I’m back as promised with an update on our egg chair plus a quick peek at three tiny egg chairs we recently added to the collection.
- An update on the full-size egg chair (I had initially just tossed pillows on it and promised to share the finished details).
- Three new dollhouse-sized egg chairs we brought home.
Let’s start with the small ones since they’re cute and I couldn’t resist sharing them. Don’t worry—our living room doesn’t look like an egg chair reunion. These are for Clara’s dollhouse (she’s been doing a lot of DIYing lately):
A reader named Nicole tipped me off that CB2 had these on clearance for 50 cents each, so I grabbed three. They’re actually Christmas ornaments, which explains the steep discount so long after the holidays. All I did was clip off the hanging string and they instantly became perfectly sized seats for a small toy family.
Clara loves these because the shape holds her dolls in place better than the slimmer brass chairs she already has in other rooms. They’re less slippery and more “sit-able,” which is a definite win for playtime.
Now for the grown-up egg chair in the corner of our living room. You might remember when we rescued it from a local thrift store and it looked like this:
We painted it and initially threw on some pillows we already had while we figured out a long-term solution. It was a “just for now” stage:
Fast-forward and we finally reached the finished phase with a very simple, budget-friendly update: a permanent seat cushion. At last, it stopped looking like a questionable shape and became a comfortable, intentional piece of furniture.
I considered buying foam and fabric to make a custom cushion, but instead found an inexpensive seat cushion on sale for $14 at Pier 1. The soft blue hue works as a neutral in our home and appears throughout in art, pillows, and curtains. The cushion’s rounded shape made me unsure if it would fit the unique curve of the egg chair, but I bought it anyway.
At first it didn’t fit at all…
Then I tried flipping it around so the cushion’s rounded back faced forward. That small change made a huge difference—the cushion settled into the chair much better and looked like it belonged there.
I trimmed off the ties and the tag that marked the cushion’s intended back and left it alone. It almost looks custom-made for the chair because of its unusual shape and how well it sits on top. From there I added a few back pillows to complete the look. Options I tried included a blue-and-white pillow from HomeGoods:
a faux-fur pillow I picked up at Target last year:
and a playful bunny pillow from HomeGoods:
In the end I landed on a rhino-meets-pig combination—the little pig pillow came from a local shop called Buford Rd Pharmacy—and it feels right at home in the chair.
So that’s the quick and cheerful update: a cleverly repurposed Pier 1 cushion that works perfectly when flipped, plus some fun pillows to finish the look. Bonus: the three tiny egg chairs are a hit in the dollhouse.
Anyone else experimenting with cushions, flipping things around to make them work, or decorating dollhouses these days?