Recommendations for a new chair needed
 

I need a new chair for my sewing room but don't have a clue what to look for or where to get one. I have a Koala cabinet (or Arrow) can't recall.
Any ideas? TIA

Because of recommendations on the QB, I went to the Container Store and looked at their bungie chair. Love it!!! It conforms to my body and supports it, even though I'm on the small/medium size. They're having a 30% off sale, storewide, and I even bought a second one for my desk.

I got my sewing chair at a quilt shop, It is OK, but the chair I got for my long arm room which I used to use when I had my smaller mid-arm on a frame, I got at an office supply store. It was used, but I still paid $100 for it. It was made by Herman-miller. It is very adjustable and very comfortable. I would sit on it and roll along the concrete basement floor as I was doing pantograms as I was having foot problems. If I needed a new chair, I would again check out used chairs at an office supply store as it is the most sturdy and comfortable chair I have. I also got a computer chair at an office supply store, but again, it doesn't not compare to that used one.
Oh, and the reason, that used chair was for sale was that a large company in town changed their color scheme and did away with the dusty rose ones.

Decide what you want first - armrests or no armrests? Mesh or fabric or leather? Do you want it on wheels or no wheels? I like having the armrests that go up when I am at the machine, yet come down when I am just sitting at the machine ripping out a seam or pinning a seam. I like to be able to use them to push off when getting up after sitting for a long time. It is an office chair and bought from Costco, it had to be put together (which my daughter did for me). It gets warm in So.Cal. so I wanted a mesh chair. I am 5'8" and overweight and 68 years old. So that may also give you an idea why I chose what I did. My sewing room is carpeted, so I also put a chair mat down so I could use a rolling chair and not have it get full of thread and carpet material.

I bought the Arrow wood chair when it was on sale. I love it. It has great lower back support. I will buy another one if it goes on a good sale again. For machine free motion quilting, I use a tilting swivel stool I found at Office Depot on sale for $60. It keeps me up right so no aches in my back or neck. One of the most important things to buy for sewing after the sewing machine is a great chair that suits you.

I went to Office Depot and sat in the chairs to find mine. I looked for the ones that the height could be adjusted. Also the option of taking off the arm rests if I wanted them off to fit in the sewing space I would use it. I wanted back support and thats where testing the chairs out was important. I also wanted the ones with wheels. Good luck in your search and if possible, go in person to find the right fit for your body!

I purchased a Koala chair from my sewing machine dealer. That was 12 years ago. It is still as great as it was new. Very sturdy and many adjustments. A bit expensive but has outlived many office chairs I have had in the past.

I use a backless drummer's stool at my piecing machine and a saddle stool that I move between my Sweet Sixteen for quilting and my PC420 that I use for doing decorative stitching. I like the backless, armless design of these stools because that encourages me to get up more often and also, I have found that chair arms get in my way when I'm fmq and also when I'm working on something that requires me to go back and forth between my design wall and the machine.

Like everything, it's a personal choice what will work for you. I'm vertically challenged and found that most of the "supportive" chairs out there are supportive in all the wrong places. Also, sit in them a long time, preferably pulled up to a table where you can simulate all the ways you would move when working. I've found that anytime I go to an office supply store and sit in their chairs they really feel good at first, but if I sit in them long enough I start to notice things that would be a problem for me when working. Sort of like when you're trying to find a new mattress.

Rob

I use an office chair my Doctor's office was giving away.It has no armrests, padded very well too. At my desk in the study, I have a gaming chair from a company called SecretLab, https://secretlab.co/collections/tit...2020-targaryen. It is a gaming chair designed by gamers. They are a bit pricey but well worth it. My husband found the seat is too hard for him. He uses an office chair we bought from Staples, a Lazy boy Aberdeen.

I love my Saddle Stool for my sit-down long arm.

I also have that chair and also love it. I might have recommended it on one of the threads.

I'm looking online at the Bungie chair, does anyone have one and do the bungie cords dig into your bare skin? I am small, 5'2" 103 pounds, do you think this will fit me? We have no Container Stores near me and I live in a hot and humid climate and I'm looking for something that won't stick to me and maybe provide some air flow.

I'm about your size with a couple more pounds. I love my bungee chair from the Container Store. It fits me perfectly. It feels solid but gives in the right places if that makes sense. We live in the south but the house has a/c so the outside weather doesn't bother me. Or it.

Several of my friends have the bungee chair and like it. They were not in the Container store last time I was there. I live in the south too but keep the house very cool during the summer. Humidity is bad for sewing machines.

Humidity is bad for me! It turns me into a witch :D I have the AC going all the time once it gets hot.

Heat and humidity definitely make me cranky! I run a/c all the time. We have several of them in the house and they get used!

I was kinda shocked when I saw what the Arrow chair costs ($600+ in Canada). Lovely chair but I see why you waited for good sales!

Right now I'm using a really expensive chair that my husband gave me when they liquidated the lab he worked in. However, it has arms and they get in the way. It's a really big chair, too big for me really. My other one has no arms and is fine- I use it for my Juki.

I need a new office chair pretty bad. I'm watching this thread for good ideas.

Would you mind sharing where you got your Saddle Stool? I'm in need of a new chair too, and I've been looking at some on Amazon.

The arms may be removable? I take them off my chair when I travel to retreats.

After asking the owner of Kenssewing.com which chair he would personally prefer, he said the Horn 17090 6 way adjustable, over the Arrow.
I love the Horm of America chair! They have no tax if outside Alabama and free shipping.

Why have chairs gotten so expensive? I looked up the Horn chair and it was $500, also. Don't they realize we need that extra money for the grocery store now?

I've had a So Heavenly Seating sewing chair for many years. Yes, it was pricey. They have many customizable features. The usual (arms, no arms, etc.) and lots of others - seat width, height of shaft, fabric, etc.

Having been the buyer for furniture (among other things) for a small city school district, I can tell you that the gas cylinder that allows adjusting the height of the chair is what fails most often, and fairly quickly on many chairs. Few will give you the maximum weight limit, and even among those, when it says 250 lbs as an example, it is still not meant to be 250 lbs for several hours per day.

Size of the seat and weight limits are customizable on the So Heavenly chairs. Mine is still as comfortable as it was when I got it, and looks as good. My machine and fabrics are expensive as well, and I do not want to have a chair that makes my back/shoulders/neck hurt when I'm sewing.