Reading chair; IKEA
Trying to find a smaller chair + ottoman I can kick back in for listening or reading. As much as I’d love an Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman , it’s a bit out of my budget and takes up a lot of space in my somewhat constrained floorplan (I’m trying to keep some open space for the pups...). Amazon has a slew of ~$75-120 offerings but they’re all kinda sus. (Not to denigrate the good corporate name of the venerable KOMFOTT, but, y’know...) So I stumbled across the IKEA POÄNG chair, which apparently is a long-standing classic , available in a bewildering array of color and cushion combinations. POÄNG pages from 2002 IKEA catalog The cushions at least have been helpfully summarized by a redditor : Knisa - cheapest and thinnest (“The Knisa is noticeably thinner and less padded than the rest, still comfortable but will wear out faster ...”) Lysed / Vislanda - thicker than knisa, medium durability, kind of a middle ground Hillared - as thick as Lysed, but more durable fabric Glose - leathe...