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new comfy chair! (maybe)

31 Friday Jul 2026

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A couple of weeks ago I got it into my head that I needed a new comfy chair. Why? I mean, my present comfy chair is still comfy enough, but it’s kind of a wreck now (mostly thanks to Morcilla) and it was second hand when I got it in 2011 (to replace my previous second hand comfy chair – inherited from Agustín – that had literally fallen apart). I started looking around online at the usual places (IKEA, Leroy Merlin, El Corte Inglés) and there was one possibility for a reasonable price at ECI so I went to check it out. And well, it was crap. Cheaply made and decidedly not comfy. And then this one caught my eye.

Unfortunately Bonnie (it’s the model name, I didn’t make it up) was way out of the ballpark and I asked the sales guy if it might be discounted during the summer sales. He said that particular model didn’t usually go on sale but I could check back. Well instead I checked on line every morning and then yesterday there it was… 15% off for four days only! Which was still too expensive but I had tried her out and was kind of hooked because Bonnie was indeed very comfy. And so I went back to ECI and the same sales guy was there. He remembered me and said he was hoping I’d see the sale. Anyhow… it turned out that there would be no new stock available until August 25th, with delivery in early September, so I decided to buy the chair to lock down the price and then decide later if I should actually keep it. As Peter pointed out, it’s the last chair I’m going to buy in my lifetime so why not? We’ll see.

busted!

15 Thursday Sep 2011

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A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the back of my comfy chair (inherited from Agustín a few years ago) had gone a bit wobbly. Then it started sinking on one side, getting worse and more wobbly by the day. And so I thought the best thing to do would be to cut it open and see what the problem was. This is what I saw.

See that white elastic with the double line running across it? Well, that and the piece of wood it’s attached to, should be attached to the other side of the chair. My theory is that it got bashed about during the move last February and then Loki – doing his Jungle Gym routine climbing up back of chair and then hanging there – didn’t help. Damn. The wood slats on the left-hand side have snapped in two places.

Thing is, that old comfy chair has seen me through some very hard times. After all the cancer ops I would never have been able to sit comfortably on – or even get up from – the IKEA sofa/bed, which has to be one of the worst-designed sofas ever. I needed something with sturdy arms so I could settle into and push myself out of the chair without having to use too much “gut power” with stitches going from here to there.

I don’t know what to do now. Repairing the old comfy chair is beyond my capacity, and I’m not sure it’s worth getting it restored by a professional. In the meanwhile, I have brought the IKEA reading chair down from upstairs. It’s a bit low-slung to be comfortable getting in and out of, and it also leans back too much. I need a more upright chair.

This afternoon I’m going to wander over to a small neighbourhood upholstery place I pass all the time. They will either solve my problem or cost ten times more than buying something new.