Tag: Seating - task chairs | Apartment Therapy

Panton Chairs as Desk Chairs

Last December, Apartment Therapy Boston bloggers Wes and Kayla suggested that the Panton chair just might be the "perfect desk chair". We liked the look with their Blu Dot desk and "bookmarked" it as ...

The 6 Most Comfortable Office Chairs

On a recent Spirit Airlines flight, it felt fitting, as I was squirmy and somewhat cramped, to read about the most comfortable seats in the airline's magazine. Not airplane seats, but office chairs....

Lindsay's Office Chair Makeover

We just heard from Lindsay about her great chair makeover: This was an old hand me down chair that I've had for about 6 years. I don't have a before picture, but the seat was stained and long past its...

10 Great Desk & Chair Combos

Workspaces aren't always the prettiest parts of a home, so we appreciate a well-designed one all the more. It doesn't take much. At minimum, you need a good desk and chair, but that combination can ...

High & Low: Eames & Eames-Inspired Task Chairs

The Eames Management Chair is a favorite of Apartment Therapy readers—it scored just below the Aeron Chair in a lunchtime survey. We love it in mesh, Maharam, or plain leather. Like any standard b...

Kinetic Opens to the Public
Montreal

Kinetic Living Concept is a Montreal-based company providing reproduction and original design furnishings for the home. Up until now, they were distributors of contemporary furnishings to retailers ...

Chair Socks: Give Your Furniture Some Fashion

This morning we spotted these funny little socks... for your chairs. Some part of us is thinking how silly they are, while the other part is wondering, why we didn't think this up ourselves. There'...

Big Box Herman Miller

While strolling through the aisle of our local, bulk, big box retailer something new caught our attention. A line of Herman Miller chairs being treated like an in-store merry-go-round, by a group of...

Using Chairs as Bedside Tables

There's something wonderfully warm about nontraditional bedside tables to personalize a bedroom. In this case, the "nontraditional" isn't a table at all, but serves the same purpose: the bedside chair...

A Reluctant Roundup: Gaming Chairs

With multiple systems and a game-loving family, gaming is simply a part of life at home. BUT...we definitely have never felt the need to purchase special seating for game time and honestly, don't plan...

The Embody Chair by Herman Miller

While it looks like something from the near future, Herman Miller's Embody chair is definitely here, now. The Embody is a beautiful combination of ergonomic sensibilities with Herman Miller style. ...

House Tour Roundup: Hard Working Home Offices

This week, we dug through our House Tour archives for the best of the best of home workplaces on AT:Chicago. As someone who works full time from home, I know it's not always easy to incorporate a good...

ICFF 2008: Chairs from Arper

I guess I was subconsciously seeking a task chair at ICFF - as I look through my photos there are plenty of images of chairs on wheels. So after posting the new Sottsass chair for Emeco this morning, ...

ICFF 2008: Nine-0 Swivel Armchair by Ettore Sottsass

Great looking and comfortable, we were bowled over by the new armchairs designed by Ettore Sottsass. Shown by Vitra and produced by Emeco, these chairs have a pedigree and sense of quality which was i...

Maple Chairs by Iker

Spotted in the current issue of Chicago Home + Garden, a teeny tiny photo of these Polish designed chairs made a huge impression. We went digging through IQMatics website (store post on this Schaumbur...

Traditional vs. New: Slipper Chairs

The tradition of a bedroom slipper chair is an elegant but utilitarian seat for dressing. Typically, the chairs are compact and low to the ground so they don't steal space. They're also armless (to ...

Bungalow Office at Crate & Barrel

"East Meets Desk." Crate & Barrel just unveiled a new line of office furniture that combines Prairie School traditions with a little Zen inspiration. Although we think the Pagoda factor is a bit too...

Hollow Furniture at Vitamin D(esign)

What we like best about the Hollow line (designed by Brave Space) is the simplicity. The forms seem delicate yet balanced, like they were folded into shape from laser cut cardboard. We also really l...

Chadwick Chair from Knoll

Our new office chair showed up yesterday, and we are working today in heaven. After so much thought and deliberation - and checking out Gregory's great round-up of potential (and colorful) office chai...

Twenty Gauge Recycled Steel Furniture
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Utilitarian Fabulous? Twenty Gauge does makeovers of vintage steel chairs - creating a design mashup that would add plenty of personality to any home office. Your choice of fabric upholstery and deli...