Let the Lounging Commence:

I chose the Cozy Corduroy in "Raspberry Red" and I can attest to the cozy, warm fuzziness of the fabric. I am, what my husband calls, "texture girl" and the corduroy cover was even softer than I imagined. The cover zips on and off so it is easy to remove for spot cleaning and pet hair came off readily enough with one of those velvet lint/hair brushes. The microsuede version is also machine washable. We have three large fuzzy cats so let me tell you that the ease of cleaning fabrics is a big deal in our house. Here's Lexi posing with the chair in the image below. As you can see she is a big puffball and her fur gets everywhere. She was the first to investigate the new addition to our home, but regardless of how hard I tried, she just wouldn't stay on the chair long enough for me to get the picture. Sigh...



I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I did finally sit down in the chair. Growing up in the 70's, I'm used to beanbag chairs that were amorphous blobs of pleather, which any exposed flesh stuck to mercilessly and were too flimsy to give any real support or comfort.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Sumo Lounge chair was substantial enough to provide back support, yet gave enough to make me feel like the chair was molding to my body. The chair is also higher off of the ground than I expected, so it's more like sitting down on a couch, then falling into it like the beanbags of old.



I snuggled down for a night of television and my husband joined me. Now, I've mentioned repeatedly about how big the packaging was that the chair came in, but I didn't really have any delusions on whether or not two average sized adults could fit comfortably on the chair. Could we both sit on it? Yes. Was there room to spare? No, sadly. My husband and I are of average size, he's 6' and I'm 5'7" so we aren't NBA stars here, but it was definitely close quarters with both of us on it. A really nice bonus feature is that there is a side pocket that could hold remotes, game controllers, or reading material.