What do they say about imitation again……?

So….

You guys remember not too long ago when I mentioned in a post that the Husband and I had fallen in love with a said $2300 chair?  (which turned out to be a smokin price for that particular chair.  Who knew it really was on sale?  And a great sale at that?? )

 

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Anyhoo.. so being the slightly broke wise, young professionals that the Hubs and I are, we (read: I) decided to try to find a nice ‘knock off’ chair.   Now before you all lurch at me with pitchforks and torches.. know something.   I rarely, if ever, buy “knock off” items.   I’m usually under the philosophy that if you like the original, you save to buy the original.   It’s part of what makes that purchase ’special’.  (**Sidenote:  did that last sentence make me sound as materialistic as I felt when I wrote it?)   All that said, I am NOT above purchasing knock off furniture.  

The Engineer and I had a tough time looking for a china cabinets last January.  We couldn’t agree on anything we  found in the stores and none of them even RESEMBLED a style we liked.   When I found one that I loved.. it turned out to be a turn of the century antique  that sold for over $15K at a fancy-pancy auction house in New Hampshire.   Thankfully, after an hour of Googling.. the hubby found a spot-on perfect knock off for way less than the auction price.    My rational with the chairs was that we’d (again.. read: I’d) find a similar chair for cheap a more affordable price.   I figured.. if we LOVED them, then one day when we are old and moldy.. we’d buy the nice ones.  

After many a heated discussions (ME:  HUBS.. just because we want to buy a knock off doesn’t mean we have to buy a No-name chair.  Seriously…. )  I found this beauty:

 

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If I didn’t know any better… I’d say chair #2 is a not-so-distant relative of chair #1.   Sure Chair #2 looks a little more stuffed, has a few more slats in the arms, and has a more rounded cushion look.. but come on… you can’t tell me they don’t look alike!!!

So… chair # 2 is the  Barcalounger ‘Artisan’ chair.  I know right…. a BARCALOUNGER!!!  What a riot!   It just so happened that one of the furniture stores in town had them on super clearance (pennies in comparison)!  SQUEEEEEE!!   So last Sunday, we headed out to the west side of town to give them a test ’sit’.  While they don’t sit as marshmallow-y as the expensive chairs.. they do sit in a dream-like -squishy manner.   Good enough for me.   We bought two of them and they were delivered on Friday.  

And all I’m saying is….. Man.. they looked so small in the store!

 (Picture of chairs in ACTUAL home.. coming soon!)