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Choosing a reading chair

Iain

I hope some of you avid readers can recommend a chair that is comfortable for sustained periods of reading.

At the moment my living room is full of 1950s and 1960s chairs that I have bought as junk and restored so are all quite good now but are not comfortable for sustained periods of reading.

Ideally it will need to have padded arm rests, a high back and decent padding for my bum (I've lost most of that padding through getting fit).

I did use to have a victorian wing chair that was nice but I can't find them where I live (Brazil) as most stuff here is from the 50s at the oldest.

Most of what I find is the contemporary recliner chairs and I don't think I could stand the look of them - too much association with old people for my taste.

At the moment it tends to be the hammock but it is way too easy to fall asleep there.

Any thoughts on what works for you? 

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  • I just have furniture and don't have space for a seperate reading chair, that said I did spend a long time finding our new furniture. Most modern sofas are more like shelves than sofa's the seats are so short, most of them came barely below my bum and whilst my bums fairly big it's not that big! They don't seem to make furniture for tall people, I found most chairs to short in the seat and what was supposed to be the head rest was poking me between the shoulders. Another thing I noticed was that chairs that were big enough were fancy looking "executive" upright desk chairs and seemed made with the male body in mind, I'm woman shaped and the lumbar support was poor to non existant for me. I went to one of those specialist places and they're chairs were even shorter in the seat and although they said they can make them to measure it would of cost thousands. We did get a lovely big 4 seater sofa with matching chair that suited both me and Mum who's a short person. I have the sofa, with cushions in the right places.

    Poang chairs are quite comfortatble but I wouldn't want to sit in one for a long time. I used to like those 1920's-30's arm chairs, they had a nice long seat and back and good arm rests, but I just don't see them anymore

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  • I just have furniture and don't have space for a seperate reading chair, that said I did spend a long time finding our new furniture. Most modern sofas are more like shelves than sofa's the seats are so short, most of them came barely below my bum and whilst my bums fairly big it's not that big! They don't seem to make furniture for tall people, I found most chairs to short in the seat and what was supposed to be the head rest was poking me between the shoulders. Another thing I noticed was that chairs that were big enough were fancy looking "executive" upright desk chairs and seemed made with the male body in mind, I'm woman shaped and the lumbar support was poor to non existant for me. I went to one of those specialist places and they're chairs were even shorter in the seat and although they said they can make them to measure it would of cost thousands. We did get a lovely big 4 seater sofa with matching chair that suited both me and Mum who's a short person. I have the sofa, with cushions in the right places.

    Poang chairs are quite comfortatble but I wouldn't want to sit in one for a long time. I used to like those 1920's-30's arm chairs, they had a nice long seat and back and good arm rests, but I just don't see them anymore

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I find so many chairs and sofas have short back rests and I like to rest my head back when reading and just cannot do it with these.

    The ones that are more recliner like just make me fall asleep with isn't a bad feature but I want something slighty more upright but still with support for my back, bum and elbows.

    I'm starting to suspect I'll have to make my own by taking one of those 1950s armchairs and reworking the arms to have padding for my elbows and maybe extend the back if it isn't tall enough. Not really rocket science but still a lot of work as I'll have to redesign the upholstery to fit.

    I'll go browsing through the junk furniture shops here to see if I can find a good donor.