Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Recliners and More Recliners

I Hate Recliners!


See this recliner?  Picture it in your mind twice because we have two of them, perfect condition, less than two years old and hideous for sitting comfort. Big mistake purchase.


See this recliner?  Try to forget you saw it. Had to come out of it's hiding place in a bedroom when leather recliners proved unworkable for me. Paused in the living room only long enough for me to decide what to do about hideous leather recliners. Now on its way to the trash, or Goodwill, or somewhere out of my house.



See this recliner? Picture it twice. I now own two of them. Will be delivered on Thursday.


See this chair?  Look at it quickly. It's on it's way to Goodwill tomorrow.

If I hate recliners and I hate making decisions, how did this happen?  The plan was to buy one chair to replace the ugly worn recliner.

I made the mistake of sitting in the just purchased recliner with the electric motor adjustment. Absolutely loved it but there was a problem. I could not, in good conscience, buy that chair for myself and not buy one for Bob. It's difficult these days for him to push back a recliner or even use the ones with the lever on the side. This chair will be wonderful for him, but I didn't go to buy a chair for him. I went to buy a chair for myself.

Now what am I going to do? Chairs everywhere you look? Daughter leaves Tuesday morning. Monday afternoon she will take the rocking chair to Goodwill and the worn recliner somewhere out of my sight. I don't care where.

Once that's done we will move one of the hideous leather recliners to a corner in a bedroom until such time as it can be joined by it's mate to burn in hell. That will not happen as long as Bob lives.

The two new recliners will reside in the living room along with one of the hideous leather recliners. Got that? Good, because I'm not sure I do.

8 comments:

  1. Your new recliner looks beautiful! And comfortable!

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  2. I have made the Recliner Mistake myself. Right now I have the Loveseat Mistake and even though my son has offered me one he has, his is not what I want either. So I just keep the uncomfortable love seat until I figure it out.

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  3. I am still mourning the decision I made YEARS ago to part with a sofa and love seat that would literally wrap its arms around you and lull you to sleep! Both were as comfortable as a good BED and I regret giving them away for a new modern look! Also I had two recliners - ugly as could be - that were as comfy as a mother's womb!!! That's a figure of speech but you could SLEEP in them! I have a friend that requested to be delivered HERE after surgery so she could recover in the arms of one of these beloved recliners. I was heartless to give one of then away. The other HAD to go because one day it kicked its feet out and would NOT retract them!!!!
    May all your old ones find good homes and may you be blessed as you rest and enjoy the new ones!!!!

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  4. I love the looks of the leather recliners at the top. I'd gladly take them off your hands if I needed furniture and we near-by. Chairs are SO hard to buy! Comfort and style don't always come in the same piece. Hope you'll love your new chairs when they come.

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  5. Sounds like our case, except we have a surplus of desks. So great you found a comfy one that fits you. It looks like you could live in it. Enjoy! I'm due for a new one, just having trouble deciding for sure exactly what I want.

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  6. My next recliner may well be one of those that lifts you up and then dumps you out.

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  7. Same problem here but with our sofa, not a recliner. This fairly new but miserable sofa has got to go. I'm trying to figure out how to break the news to Ken.

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  8. Recliners are either heavenly or torturous. You certainly have a surplus now. Hope the new ones are all you want.

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