To arms! (Or not.)
By Christa Terry
VS. 
The Beard and I hosted house guests for the past few days, and one noticed my growing stack of furniture, housewares, and gardening catalogs. What can I say? It’s a perk of the job — I need to know what’s out there, and I have the best excuse in the world for hoarding catalogs and magazines.
In a quiet moment, my guest was flipping through a home decor mag and happened upon a page full of of armless couches and loveseats. Her thoughts on living room seating are emphatic and rigidly defined. A couch, in her opinion, should have arms because armless couches look ridiculous and rob those who sit of a valuable perch for elbows and tired heads.
So naturally I have to ask y’all…
Personally, I like my chairs and couches to have arms. Arms hold teacups and cats…they keep a book open at the last page I read…and I can put my legs up without too much trouble.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 am
Mr. Twistie wants to do up the living room in historically proper style some day. This, I firmly believe, is the perfect excuse for a lucious Victorian fainting couch, and I plan to refer to it as such despite the fact I’ve never fainted in my life.
Chaise longue FTW, baby!
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
I hate sitting in no arm upholstered chairs but will admit they look better. They are also a sure fire way to make sure people eventually leave!
April 24th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I once had to spend the night on an armless couch and ended up not sleeping a wink for fear that I’d fall off. I need arms(how else do you keep the throw pillows on the thing?).
April 25th, 2008 at 4:12 am
I like the way you guys think. Twistie!
April 26th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Armless is for the sitting completely upright and proper. Works really well if you want guests to sit and stay for very short times. Arms are necessary for the lounging, the cuddling, the reading, and the viewing of Project Runway (oh! and the cat!) If you get the fainting chaise, you must get the feathered, chiffon peignoir set with matching slippers and a long cigarette holder (Oh crap! I’m in the twenties not the 1880’s) OK, get the tight laced corset, Mr. Twistie will love….