my chair answer?

As a few of my fellow curers have witnessed, I have a chair dilemma.
I have this honkin' huge, old chair that I just haven't been able to part with...and yet I also can't seem to bite the bullet and get it reupholstered either.



I'm hesitant because one, I'm a wuss when it comes to big decisions like this and two, the springs in this thing are seriously shot. If you sit in it, the seat's cushion folds up around you like a taco shell, because you sink so far into it.
I'm seriously debating if it's worth recovering...having to change out the springs could be way more expensive than I'm willing to spend.

And then there's this option...which I love, and of course I would have the cushions recovered--that's something I could commit to immediately and easily.


















I know, it's VERY different. But wouldn't this look great with the cushions reupholstered in some fun fabric??
The other reason I'm leaning toward this option besides the fact that it would be less time and anxiety inducing to figure out, is that this chair is selling for $200...and with new fabric on the cushions, that would come out WAY less than a big ol' chair that needs new springs, new padding, new foam AND a lot more new fabric.

I'm seriously leaning toward it. I've only seen it online, but I'm going to go sit in it later today to see if it's the answer to my love/hate relationship with the old chair in my room.

I won't be sending the big upholstered one to the landfill, I assure you. I'll give it to Goodwill and maybe some other, braver, wealthier soul will snag it and give it the love it deserves.
Or if anyone reading this is near Atlanta, and you want it, just give me a shout--it's yours, for free! (If I get the lovely wood armchair, of course.)