The new PELLO

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Every budget-minded bachelor should know about POÄNG, IKEA's wood-framed armchair for the budget-minded. For $89, you get a frame and a cushion. If you have more to spend, you can either upgrade the cushion to something fancier, or buy a matching footstool, or both.

I went there over the weekend and found out there's a new, cheaper option called PELLO, which is a white cushion on a birch effect frame. I actually couldn't tell the difference between the PELLO and a POÄNG with the same colors.

That's a little sad because my own POÄNG is white on birch, to match the rest of my living room. But I originally had the black cushions. And I like the idea that if I bought a black EKTORP slipcover for $100, I can transform my entire living room's color scheme in just a few minutes.

Comments

[kerri9494.livejournal.com]

Not to be contrary...but I think those chairs are particularly ghastly and "70s porno movie" looking.

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Maybe when paired with a white pool table, maybe. But that's more '90s softcore Cinemax looking.

I should watch more '70s porno, so I know what kind of furniture to avoid.

[doubleonad.livejournal.com]

How well would one of these chairs work at a computer desk?

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

They're meant for leaning back, not forward. So I think they're better for the living room.

For computer chairs, I can't really tell you anything you don't already know. I bought a stool at IKEA but regretted it because it didn't have casters on it.

[doubleonad.livejournal.com]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing.