How to choose your lounge chair?

The lounge chair, like the sofa, is an important part of your living room furniture. It must be comfortable, elegant and match the decor of your other furniture. A well-chosen armchair creates a warm and welcoming environment for spending quality time with family and friends. At NV Gallery, we offer a wide range of armchairs to decorate your living room. After reading this article, you'll know everything you need to know about choosing the right type, color, upholstery and style for your apartment or home.

What's the point of a lounge chair?

Beyond the aesthetic aspect, a lounge chair has a real purpose in an apartment or house. At NV Gallery, we believe that the design of the armchair and its placement should be carefully considered, whether it's a fixed armchair, a swivel armchair, a velvet armchair or a rattan armchair. The first thing to do when considering an armchair for your living room is to determine why you need one.

Some reasons are obvious, others less so: maybe you need extra seating in addition to the sofa in your living room, maybe there's a little something missing to enhance your living room decor, or maybe you want to create a library, relaxation corner to unwind.

Determining in advance the type of use for your lounge chair will help you choose the right one for you. For example, if you plan to use your lounge chair as a place where you'll spend a lot of time reading, you need to prioritize comfort, and you can already eliminate from your choice lounge chairs with no armrests and very straight backs, or unupholstered seats. In this case, you can opt for a more comfortable chair with armrests and a shape that hugs your seat, like our Guilia lounge chair, which is perfect for this type of use. If the purpose of your armchair is more decorative, you can opt for one that favors aesthetics and elegance, like our wayne lounge armchair.

An armchair to match the style of your living room

The style of your living room will be a determining factor in your choice of armchair. Whether your living room is modern, traditional or Scandinavian, there's a chair for every style. You don't necessarily have to stick to a single style to decorate your living room, but make sure your choice of living room armchairs has at least a stylistic relationship with the furniture already in your room. That said, lounge chairs tend to be very style-specific. Above all, don't forget its primary function, and make sure it's as functional as possible.

Color and upholstery of your lounge chair

The color and upholstery of your lounge chair are factors not to be overlooked when making your choice. You may find the chair that meets your criteria of shape, comfort and style, but if you don't choose a color that goes well with the rest of your living room decor, your chair won't fit in. Make sure you match the colors of the furniture in your living room. Let's take a look at the different types of upholstery for your living-room armchair.

Velvet armchairs

We love velvet lounge chairs at NV Gallery. They're soft to the touch and very aesthetically pleasing, making them the perfect piece of furniture to enhance your living room. As well as being soft and beautiful, velvet armchairs are generally very comfortable.

Fabric armchairs

Fabric lounge chairs are very much in vogue, as they allow you to let your imagination run wild, playing with colors and patterns. This type of upholstery lets you express your originality and creativity. Fabric gives armchairs a soft look, and their upholstered seat makes them plush and comfortable.

Rattan armchairs

Rattan armchairs are generally very hard-wearing thanks to the material they are made from, which is most often used to manufacture objects or furniture using an ancestral weaving technique. Rattan armchairs come in a variety of shapes and styles, and will fit perfectly in your living room.

Choosing the right size

The size of your lounge chair obviously depends on the space you have available in your living room, but also on the space you need to be comfortable. So choose an armchair that's not too big for your room, but not too small, so that you can sit comfortably.

If you're looking for a chair to relax in, make sure it's big enough, wide enough and stable enough for your height and weight. An armchair chosen primarily for decoration will not have the same backrest height as one chosen for comfort. For the coherence of your living room decor, make sure your armchair is the same height as the other chairs or sofas in your living room. This will make your decor much more harmonious.

In a nutshell

A lounge chair is much more than just a means of adding a seat to your living room. When you choose the right armchair, it becomes the element that stands out to harmonize your living room decor. Choosing the right lounge chair takes a little thought. But the right choice can breathe life into your decor. Timeless, modern, Scandinavian or classic. In velvet, fabric or rattan, the choice of your living-room armchair no longer holds any secrets for you.