have a seat

I have an aqua fetish. Anyone who has been in my home can attest to this.

A peek at my aqua dining room (far left), aqua painting, aqua coasters, aqua glass fishing ball....

...and the aqua music room, aqua photo frame...need I go on?

I saw this incredible, upholstered aqua chair in Z Gallerie when I was in Vegas a few weeks ago. (I’d like to say I saw it at Z Gallerie in Seattle, but sadly, they closed their doors here a few years ago. I don’t know why, as I thought I was keeping them in business.) I wondered if I could possibly squeeze the chair into my already aqua-filled and furnished home; but with a price tag marked $500, there was little justification for the spontaneous purchase.

Z Gallerie's Sumba Ikat chair; $499

So that realization led me—as many high price tags do—to take a peek at www.target.com, where I found an equally cool, aqua chair for $300. Next thing you know, I was searching “upholstered” chairs all over the internet—not just aqua, but brilliant prints and patterns in every shade imaginable. So, have a seat…and I’ll show them to you.

Gerber Surf chair; $299, www.target.com

And even cheaper (!): the Skyline Gerber Surf chair; $249, www.csn.com

And that's where I also found the New England Lace Aqua chair for $354; www.csn.com

But get this: Target has an almost identical version called the Queen Anne's Lace Upholstered chair...and sells it for only $299.

Now thoroughly obsessed with chairs, I find this novel-looking Tea Harbor Nail Button Armless chair; $399.99, www.target.com.

But something about that fabric looked familiar...that's because it's on the Ceyland Tufted Back dining chair; only $179, www.homedecorators.com.

The Gerber Slipper chair...but in Cherry; $299, www.target.com

The Lilith Slipper chair in Marigold; $299.99, www.target.com

The Bethesda Upholstered chair in Candy Cane; $299.99, www.target.com

Geez.  I need to sit down now. How about you? What’s your biggest furniture fetish…the thing you keep buying over and over?