When I purchase a piece of furniture I do so with the plan of keeping it several years. I don’t want trendy because I’ll end up being over it once the moment has passed. I hate wasting money. It needs to be a classic. That is the case for the English roll arm chairs in our living room. I originally purchased these chairs in 2015. My style was different back then, but as my style changed and evolved the chairs still worked. Last year, when the fabric was starting to see some damage from daily use over the last 10 years, I ended up replacing them with the exact same chairs. In my opinion this is the best armchair out there.

I came back to this classic English roll arm chair because there wasn’t a silhouette out there that; 1) I was more drawn to, 2) I felt would last me another ten years, or 3) gave me more bang for my buck. As I mentioned earlier, this style of chair works with a number of different decor styles. I have no idea what my style will look like in another ten years, but I do know this style gives me the most flexibility. You want to see a blast from the past? Check out my living room from 2015 when I first bought the chairs. Things have definitely improved since then!

This chair in particular has a nice deep seat, perfect for curling your legs up in. The living room also needed a larger chair to help fill the space and this gives me those dimensions. Now, if you are looking for something not as deep, they also have it available in a more shallow version called Tightback that doesn’t have the separate loose pillow at the back.

Color & Fabric

The fabric I went with this time around is the Performance Brushed Basketweave in Charcoal. The previous chairs were also gray. Our sofa is also in the Performance Brushed Basketweave so I knew it would hold up well. For me it’s a perfect gray that leans more warm than cool in our home. I will say the color online does not at all look the same in person so definitely order in the samples first.

I went with the down-wrapped cushion option again since I loved them in my original chairs.

More English Roll Arm Chairs

There are so many great styles of the classic English roll arm chairs out here. I’ve pulled together some of my favorites in all different price points. Keep in mind they all come in multiple colors, patterns, and fabrics.

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• seven – my chair in slipcover version
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• nine – my chair in tightback version
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• eleven – my chair
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