Chair Help

[auntie]

I need to replace DH's chair. He has a huge club chair and ottoman in the living room that has just fallen apart. It sort of pisses me off, I paid over $2K for the pair. 

He's too damned tall for a decent looking recliner, so chair and ottoman are the way to go. I don't want to spend the big bucks as I have a few other projects to do right now.

I'm going to tweak the paint in the room soon, but the grayish sage carpet and deeper sage sofa. The bones of the room are formal, but the other furntiure is a mix of transitional with some more rustic antiques. 

Options are a transitional chair/ottoman with an unexciting choice of rather bland fabrics or a true (not bonded) leather club chair in distressed brown.

I'd cover the current ottoman in a fabric to coordinate with the slipcovers on the chair I use and the new panels for the curtains.

This is the chair that would be fabric

oskarhuber.microdinc.com/Comfort-Design-Ausie-Chair/CP4035C-1084/ItemInformation.aspx

An this is like the leather option-

oskarhuber.microdinc.com/CR-Laine-Peyton-Leather-Chair/6995LL-1126/ItemInformation.aspx


What says D&R?

[simpsongal]

Ditto, I like the leather one. You mentioned rustic and that one has a rustic flair. I'm also more inclined to invest in classic pieces -- a leather club chair w/nailhead trim certainly qualifies.

[munkii]

I don' buy leather; so it's bizarre for me to say this. I like the look of the leather better.

[auntie]

Thanks.

We ended up going for the leather. I think it suits him. And I agree, a leather club chair is classic. It's sort of like the tan trenchcoat of the furniture world.