recliners.
 

i never wanted a recliner. ever. something too decadent about sitting in a chair and flipping up leg rest and leaning way back. come on! sitting is plenty comfortable enough.

but enter my wife...she wants one. and my wife can fall asleep in a single seater upholstered chair, rolled up in a ball. a recliner will be like NyQuil PM for her. lights out!

we went to Lazy Boy this weekend. the level of comfort is off the charts! they are huge bulbous hunks of furniture. i daresay "ugly". you are not finding modern, mid century in a lazy boy store. haha. the couches are gigantic fixtures. cupholders and everything. pockets for TV remotes. built in heat, massage functions! how comfortable do we need to be?

oh well. 5 month waiting period before our recliner shows up. we opted for delivery since i refuse to move furniture that flips open like a multi-tool.

it starts. :D. tired old bones. my wife bets me i will paper/scissor/rock her for the recliner.

If you have sciatic nerve troubles...a recliner is valuable.
Lots of diff ways to sit in it without putting pressure on your back.
I almost always tuck one of my feet in the seat and sit partially on that foot...super comfortable.

These Stressless recliners are magic. I've got a couple of them and got a couple of couches to got with them that the individual section you sit on can also recline. https://shop.stressless.com/en-nz/c/recliners

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My dad always had a recliner when I was growing up, although when they retired, they didn't have one (weird, just realized that).

We have never had one. I (and the missus) just can't bring myself to have one. We don't normally nap or sleep anywhere but in bed anyway.

Some of them have gotten crazy, with cup holders, lights, built in cooler/fridges, etc....

Screw Fashion...Lazy Boy is pure comfort. Also nice when I'm fighting the krud and can't breathe well lying flat in bed..can sleep in the recliner with nose open enough to breathe.

hey, i can get onboard with that! thanks.

whoa!! they really havent changed much, visually. eek.

picture that one in a modern color. i forget the name..something like "autumn straw"

Seriously - try one. Buy right, cry once. Amazingly comfortable and when they commissioned my building in the 1980s I guess they had a Herman Miller catalog and a bottomless wallet. 40+ years of us flopping into those in our coffee spot and they're still going strong.

https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/lounge-seating/eames-lounge-chair-and-ottoman/

It only hurts for a little bit...

Only way to sleep after shoulder surgery.

Yes. They do have a therapy function.

They really are comfortable. GF dragged me kicking and screaming to the Ekornes shop and insisted I sat in one. I've been a convert ever since. Another feature is they can do an "extra recline" by pulling the headrest forward then leaning back.

When I came home from the hospital with a titanium rod inside my femur....it was the only way I could get comfortable for any length of time....priceless.

I'm looking at a nice leather recliner I've had for decades.... prolly average sitting in once per year, but not for long...

I decline to recline :D

www.dwr.com

Design Within Reach is having a sale on Herman Miller. Just saying.

Ten years ago we were dining across the street from one of their dealers. I'm all like "sure honey, we wanted one forever so go sign up" - she brought the receipt and I was a little shaken (it was a wee bit mighty) but figured it's a durable good and will last forever, so we're OK. Then I saw it was the half-payment for the order...

Darn comfy chair though! I do not regret the (painful) purchase.

La-Z-Boy Eldorado

Sooooooooo ****ing comfortable. The wife has claimed it. And the pets.

New Sexual Position Opportunities present themselves in a recliner .......Just saying, the dentist chair has a sexual tension behind it.

I bought an articulated bed frame and a Sleep Number. That's my recliner. I've had 3 shoulder surgeries. Works perfectly and since it's a bed, no clunky furniture taking up a large footprint.

Bought my Bradington Young recliner around 1993. Been reclining every evening since!

I did replace the recliner mechanism about 3 years ago.

Edit: our 25-year-old son, asked what brand recliner I had, as he was looking for one.��

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I have a lazy boy couch and 2 chairs in my living roo. Almost never recline them. If I want to lay down, I go to bed.

We bought a Lazy-Boy recliner and couch around 10 years ago. The first night we both passed out within 30 minutes.
The couch is ready for replacement, we'll probably get another one

We have a very similar green leather Thomasville chair, love it, it has really held up well over the years. We have no plans to replace it.

I have a Perfect Chair, Zero Gravity chair and when i came home from the hospital with broken ribs and for months, it seemed like, i lived in that chair, being electric, it made it easier for those moments when i had to get up.
I highly recommend one.
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Sadly, my sciatic nerve experience is just the opposite, i just can't sit without pain. The damn thing is killing me.

Check out Dania, and/or stressless if you are looking for something sleeker. I think they are a dealer. I have a vintage stressless chair and it is super comfortable.

IKEA has recliners, and they are surprisingly comfortable, and not big padded fat massive things.

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LC4

Skip the chair and go straight to the reclining couch.

ooh, NICE! I want one now.

^^^ no armrests...not good.

Depends on what you want to do in it. ;)

huh?....oh...OOH!!! oh hell yes.

Ok...no heel rests.

I had a pair of these, or something just like them, in the library of my last house for 20 years and use them every single day. Super comfortable.

And if it has a built in toilet.

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OK - some of these swivel and some don't.

I wonder how important that feature is to have.

Guess it all boils down to personal preference - location of chair in relation to TV - etc.....