When I first got my comfy chair for the shed I thought "wow...um...it's BIG." But so infinitely more comfortable, I figured it was worth it.
Then, I wanted my husband to be comfortable, too...and once he'd sat in my chair a few times, he finally agreed. One of the main uses for our little space is a place to dream, read, rest, make music, meditate, and sitting in a folding camp chair just wasn't conducive.
Soooo...we got him a comfy chair, too. Bought it the same way we did mine--hit the secondhand stores and antiques malls, and let him sit in everything they had. When that beatific smile spread across his face--a twin to the one that lit mine up when I sat in the crazy rose chair--we knew it had to be his.
Of course if ONE overstuffed chair seems to fill a 10-foot by 10-foot space, imagine what TWO of them do.
But you know what? Both of these chairs SWIVEL. You get a panoramic view, instantly. You can look out the French doors, then swing to the back window and check out the feeder birds, then look up the hill, each time with a different view indoors, too. I can reach my desk, the kitchen corner, and the bookshelves, instantly.
I was astounded. It's like the space expands, exponentially. You're not trapped in a big old chair pointed in one direction, the space just opens up. When I walk around in the shed, there's room between them. If I need more, I swivel one out of the way.
Sure, if we wanted to have a barn dance, it might be a bit snug. (We don't!) If I had planned a bed and shower in there, it would be overcrowded But there's room for a bedroll against the wall, if we want (currently one is rolled up under the bottom shelf behind my chair), and a shower's right out anyway, since we didn't put in any kind of plumbing other than the big copper cistern at the bottom of THIS post. (Since we now keep the shed in the 40s at night, water doesn't freeze except the cat's water on the floor, so there's always water.) The house is right next door, so that's not an issue...
It's working beautifully...AND comfortably!
