a very transitional piece of furniture.
A chair gives you an opportunity to be able to add more upholstery in a room. It can help to soften the wood furniture in the room. And it is a furniture piece where you could add some bold pattern or color that you aren’t confident to put on a larger piece of upholstery.
And keep in mind that seat height and seat depth are always important. We all have different leg length so always consider what works best for the person who might be seated in your chair. Also consider the type of seat cushion that fits best. Seniors tend to like a rigid cushion while younger people who like to lounge like a softer cushion.
