I Thought One Egg Chair Would Be Enough
- May 19
- 6 min read
Updated: May 28
At first, I just dated the egg chairs. Casually strolling by RH, flirting a little with that dreamy bubble chair hanging from its sexy gold chain. A come-hither stare at the velvet pair in a showroom. Letting my fingers trace the macrame lines of a swing chair at a French chalet, telling myself it meant nothing.
Nothing serious. I'm just swinging, that's all. Options open.
And then I ordered one. The office needed furniture on the patio, and what is cooler than a hanging egg chair while you sit on a balcony watching the people on the shopping promenade below? It was supposed to be one.
A situationship. Casual.
And here we are. Four egg chairs later, I have come to terms with my egg chair polyamory and have fully embraced it.
Currently, I have one by the pool that I rescued and restored, one hanging from the ceiling of our Mammoth Mountain house, and a macrame swing chair that three generations of women in my family have claimed as their own. A fourth, the velvet office foursome, courted me online and lived with me for years in harmony until a few of them got adopted by friends.
There are no regrets anywhere in this story. In fact, I think you might need one too. I'm Pro Egg Chair.
Here is how the collection came together, and everything you need to shop every version of it — from $67 to over a thousand dollars.
The One That Started It All
The Christopher Knight Isaiah Outdoor Wicker Egg Chair
This chair had a whole life before it found its way poolside. It started on an office patio — that balcony I mentioned, the one overlooking the promenade, the one where I decided one egg chair was a perfectly reasonable professional decision. It lived there for years, looking cooler than everything else on that balcony combined.
When we sold the company, the chair came home with me. It sat outside for a while. Got weathered. Got a little sad. Then I cleaned it with Rustoleum, ordered a fresh white cushion, and gave it a second act by the pool surrounded by golden planters, a cream umbrella, and more bougainvillea than anyone's backyard deserves.
The before photo is embarrassing. The after is one of my favorite corners I've ever created.
This chair can come with its own stand, no installation required, and it's genuinely affordable on Amazon. If you want the outdoor egg chair look without a big commitment, this is your chair. Let the proof of its quality be that it has had two lives and been resurrected with me, and it's still a queen. The chair alone is here, stand sold separately.
Shop it here:
The Chair: https://amzn.to/4tGHbCU
The Stand: https://amzn.to/4nJyCGa
The Velvet Lounge
After the outdoor chair found its forever home by the pool, the office interior needed something. And this is where things escalated.
I started seeing four of them at once; this time at the office. They were grey velvet, and they had me wrapped in their embrace immediately. And yes, I know how that sounds. Two pairs, facing each other across a brass table, as if to say "hello, gorgeous". The velvet was beautiful for the space. When I think about what I'd put there today, as a more durable alternative for heavy-wear office meeting rooms/lobbies, it's this. A proper mid-century modern silhouette, 360 degree swivel, the kind of chair that makes a room look like someone thought hard about it. It photographs beautifully and it will outlast everything else in the room. And these come with the ottoman! Bonus! At just over a thousand dollars, it's an investment.
Mid-Century Modern Cognac Leather Egg Chair with Ottoman | Sculptural Swivel Lounge Set, Etsy.
The Macrame Swing Chair
Some chairs are about design, and some are about designing moments. It started with a chance encounter - a macrame swing chair at an Airbnb in Chamonix, the kind of place where the mountains are so enormous they make everything else feel small and still. I sat with those dreamy mountains in that chair swinging the stress of daily life away into pure bliss. When we bought our mountain house, I knew we'd all enjoy that dreamy swing feeling, so I found one on Etsy and hung it in a corner. And then it felt like an inviting nook.
It immediately became everyone's chair. My daughter claimed it on sight. My mother-in-law, our Mimi, spent hours reading books in it. It turned a corner of a room into the kind of place where meaningful moments are made, which is sometimes exactly what a space needs to be.
The handmade Etsy version is the one I'd recommend if you can wait for it and have the budget. The one I own is from Turkey (off Etsy) and has gone up to over $1000 since I bought it. (Sad face) The craftsmanship is beautiful, and it looks far more expensive than it is. If you want one inexpensively and need it now, the Amazon version is under $70, perfectly lovely, and well reviewed.
Shop the Amazon version: https://amzn.to/4tF0GLZ
Shop Monday Moose Pillow Covers: https://amzn.to/4uVCGVX
The Showstopper
The RH Teen Mina Acrylic Ball Hanging Chair (and its more accessible twin)
Remember that bubble chair I'd been flirting with at RH? I finally committed. And yes, it's from RH Teen. And yes, I put it in my very grown-up Mammoth Mountain house living room.
It hangs from a long chain anchored into a ceiling beam, catches the afternoon light from the floor-to-ceiling windows, and functions as much as a design object as it does a place to sit. With a Mongolian sheepskin cushion, a pillow, and a poofy ottoman, it makes the whole personality of the room. Doubling as art, it's worth every penny of the $1,025 member price.
Shop the RH Teen Mina: https://rhteen.rh.com/us/en/catalog/product/product.jsp?rhtn_prod103895 (not an affiliate link — just a genuine long-term love)
If ceiling installation isn't your thing, or you want the bubble chair moment without the drill, the Meridian Furniture Luna Chair is your answer. Clear acrylic, gold metal base, floor standing, no installation required, and genuinely stunning. It does everything the RH chair does minus the drama of hanging from the ceiling, which depending on your situation, might actually be the smarter move.
Shop the Meridian Luna on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4dldu5u
The Next Chapter
Vi's Future Chair - Currently Under Negotiation
My teenager wants an egg chair for her room. She has opinions. We are trying to decide between using our macrame chair again or a new style. Teens and egg chairs just go together, they can curl up and read / text/ scroll videos or take selfies and it feels like a cozy escape.
Here are the two options currently in contention:
Shop classic XL wicker egg: https://amzn.to/3PyXhjP
This one will require us to find a ceiling joist to drill into, and it's large so it will easily fit two giggling 13 year olds.
Shop macrame swing, the budget boho floor option: https://amzn.to/4fv8HQ7
It's freestanding (no install), takes up less space than the XL, and I can see it has lay sideways potential with the opening just large enough for feet to dangle through.
A Note on Hanging Chairs
If you are going with a ceiling-hung chair, please anchor it into a joist and not just drywall. Non-negotiable. A proper swivel hook rated for well over 300 lbs is the move — this Aisto Heavy Duty Swing Hanger is under $15, has over 1,400 reviews, and 2000lb capacity. It does the job cleanly and makes the whole installation feel like less of a gamble.
Shop ceiling hardware: https://amzn.to/4us3aPg
Shop hardcore probably overkill ceiling hardware: https://amzn.to/3PU0sCV Shop cool chains:https://amzn.to/4tR13Dn (I like these because it's not just chains, they are heavy-duty and come with carabiners)
When you don't want to pull up a YouTube video and roll the dice on DIY, or if your partner twitches when you say the words "assemble" or "install", just call TaskRabbit, Angi, or your local handyman. And don't even think twice about it, it's so worth it. They have swooped in to install, assemble, and haul things away at my house more times than I can count, and I have never once regretted it. TaskRabbit link coming soon.
The Complete Egg Chair Edit
Everything in one place, for every budget and every level of commitment:
The rescued outdoor chair, Christopher Knight Wicker Chair:
The Chair: https://amzn.to/4tGHbCU
The Stand: https://amzn.to/4nJyCGa
The wicker hanging alternative, well under, big enough for you and your pooch/cat/charcuterie+wine, $300: https://amzn.to/3PyXhjP
The macrame bargain ASAP, Amazon version under $70: https://amzn.to/4tF0GLZ
Shop Monday Moose Pillow Covers: https://amzn.to/4uVCGVX
The showstopper, RH Teen Mina bubble chair: https://rhteen.rh.com/us/en/catalog/product/product.jsp?rhtn_prod103895
The no-drill bubble chair alternative, Meridian Luna: https://amzn.to/4dldu5u
Ceiling hardware, Aisto swing hanger: https://amzn.to/4us3aPg
Start with one, see if you like the swingers or the steady ones, and see where it goes from there.
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