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who are these people white an upholstered chair in the bathroom?

The third bathroom got me green with envy. That window... the color... getting that one for my design archives ASAP...

Now I'm lighting a candle so that one day I can have a room like that jejeje.

how does upholstered furniture hold up in a consistantly humid environment? are these pieces covered in indoor/outdoor fabric?

Whose bathroom is constantly humid? Maybe if you/your family are taking showers all day and leaving the door closed and/or never cracking the window, then you'd have a constantly humid environment that would lead to rotting fabric. All these bathrooms look airy, have lots of windows and high ceilings. Doubt they get super-humid and stay that way.

In Florida bathrooms are constantly humid. It can take days for a towel to dry. It's one of the main things I don't miss about living there.

I think in a bathroom with a tub and maybe no shower (or with a glassed-in shower elsewhere in the room) an upholstered piece would be fine. And not all humidity is bad for wood--a certain amount is necessary to keep it from splitting (think about acoustic guitars).

slowdown: "Consistently," not "constantly." And the point is- who has a bathroom that looks like one of these? Maybe the fabric choice doesn't matter if you have a bathroom the size of my apartment... but this is apartment therapy here. Most of us are working with small bathrooms, and if they're a rental, chances are the ventilation is poor.

I'm lucky enough to have a bathroom large enough for a chair- but not large enough or well ventilated enough to keep the fabric from becoming warped or musty. I love the way a comfy bit of upholstery looks in a bathroom, but it's simply not practical unless you use some sort of outdoor, durable, and maybe waterproof material.

This reminds me of the "sofas at the dining table" issue...

Maybe I've read the stories about the poo germs flying out of the toilet when it's flushed too many times to like this.

I would love the space to have a chair in my bathroom, but probably not an upholstered one.

poo germs can fly??

amazing.

(flying poo germs, that is)

but also a nice comfy place to sit while giving your kids a bath would be awesome... and maybe a fireplace.... and a little fridge to keep champagne and....

Slowdown -- something for you to think about - people don't always live alone, so leaving the door open is not practical and not every bathroom has a window.

I find it completely ridiculous to have a chair or other crazy furniture in a bathroom - beyond some cabinets and possibly a vanity if you have room, what else could you need?

Although these ideas are rarely practical for the typical apartment, I put them in the category of wishful thinking. It may be decadent or border on gross, even, for some, but it's no less valid an inspiration, even for a modest tiny bathroom. If this site likes to cram all the vapid posters and hamburger phone nonsense with all the IKEA and such, I like to see luxury a lot more also. It's impossible for me to have a chair in my bathroom of any size, but it's possible to develop an atmosphere more peaceful and crowded than I have now with some visual cues.

I would like to know what is up with the pictures on this site, though. Sometimes, you have to click the thumbnails to see what each picture is, and sometimes they are included full size after the jump. LESS CLICKING PLEASE. Not only is it more clicking for your demographic information, but it is more clicking that I am unlikely to bother with, as long as I get the gist of the first picture, and it is harder to navigate back to the main page from the 5th picture -- EVEN MORE CLICKING, aggravating for me, profitable for you and your advertisers. I generally do not bother reading any further than I have to find out all the pictures are thumbnails and I have to click on them to see what you're talking about. Seriously! House Tours, sometimes, House Calls, almost never. If it looks like dreck at the top, I'm unlikely to pursue, or I may comment without even looking at everything. Please include the pictures within the bottom half of the article instead of thumbnails.

The second picture has a lot more chairs than I think is comfortable in a bathroom, what are you having a book club in there or a support group or something? The vanity looks useful, but then the mirror seems too high for the grooming and preening.

Re: "Poo Germs"--

They cannot fly far if you flush with the lid closed :)

(At least, I hope not!)

I had an old ikea stool and recovered it with a towel for our bath http://www.flickr.com/photos/30160010@N07/3325905866/

Its handy to have, and no signs of any mold or rot in the year and a half.

Beeeyoutiful. Even if I had the space and were just as lovely as the above examples, I'm not sure I'm really the type to lounge around in my bathroom. Not out of any germophobia, but because as the post originally said-- there's something about the bathroom that is just utilitarian. It's like how my funky old bathroom has a phone jack in it...who'd want to be messing with talking on the telephone when you're in the bath (or heaven forbid indisposed any other way ;))?

That said, those bathrooms all appear to be about the same size or bigger than my current apartment!

I like to go to a salon now and then for a mani-pedi, but sometimes, I'd like to be able to sit somewhere other than the lid of my toilet to take care of these matters myself. So a chair is not exactly useless in a bathroom, and the nicer the chair and the atmosphere in general, the more patience I would have beyond merely clipping the claws. I could probably take up to a whole hour and do a nice job! I don't really have another space in my apartment where I feel this activity is appropriate.

I'm one of those people who believes baths should be as richly decadent as possible. I don't get to do it very often at all, of course - but when I do have a perfect bath, I love to lounge in water that's terrifically hot until I turn bright red, then jump out and lounge on a big fluffy towel to cool off. Aaand repeat until the water is the perfect temp to just lie back with a good book and a bowl of cold grapes.

It's like a cheap home version of having a sauna, really.

It would be an absolute dream to have a comfy chair or chaise lounge to relax on instead of a make-shift towel. Make it with weatherproof outdoors cushion material and a soft towel fabric cover that can be pulled off for cleaning, and it would be perfect.

A comfy upholstered chair in the bathroom sounds lovely. I'll file the thought away for the day when we have a) a bathroom large enough to fit a chair, and b) more than one bathroom, so no one will be hopping up and down outside the door waiting for me to finish lounging.

Does a velvet button-tufted vanity chair count? I love to sit there late at night, to cool down after my shower. I usually polish off a glass of wine at the same time and read a few pages in a book. But I cover the seat with a small towel though, so it doesn't get damp.

At first glance I thought the second picture was a dining room!. I have a pretty big bathroom and in the evening when myself, son and hubby are all getting ready for bed, a small chair would be great as I usually find myself sitting on my small son's stepstool.

Wouldn't a non-upholstered chair, bench, or stool make much more sense in a bathroom? Something that could be cleaned if necessary, and covered quickly with a towel for comfort? When would you ever sit on the chair other than helping kids in the bath? I can't imagine putting a naked, wet butt on fabric which will hold moisture, germs, odors, fecal matter, etc. The chair in the bathroom is nice to look at, but in my estimation, not practical in any sense of the word.

Eh...another polarizing post that doesn't apply to 99% of the demographic on this site. I love ApartmentTherapy because it's "news I can use", so to speak. I hope this isn't an example of what's to come. I like the stuff that actually applies to my household.

I agree with pxlchk1 - this is honestly not practical for most on this site. We're talking about people in apartments (the name of the site should help) and not many apartments feature a bathroom bigger than my bedroom.

You don't really know people's situations. I once almost rented a teeny-tiny apartment (maybe 250 sq. feet) with a bathroom nearly half the size of everything outside of it. There was definitely room for a chair in it. Also, apartments outside of urban areas tend to be larger. Just because I've had tiny bathrooms in every apartment I've rented doesn't mean I can't imagine a reader who can use this idea or be inspired by it. I'm thinking of getting a chair to put in the bathroom when I want it there and put it somewhere else when it's in the way. I've decided my ideal living situation requires a chair in the bathroom, somehow, someway.

And I don't mean sitting on it with my soaking wet bare ass. I have a bathrobe, you might have heard of such a thing.

Amen, K T G. For me, this site is an ideal balance of "aha!" and "I wish..." However, I reserve the right to offer a little delicate criticism on the wishful thinking.

Double amen on the bathrobe though- seriously, who sits on anything bare-assed?

KTG, i'm totally with you on that. I live in a "suburb" of Chicago (insofar as all citizens of southeastern Wisconsin have finally ceded to the fact that no one knows where you're from unless you reference Chicago) and some of the apartments we looked at had room for entire love seats in the bathroom. Of course, we traded that kind of luxury for a two story unit that had room for a dining nook in favor of practicality, but there are certainly people who can do more than dream about this.

I can see a nice teak bench, maybe. Nothing upholstered. I couldn't deal with toothpaste splatters, spilled lotion, mildew, whatever on the cushions, so I'd prefer a seat (if there was room, which there is not) that is meant for a moist environment.

Though upholstered bathroom chairs look elagant and sophisticated but it is not a practical choice for a small and ordinary home bathroom furniture.

You need bigger space to have such kind a furniture in the bathroom.

Comment Though upholstered bathroom chairs look elagant and sophisticated but it is not a practical choice for a small and ordinary home bathroom furniture.

You need bigger space to have such kind a furniture in the bathroom.

Jeanne

This is looking good. You may also look Ballard Designs to see more upholstered chairs. I've bought a new one for my house from them and it looks awesome.