This is one of my favorites. It's an antique, and a good friend gave it to me when she was redecorating. I had it reupholstered. It is in my home office now. No one ever sits in it, but it looks pretty. ;-)

My 25 buck auction chair is my favorite chair to sit in.

The first wing chair we purchased as newlyweds:

Good chair to supervise the cleaning from.

That's nice work, dogs!

My favorite chair. It used to be in our Western guest room, but I now have it here in our living room. It's a piece of art, handmade and painted by one of my favorite New Mexico artists, who passed away earlier this Summer. I have sheepskin on the seat for added comfort, although this chair is rarely sat in except when we have a big get-together here. The pillow is hand-woven and from Chimayo, NM, which is known for their artist weavers.

The bentwood stools at my kitchen island:

The previous owner had a set of 10 of these chairs in the house when we saw it. He had asked if he could leave all the kitchen dishes, glasses, etc. It was a bunch of junky stuff and I didn't want it. But I offered that if he left the bar stools, I'd let him leave the junk. He was a real SOB and we had many problems along the way. We go to the walk thru before closing and the chairs are gone but all the junk is there. I am so upset, practically in tears due to the stress he caused. My dh suggests we go get coffee to calm down. We pull up to the coffee shop and there are all 10 bar stools sitting outside the consignment shop next door! $100 for all ten. We asked the owner to hold them for us. We go the closing, he denies that he agreed to leave the chairs... there are much bigger issues and we drop it.

When we went back to the consignment shop, the owner tells us that both realtors(ours and his!) chipped in and paid for the chairs for us. I repainted and recovered the chairs this spring. They have the original labels from the Astra Bentwood Furniture Co - NYC on the bottom of each seat.

This is my favourite chair. It's one of a pair (ebay find about eight years ago) that were aquired by the vendors when they lived in Argentina. It's from the Art Nouveau period, but is not the kind of Art Nouveau we're usually attracted to, being a bit more 'blingy', lol!

African chair from Ghana:

Here is the same chair in Africa.

The chair is made of mahogany (or so I was told), stained black, and then the design was carved out to show the patterns. I made cushions for it, not shown.

I wouldn't be surprised if everyone didnt have a nostalgic or sentimental story/memory about a chair.

I kept my Dad's lawn chair (blue) where he watched traffic from the porch, then took to the cabin deck and fished from. It was a expensive purchase but my mom wanted it to last. (1970). He wore out the cushions and Mom reupholstered with boat seat vinyl. (1980 and still looks good)

When cleaning out the family home, nobody wanted this orphan and I took it because I think of my folks when I look at it.

Nothing special about it but the memories and I'm happy to use it on our patio

I was able to find another one, similar age and recovered the cushion in boat seat vinyl.

On the other side I have our Craig's list mid century find, painted yellow, just to make me smile.

Those yellow chairs reminded me that I have a metal chair in our patio:

wow wow wow what an eye candy of a thread!!!

I love chairs,,but I don't have space to put them..that's a real pity..buying something new will mean getting rid of something, and I not ready to do that yet

I usually sit here:

they're Craigslisted, reupholstered, and really comfortable..even though they're not special like ones shown already..I'd love to have a couple of "odd" chairs, you know? or more..as with most everything else I like many many styles

ah, and my favorite little stool I've found on Etsy(sorry for the mess pic taken shortly after we moved)

Another chair that's more comfortable than it looks...

Here's the newest chair I have, which I got from work (an item returned by a client).

This is my LR chair given to me by my MIL. I refinished and reupholstered years ago...

Another treasure from my grandparent's farmhouse.

Before:

After:

A roadside save - "after" (can't find the before)

This chair was one of the first pieces of furniture I bought (circa 1978). The original fabric was chocolate brown velveteen. Had it recovered in the 80's in navy blue and again 2 years ago to match my couch.

Before:

After:

This is a chair that my Mom had in her LR for as long as I remember. It was upholstered in a nubby cream color linen. As kids, we were never allowed to sit in it. It's one of two chairs I took when we sold the house. After sitting in my basement for 10+ years, I had it reupholstered for our new house where it now resides in our MB.

i really like this chair. I like the cushion even more. Give me texture every time :)

I don't have any sentimental chairs, unfortunately. I left most everything I owned in California when I moved to SC ten months ago. My sentimental chairs are in Ireland and won't come to me until after my parents pass. I hope that won't be anytime soon.

I suppose I SHOULD have posted the picture of at least ONE of the chairs that I recovered TODAY -- August 22 -- CHAIR day rather than the rocker so I'm doing two posts:

Keeping with my theme, three loved ones, same chair.

Older chair:

I have moved these two chairs from house to house. I put photos of them on the Antiques forum asking if anyone could give me information about them, since I'd love to get 2 more. Most thought they were handmade and I wouldn't find more. They are family pieces, maybe someone in the family made them?

And new chairs for my sunroom:

The story behind these four dining chairs is they were a filthy white linen in my neighbor's garage. I commented that they had great design and he gifted them to me saying one of his former clients had given them to him and made him promise never to sell them. When my upholsterer came to give a quote he just about had a heart attack. Showed me where they were signed: original Mies van der rohe. When neighbor saw them in my upholstery, he asked me to put them in my will for him. Excuse the mess. The painters are just finishing the public rooms of the house and it's a jumble.

I'm cheating. It's not a chair, and this isn't my current house. But I love this bench, and it's sitting in a similar welcoming position in front of our new MCM place. Probably not legit for MCM, but it's New Mexico, so I'm claiming an exception.