Beautiful! - CAPITELLO - Chair Lounge Sculpture (Williamsburg)

CAPITELLO Original by Heller. Bought one year ago for $ 1,100 (plus tax and delivery) Downsizing to a studio I need to sell. Triple mint, showroom condition, like new, for only $ 600 CASH or PAYPAL.

For the record, I really am looking for chairs to decorate my apartment with. I'm not intentionally stumbling upon the ugliest, weirdest, and most wildly expensive chairs- they just seem to find me, which is why I started this blog. 


But the search is starting to wear me down. I feel almost doomed to a life of searching craigslist to no avail, only to find "joke chairs," mocking me in their absurdity. 

THE DIVINE CHAIR COMPANY! (MANHATTAN)

Looks like an alien's vagina. I'm sorry, but it does. 


If you're into that kind of thing, check them out at: www.thedivinechaircompany.com

Brand new Vision Gaming chair! X-Rocker! - $100 (Queens or Long Island)

I have a BRAND NEW never opened Vision Gaming Chair. This is a top of the line chair and will make your Video gaming or movie watching experience even better!
Rocker game and multimedia chair with 2.1 stereo speakers and powered subwoofer. Bring the game to life with close up vibratory audio in comfortable active Rocker, perfect for games, home theatre and music. Compatible with all major games platforms including handhelds, DVD, satellite box, TV, CD, MP3/iPod. Compatible with PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles in standard definition mode only (A/V connections, not HDMI).

Sometimes, not often, I learn something concrete from my craigslist chair obsession. Who knew there were chairs especially designed for losers?

One Of A Kind Chair, Griffin Arms - $150 (Nyack, NY)

This is a hand made chair with great detailed carvings of Griffin heads on the arms. Griffins are mythical birds and are known for guarding the home and priceless possessions.

Red Large High Heel Shoe Chair - New! - $249

The design of this chair is out of this world. It will make your space, TO FLIPPIN' DIE FOR AND DON'T WE ALL DESERVE THAT.
You deserve, and have earned these designs.
Ciao, YOU DESERVE DESIGN!

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS DESIGN?

Stair Lift ThyssenKrupp Used - $750 (Jamaica Estates, Queens)

Stair Lift, used. ThyssenKrupp Citia straight line model, electric. 14 stairs long. A real workhorse of a unit, works great, needs minor attached controlbox repair, but remote unit works perfectly. Stain on seat. [EW!?] Purchaser responsible for removal. $750 or best offer, cash only. Moving sale, all must go. Photograph is only for illustration- NOT ACTUAL CHAIR PIC.

When I was a little girl, I begged my mother for one of these. NOW'S MY CHANCE!

*^* __ * * White Contemporary Custom Recliner Chair * * __ --- - $89 (Inwood / Wash Hts)

You call it "contemporary" I call it "pap smear-y"

Spa closed, everything for sale (Brooklyn, NY)

If I ever have a long term boyfriend, I hope he will want to do wall-art with me like this. Its a kind of nifty way to let our guests know we love each other. And that we're comfortable with our sexuality. Or that we are on the other side of the wall, suffocating.

ITALIAN (MILLION DOLLAR) JAGUAR CHAIR w/DOGS

WITH DOGS!?!

Child's Rocking Chair - $40 (Birmingham)

Antique child's rocker with hole in seat for potty. Very solid\ good condition. 

 

Slavoj Zizek, while comparing the variant toilet styles of Europe, noted that when "you go on the toilet - you sit on ideology. Everyday items can not be accounted for in utilitarian terms." Meaning, we can not simply say, "yes, rocking and shitting make some sort of logical sense." Rather, we should consider the deeper cultural and political implications.
What's going on with this toilet-rocking-chair?
My first reaction was "ew, wtf?" Judging by the size of the chair, I am not wholly convinced that it is intended for a child. But that is besides the point. What is troubling is that this is effectively a "shabby chic" toilet. Let me repeat, this is a toilet.
Toilets have been known to masquerade. Take for example, this popular internet image:

We are a culture that loves to multitask. We drink coffee while we drive, we drive while we talk on the phone, we talk on the phone while we text, we text while we total our cars. But the rocking-toilet-chair is different. It harks back to a time that never existed--one wherein we casually rocked while defecating, perhaps during tea time with friends or family.
The toilet-rocking-chair is a radical reminder of our own tight-ass nature. Dressed up in distressed white paint, it confronts us and asks "What? You think your shit doesn't stink?"
Well, yeah, it does and for only 40 dollars, you can let everyone in your living room know it.