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I Love This Purple Seat Cushion While Working From Home, 'Cause I Don't Diss Comfort

25/11/2020 - 10:05 PM

When it comes to home decor choices [1], I am fully willing to admit I usually opt for form over function. (Unless it's my bed [2], where I prefer a cloud-like feel, even if the down comforter, feather topper, and linen sheets give it a disheveled, puffy look.) But that design-driven taste definitely won out when it comes to my office, as one of my more memorable splurges was on the Ghost Chair [3] I'd always coveted. Yes, it is essentially just a plastic seat, but I love the way it looks . . . and told myself the clear colour would take up less visible space in my small room, too.

But then, 2020 hit [4]. Before this year, I worked from home [5] about two days per month, max. Maybe I was still in the honeymoon phase, yet I don't remember giving the chair's feeling much thought until we became even better acquainted.

As soon as I began sitting there all week long, I knew this chair wouldn't do. At first, I swapped in one of my (slightly padded) dining chairs — better, not great — before a random conversation with friends finally shone a bright light on my new hero, the Purple cushion [6]. Come along on this journey ahead, and see why I don't diss comfort any longer.

The Chair Named For a King Meets a Cushion Meant For a Queen (Me)

During one of the many Zoom happy hours common in the early days of social distancing, a group of friends and I were discussing our favourite quarantine purchases thus far. One answered without hesitation: a Purple seat cushion. Admittedly, I'd heard of this brand only for mattresses, but right after we hung up, I checked out the site and was officially sold myself.

In just a few days, my Louis Ghost Chair by Kartell [7] ($326, originally $465) — named for the classic Louis XVI armchair — had a noble companion in a Purple Royal Seat Cushion [8] ($79). Not only is it barely noticeable when my throne is slid under the desk, but sitting on it is also worlds apart from that bumpy past. Now I can't imagine life without it, and if I ever return to an office, I'm definitely picking up the desk-chair version.

Ahead, see all the available Purple cushions, including ones meant for cars and planes.


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