My room layout is similar and I've been looking at swivel chairs for many weeks. I thought my choices were either skirted or modern/leather. But yesterday a designer showed me a picture of a nice looking chair by Zagaroli--with legs! The designer was going to ask Zagaroli if they could make it with a higher back, but I doubt whether I'd take a chance on that without being able to see it first. I'll be curious to hear what you end up with. I'm not thrilled about skirted upholstery, but the Sherrill and Jessica Charles rocking/swivel chairs are very comfy and some are normal height (19-20" from floor). My DH has long legs and needs a decent height/depth chair. He was comfortable in the Lafer too, but I'm a little concerned about incorporating such mordern elements. Here is a link that might be useful: Zagaroli Swivel Chair

We ruled out swivel chairs after I tried one out in a store and nearly knocked over the accent table they had next to it. So yes, they can bump into things. This may not be a problem, depending on your layout. But I'd also ask if you have a real need for a swivel. We won't put a TV into the living room, so we're happy with all the seating focusing on the center and the other people in the room. We may decide differently for our rec room, once we get around to outfitting it.

I am in the market for a good quality swivel chair for our family room. Since I've never purchased one before, I'm not sure what furniture line has good ones. Thank you for any help on this.

Jon1270, My apologies for not getting back here yesterday. We spent 11 hours going from tile store to tile store (including 2 big box stores), getting totally conflicting information. By the time we got home, with all the walking and all the information swirling around in my grey matter, I was too tired to come in the computer area and turn it on. But my tile fiasco is a whole 'nuther post under another forum. *grin* Being weekend DIYers with just the basic knowledge of woodworking (simple cabinets/shelving/curios/wall framing), I had nooo idea of the complexity of the barrel portion of the chair. Now I understand why the cost of these simple (to me) chairs are so expensive when I've found them online! I am going to keep checking Craig's list---- maybe I can find two separate sellers that are selling similar chairs and I can go ahead and do the Velcro re-upholstery myself so that both chair look similar. Thank you so very much for the great lesson on barrel/staves! Furnone, I love thinking out of the box (in fact, most of our DIY very Budget reno's have been because we couldn't afford what we really wanted but we were able to think out of the box and come up with something passable/presentable/comparable) but this is something I hadn't considered --- what a great idea!!! And I certainly like the look of the chair you linked. Very similar without the upholstery, and I think, with padding, doable! At least now, between you and Jon, I've got other options -- Thank you so much!