https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/OSP-Home-Furnishings-Baldwin-Mid-Back-Faux-Leather-Chair-with-Gold-Finish-Arms-and-Base/21932920/product.html

I'm a brass lover so I love this in white and cream.

Feathers, that's a very pretty chair! I like the linen, but not sure I'm sold on blue for my room. Linen might be a good choice though.

BB, that's a beautiful chair as well, alas ... arms. Darn.

I brought an extra armless Stickley dining chair out of storage and parked it here for now. I thought I didn't hate it at first, but I do need an honest to goodness desk chair here. I keep going back to this style. Anyone care to weigh in on which color would work best?

Gray fabric:

Washed gray leather:

Antique white leather:

Looks nice. Maybe add a pad and you’re good to go

I have an expensive Haworth chair, but I’m 100% WFH since 2007. Worth the expense, but I wouldn’t have bought it for occasional work.

My choice is the light gray. To me, the darker gray is too industrial, and the white too contrasting with your room colors. Your bedroom is so beautiful, love it!

Of course we have similar decor ... my wall lizard. He's trying to get out the back door. :D

If it's not real leather, then the gray fabric, no competition for me. One forgetful pass of a shoe buckle or pokey jewelry and a vinyl (faux leather) chair would be toast for me . . .

I just ordered the gray fabric. I thought the leather quality could be iffy, and the fabric is a pretty safe bet.

Jinx, I love your little lizard! What a cutie! (Side note, but my very first tattoo was a small lizard. He's since been covered up with another piece, but I guess he's still "in there" somewhere. 🙃)

Well, frickin frick. I didn't order the gray chair, because Amazon just advised that they don't have it and don't know when they'll have it. So annoying. Back to the old drawing board. Why do seemingly simple things like this turn into a quest?

I love the antique white leather! Feminine. :) My office has carpeting and I use an office chair with arms on rollers, and it rolls pretty good.

Boo!

Ok, this is going way over budget, but I like the wood base:

https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Pamela-Office-Chair/20229416/product.html?option=33606708&recalg=966%2C961&recguid=06eee773-72b9-4140-9404-6e7a3838c112&recidx=6&recset=50580640-cfb8-4134-99d7-670c6e9c49a6&refccid=A4SZT3XL4BI3ERCCNBGBJCG7BI

And:

https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Linon-Pamela-Off-white-Office-Chair/11041341/product.html?option=17045065&recalg=966,961&recset=d4fc705b-9dd2-4e6e-b7b1-cf800c125f8b&refccid=RUJ5GMYVAU7KUX2DIW7OSM4RJY&recguid=c82884ba-56c9-4190-a63d-cc8e3d3d9621&recidx=0

ETA: Love this color:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Linon-Sinclair-Aqua-Transitional-Desk-Chair/1000787780

I love those, Jinx, and am ready to just go over budget and be done with it! I much prefer the wooden base to a metal.

Oh, and OT, but when did Bed, Bath and Beyond (or Bed, Bath and Bullsh!t as my dad calls it) start having "member" pricing? That annoys me too. I think it's kind of a cr@p store anyway, but they're now trying to convey some sort of privileged price structure? Please.

If you have carpet, consider getting a wooden floor mat instead of a plastic one. The plastic ones crack within a short period of time. The mat can cost more than the chair, however.

This post cracks me up, I looked at all these chair iterations for my project. And just like my search for the perfect wedding dress, as soon as I found one I liked, they for sure would not have it in my size or the color I needed . . .

Also ironically, the place where we were getting the chairs reupholstered closed down, so I too am back to the "Executive" chair search. I found that term worked best to find what I was looking for.

Think I could get away with the color Orchid? I do have pink in my bedroom... I tend to think it goes well with the desert/canyon hues I like.

Or green(ish) ...

Or khaki ...

Gah, I'm sick of looking at chairs. The more I look, the cheaper they look to me and the more ridiculously priced they get.

I've heard ugly as sin, but not ugly as homemade sin. Is that particularly heinous?

LOVE orchid!

Is this short-term or will it be permanent? I'm just wondering about repeated "rolling" on the carpet. Right now I have a smallish (chair more suited for a woman) wood chair. However, I'm on the hunt for a vintage wood bankers chair (which will have rollers). No carpet here.

I like either the tufted chair (but not sure what color) or the leather, if it is not fake.

Going back through your pictures I'm not sure I would go with off-white or gray. Your colors are so saturated, the pale colors may not jive. My first choice would be that last chair Jinx showed, it would work well with your bedding.

That greenish gray one looks cozy an classy to me. Where is that one from? Also looks great for the well-endowed tush, which probably doesn't apply to you IdaClare, but is something you have to consider I learned when choosing chairs for a public meeting room . . .

Rolling isn't that much of an issue, as I really just need to be able to move it out from under the desk to sit on and push it back under when I'm done working. No rolling around elsewhere, but I would like it to have wheels. I think just about all desk chairs (if they're adjustable otherwise) will have them.

Also, I have totally lost track of where the chairs are from. Ugh!

You are probably right. I just wondered how it would effect the carpet. I do like that orchid one too, on my screen it looks kind of pink. Pink would look great in the room.

But, you don't have to use a desk chair, per se. I can see a pretty little feminine looking wood chair (straight back) working too. You might find one with an upholstered seat or you could use a cushion. But I just realized you said you want wheels, so I guess that won't work!

I'm not hating this, in spite of the metal base...

Fake leather though, so... 😒

Tina, I have extra Stickley straight back dining chairs. Probably too tall, but it is a comfortable chair.

Pink, is this the one you're talking about?

https://www.amazon.com/Guyou-Upholstered-Fabric-Armless-Adjustable/dp/B08VNF8VDP/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=armless%2Btask%2Bchair%2Btufted&qid=1619369122&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExMkg3VjNMM0xKTThVJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjk3ODk2MUxDVktHNTBVRTU4QyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMDI3Mzg1MkJGWFdHWlhCWVFJWSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl&th=1

Ida, I swear.

I just noticed your picture under Lizard ... look how similar my bull one is (the frame). It’s in the laundry room:

I just bought a little dining chair at Home Goods. The price was right (significantly less than the desk and task chairs I've been looking at), the size is perfect, the height is perfect, it's sturdy, a decent and unobtrusive color, and fits the bill well enough to make it a keeper, I think. I don't mind the fact that it doesn't roll...the silly little handle on the back actually makes pulling it out to sit in super easy, and it pulls up to the desk just where I need it to be. I think I'm gonna call this a day. Thanks to all who offered suggestions and guidance. Even though I made a detour, I greatly appreciate the input!

Now to corral all those wayward cords!

Ida, it‘s perfect! I like that better for your bedroom than the rolling ones. :)

Cute chair and glad you found something.

We were on a quest last summer to find something for DGD‘s college apartment. It was hard to find anything reasonably priced that she liked. Turned out she didn’t have as much room as she thought for her desk and chair so we scrapped the idea anyway and she studies in her room on the bed, the dining room or elsewhere.

Haha, Jinx! Are you me? Am I you? Truly! 😄

Love your cow in that frame! My dad made the one that looks like yours, to frame the print of Taos Pueblo that he gave me at Christmas one year.

🥰

“Ugly as homemade sin”—one of my DM’s favorite phrases.

I was just thinking about "Ugly as homemade sin." I've never heard that before...ugly as sin, yes but not with homemade. I wonder how THAT term came to be?

That chair is so perfect; love the handle to pull it out - looks like it was made for your desk and room.

Oly, me too. Must be regional.

Y‘all are lucky you never heard the southern term: “Go pick out a switch”.

😬

I don't know where the "homemade sin" saying came from, but I remember hearing it from an early age.

I also had to pick out a switch a time or two. Horrors.

Ida, it was like, ok, if I get one too thin and small, that’ll make them go look for a thicker one. But I don’t wanna overreach and get one too thick!

It had to be a perfect balance for the least optimal stinging!

😂

My mom was reminiscing yesterday about whacking my little brother with a flyswatter! She is very much anti-spanking now, but back in the day she would give us a good swat when we acted out. The last time I remember getting popped on the butt was when I was 13, and I mouthed off to her at the mall. She smacked my backside and it was so mortifying!

But yes, there was absolutely a method one employed for proper "switch picking"! 😄

The flyswatter!

In the car, seriously heard, “Don’t make me pull over!!” ... and then the flyswatter from the front seat. 😆

Southern moms and aunts back then were in a catagory of their own. 😂

ETA: I got in so much trouble at Six Flags one year — I will not share why — but was grounded for about a year. :D

Totally southern! I heard it quite a bit myself. And the flyswatter! My mother had one hanging on a hook by the door that led to the back porch. We swear she could reach it all the way from the kitchen sink if she needed it to give us a quick swat on the way out the door.

Outside. 😂

We should have a flyswatter and switch museum. 😆

I'm really gonna need to hear that Six Flags story! 😉 I too was nearly grounded for life after going there with a boy in high school, so one of my later park excursions. My folks expected me home at a certain hour, and he and I decided to go "parking" after closing time instead.

What?! What's the problem, mom? 😜

Ida! That’s what I did, too! Oh, man, I had such a crush on him for years. The cave ride lives on in my mind. 😂 Then parking off 287 in Arlington. Then me being hours late. Then my dad finding out I wasn’t there with my friends like I’d said. Not good. 😬

And after all the trouble I got in ... he never called me again. Sigh. My first broken heart.

I regret nothing!

Hahahaha! Jinx, that's crazy! Now, if you tell me his name was Steve, I'm gonna really be flabbergasted! 😄

Ida, no, I don’t want to say ... he’s a well-known attorney in D/FW now. 😆

BTW, Six Flags ruined the Cave Ride! Spelunkers are gone. :(

Nooooo! The Spelunkers were wonderful with their little pointy faces! And that rotating barrel ... I always thought that was sooooo very dramatic! The cave was one of the few cool places in the park on a hot summer day.

Oh, and Skull Island! Remember that place?

http://parktimes.com/ptsarticles/welcome/sections/oldsouth/skull-island/

Yesss! Oh my goodness!

I’m not on FB anymore, but when I was, saw a “Remember Arlington” page. Lots of old Six Flags talk, and parks nearby: remember Seven Seas? And Lion Country Safari in Grand Prairie?

But my fav thing is how the Banana Splits did their opening on the (now gone) giant slide at Six Flags. I loved that show. 😄

ETA: And concerts at Six Flags! I saw Crystal Gayle there in the ‘70’s. :D

Oh goodness! What wonderful memories! I remember all of those places! And that slide ... and the tower ... such unique things at the time! Remember the Sid and Marty Kroftt puppet show? So neat that you saw Crystal Gayle there! I saw Eddie Money at Six Flags and consider it to be my first "real" concert!

The puppet show! Yes! :)