Antique Reading Chair

With the help of Hallman Furniture, I've recently custom designed a chair for one of my client's (A.K.A. My Mom). If you've ever done work for your family, you know that it's a no pressure, no expectation kind of job--just kidding. Of course, I want to do the best work for all my client's, but there's an additional desire to please when it comes to Mom.

She'd been looking for a couple of years for a cozy chair to put in the corner of her family room. Since 2007, she'd been eyeing Anthropologie's Corrigan Chair (who wouldn't?).

She liked the low seat, tufted back, castor legs and the feminine shape. Unfortunately, Anthro's Corrigan Chair costs an arm and a leg, and it never went on sale. Plus, she disliked the green leather.

I said, "why don't we custom design a chair for you based on the one that you like from Anthropologie?"

She said, "Great!"

We picked out a beautiful cotton/polyester blend fabric from Fabricut in the chocolate shade that she had originally wanted. I worked with Hallman on the design, making sure that the seat was the right height and depth proportions that Mom wanted.

And here's what we ended up with...

Success! Mom's happy, I'm happy...what could be better?