I had been looking for a small arm chair for several years - a chair that would fit nicely in the alcove next to the fireplace in our bedroom. (Yes, we have a fireplace in our bedroom, though we didn’t know it was there when we bought our house. But that’s another story.) Last Sunday, while wandering the farmers market in Ballard, I stopped into a hip vintage furniture shop. Near the back of the store, I spotted a small yellow armchair, which the tag indicated was a 1940’s vintage Danish chair. The lines were lovely, still somewhat traditional but stripped-down simple, foreshadowing the teaky Danish modern of my childhood.
I sat. Not only was this chair the right size for our alcove, it was the right size for me. I am short, and though my legs are long for my height, I find that most chairs leave my feet swinging just off the floor. This chair, on the other hand, is low enough that I can plant my feet firmly on the floor. And, when I sit back in the chair, and rest my elbows where the arms of the chair meet its back, my fingertips just curl over the front of the chair’s arms.
On Tuesday, Paul went to look at the chair. (There are some things that we buy on our own; furniture is not one of them.) When I arrived home from work Tuesday evening, the chair was in our bedroom alcove. The cats were quite intrigued. Their first assumption was that this was a new scratching post; I quickly - and loudly - disabused them of this notion. And I’ve spent a lot of time sitting in the chair, rubbing my hands over its upholstery, claiming it by making it smell like me. That seems to be working, though I’m leaving the somewhat worn slipcovers from the chair’s arms over its back for a while, just in case.
(Yes, ‘mouse, it’s Friday again. Get to work! Or visit the other animals at the Friday Ark. Annoying Little Twerp [hey, I didn’t name her blog] will be hosting the Carnival of the Cats this Sunday.)
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hi there! thanks for visiting my blog earlier…
your cats are precious! i left my two cats back home when we moved to HK. they were very much well-trained compared to our dogs…;)
Oh how much do you love that chair? It’s gorgeous - I love chairs like that too! Nice one.
Here via Michele’s meet and greet.
Friday Ark #49
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What a wonderful home you have here, Kim. I’m digging about, as you know, and uncovering all sorts of lovely lilies…thanks for inviting me!
Do these two have claws? Ours do and my one favorite chair reflects that.
It will be a pleasure to link to you and drop by regularily!
There’s something amazing about finding something that’s perfect and you weren’t even looking for!
Oops forgot to say here from Michele’s today!
Cool chair… and apparently the cats think so too!! Thanks for stopping by Crayons!
Th’hell, it’s now 5:25pm and this is the very first moment I’ve had to even think about noticing it’s Friday. Ugly. It was ugly. Thanks for the prettiness to end the day on tho.
Oh, and thanks for the link. I’ll link back the moment I figure out how — it’s kinda a construction zone over there at Keith’s lately and I a) can’t do it myself and b) feel bad asking Keith to help.
Oh I have been here before! Here via Michele today….lovely lovely chair and cats!
Beautiful chair and cats. Looks like they like the chair a bit too much
Here via Michele’s, have a great weekend
Kim raised her voice…the world might be coming to an end! ;~)
I neglected to “personalize” my bedroom chair and two of the Siamese took it as their permanent sleeping place. So, I just put a soft pad in the seat and gave it to them.
How do you keep them from shredding it? We’ve gotten some stuff that looks like huge, double-sided tape to dissuade our trio from our one nice chair, and it seems to be working, though our chair looks silly with the strip of tape running down the side.
Thanks for your comments over at my blog, Kimberley. It was a hard week.
I can finally read your site again without feeling cat-sadness.
That’s a good looking chair, too.
what, you can claim a chair? one of our cats has claimed our bed. the other has claimed everything else. visiting from Michele’s — have a great weekend!