My teepee has a new accent chair, and the winner is…

Here’s my new chair, it arrived late Friday afternoon.  I went with the ‘Washed White’ McCrae chair from Joss & Main.  It was originally $720.00, but because I tend to put things off until the last minute, I got it for $515.00.

 

(It dropped in price $45.00, then 3 days before Labor Day there was a “Pre-Labor Day Sale” for an additional 20% off.)  I almost waited too long, the next morning I got an email that the chair was now out of stock.  Did I purchase one in time?  I wouldn’t know for a week.

I had 3 chairs in the running—a boxy armchair, a cheap faux leather thing and this one.  But I knew I wanted something modern, minimalist, industrial in design. 

I worried about getting something with white fabric, but it’s not a bright white, more of a cream with a dull glow.  It’s a heavy canvas fabric and quite nice.

(I placed a tan pillowcase over the headrest portion to keep the top of the chair from attracting a lot of dust.  I also bought this 14x22 red & cream lumbar pillow for some color.)

The chair’s iron sides and back are surprisingly substantial, heavy.  This is not cheap.  You can use the skinny armrests to sit yourself down or get up, they won’t wobble or move.

You can’t tell with my lousy few photos, but the chair sits very low to the ground.  It works though, because the cushion is so high. 

Also the seat is 30” wide.  That’s like a chair-and-a-half.  An adult could sit in it side-by-side with a child.

Here’s something interesting, which you probably can’t tell from these comparison photos but is very obvious in person.  The chair’s pillows are 2 squares sewn together.  But one of the squares is 2-3 inches longer than the other.

You can either have a longer seat cushion (left) when you sit, or a taller back cushion (right). 

I don’t know which way is the right way, or even if there is one.  I like both.

 

I also bought this mudcloth pillow cover from an Indian textile seller on Etsy; it has stripes of cream, red brown & turquoise in it.  But it needs a custom pillow insert, and I’m not sure how I feel about it as it reminds me of giant tobacco leaves.

Hoping I find another pillow for the chair, though.  It looks a little too plain without something with a pattern, and when I put the red & cream one on my bed, I liked it on there even better. 

I wish I was married, most men don’t like or aren’t good at this stuff!