Modern or classic: The right armchair for your style

Modern or classic: The right armchair for your style

In your living room you’re the boss: Whether you spend your evenings in a cozy stripey wingback chair or in a functional leather TV armchair, it’s not just a question of style, it’s also a question of budget. Three armchairs for your domain:

1. Wingback chairs in country-house style

A real upholstery classic: the wingback chair High backrest, extra deep seat and the characteristic wingback shape, that’s what makes this armchair. You can lean back and relax into the wingbacks which are mounted to the left and right while you’re having a little nap.

  • Models: Solid wood feet, foam- or spring coil upholstery, flowery or striped patterns.
  • Cover: Cotton or woven material
  • Goes with: Furniture and accessories in natural materials like wood, rattan, ceramic and clay
  • Budget: $180 to $590

2. Modern-style TV armchairs:

An adjustable backrest, a fold out foot-rest and adjustable head and neck rest; turn your TV evening into a laid-back experience with TV armchairs or Relaxation chairs. With a matching extra-stool you put your feet up comfortably.

  • Models: Birch star-base with built-in swivel function, soft foam upholstery that molds to your body, white or beige.
  • Cover: Imitation and real leather, synthetic materials
  • Goes with: furniture with simple lines in rooms decorated to a purist esthetic with minimal accessories
  • Budget: $240 to $890

3. Retro-style cocktail armchairs

Extravagant and still simple: A curved backrest in semicircular shape, a thick seat cushion and a pedestal made of wood or metal make the cocktail armchair into a designer piece and attention getter.

  • Models: Solid beech wooden frame, a high backrest in quilted look, polyether foam or spring coil upholstery, mustard yellow or another vibrant color.
  • Cover: velvety velour fabric, imitation leather
  • Goes with: Furniture in natural colors (like dark teak), simple shapes, materials like leather, linen and stone
  • Budget: $80 to $700

Along with seating like sofas and space-filling landscaped interiors, armchairs offer you a comfortable refuge and also produce a harmonious mood in the room. Whether you go more for the modern functionality of a TV armchair or the classical design of a cocktail armchair, that’s all down to your taste.

With the right armchair in place, your living room turns into an oasis of happiness.

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