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The "Good Chair"

MyGirlsMom — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:22:27 GMT

I saw a comedy sketch this past weekend about the "good chair" in the house where only guests were allowed to sit.

Did anyone have things or rooms you couldn't use unless you had "company?"

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VanSleepy — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:27:40 GMT

The good chair is where you got to sit when Dad wasn't home yet. Forget company

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cherry — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:29:15 GMT

No, I don't believe is saving things for best. You only live once

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MyGirlsMom — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:32:42 GMT

I've believed in saving things for just guests. We use/used it all. China, crystal..living room, etc. Be your own "company."

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LyndaGee — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:33:02 GMT

When I was growing up, the livingroom was closed unless we had company. The "good" furniture was in there. The Dining room, too.

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september — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:33:59 GMT

It's impossible to have a "good chair" if you have a cat in your home!

The only thing I do differently when guests come, is put out a little towel holder (in guest bathroom) with a cute hand towel on it.

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StylishLady — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:34:19 GMT

We have a sitting room. DH calls it the room that no one sits in. Basically it is a formal living room: chair, couch, love seat, coffee table, no TV.

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RoughDraft — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:34:27 GMT

No. Growing up it was pretty much open season to plop anywhere you wanted. It's the same in my house today.

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MyGirlsMom — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:35:34 GMT

@LyndaGee wrote:
When I was growing up, the livingroom was closed unless we had company. The "good" furniture was in there. The Dining room, too.

@LyndaGee

Did you have plastic covering the furniture and plastic table cloth on the dining room table? We did. ugh...

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MyGirlsMom — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:36:59 GMT

@StylishLady wrote:
We have a sitting room. DH calls it the room that no one sits in. Basically it is a formal living room: chair, couch, love seat, coffee table, no TV.

lovely room..

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LyndaGee — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:37:25 GMT

Yes!

@MyGirlsMom wrote:
@LyndaGee wrote:
When I was growing up, the livingroom was closed unless we had company. The "good" furniture was in there. The Dining room, too.
@LyndaGee

Did you have plastic covering the furniture and plastic table cloth on the dining room table? We did. ugh...

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MyGirlsMom — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:39:05 GMT

@LyndaGee

I'm CRYING!!!

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RoughDraft — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:39:56 GMT

Oy, plastic slip covers brings back memories. My BFF's mother had them on their sofa and chairs. If you sat down on them during the summer and had the misfortune of wearing shorts, you'd have to peel yourself slowly away or leave some skin!

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MyGirlsMom — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:42:03 GMT

@RoughDraft wrote:
Oy, plastic slip covers brings back memories. My BFF's mother had them on their sofa and chairs. If you sat down on them during the summer and had the misfortune of wearing shorts, you'd have to peel yourself slowly away or leave some skin!

@RoughDraft

bwahahahahahahaha

but but but what about when the plastic split at the corners and stuck you in the beeeehind?

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libbyannE — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:50:29 GMT

No. Everything and every room should be used, no matter it's value. If you think it too good for yourself or your family, you shouldn't buy it. I was lucky and grew up in a beautiful, established neighborhood. When I was in grade school, a new family moved in one summer, and my mother and I went to their home with a plate of something Mom has baked as a welcome gift. I carried flowers from our garden. We entered, and the new owner proudly pointed out the redecorated all-white living room with--don't laugh--a golden rope barrier across it. I have never forgotten how terrible it looked and how puzzled I was. I was very young, but my mother tried to explain to me later that it was not in good taste and that the poor woman probably grew up with very little, so she was roping off her "good" room. Aack. Love it. Use it. Signs of wear -- think of worn riding boots, a great florentine handbag with patina from use, a fabulous oriental or Kilim rug faded with time -- are chic!

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:51:05 GMT

Yes. I grew up in a house where we( the Children) were not allowed to sit on the front room furniture. I guess it was TOO NICE for us to use. We had to sit on the floor... We also had plastic covers on the dining room chairs that only came off if we had company( which was never).

I remember one day I was touching a lamp that was in the front room...my Father saw me with my hands on it....he hit me on the side of the head. I never saw that coming and to this day I remember that slap.....

interesting fact that I find myself as an adult not able to sit on or use my front room furniture. I feel uncomfortable on it....like I do not deserve the privilege of enjoying it. Odd how what you grew up with follows( or haunts) you even as an adult.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:52:29 GMT

@StylishLady wrote:
We have a sitting room. DH calls it the room that no one sits in. Basically it is a formal living room: chair, couch, love seat, coffee table, no TV.

@StylishLady Why do you have it?

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Q4u — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:52:29 GMT

I remember that we all enjoyed the furniture but were taught not to be rough on it, etc. But I remember my Mom and Dad getting an early 60's modern recliner that had a wonderful circle pattern on it, intersecting in intervals. The chair was a light butter yellow and the circles were tan and brown.

I remember all this because the chair fascinated me. I think I was allowed to sit in it once or twice.... carefully.... but that was it. No one sat in the chair.... ever! And it eventually fell apart without ever being used! We all laughed about it but what a shame.....

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RoughDraft — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:53:58 GMT

@MyGirlsMom wrote:
@RoughDraft wrote:
Oy, plastic slip covers brings back memories. My BFF's mother had them on their sofa and chairs. If you sat down on them during the summer and had the misfortune of wearing shorts, you'd have to peel yourself slowly away or leave some skin!
@RoughDraft

bwahahahahahahaha

but but but what about when the plastic split at the corners and stuck you in the beeeehind?

You've just raised a painful memory! LOL

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MyGirlsMom — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:55:13 GMT

@SeaMaiden

I'm sorry this thread brought back such painful memories for you.

I don't know you but I dare to say you deserve to drink your coffee out of a china cup, your water out of crystal and sit down on your furniture!!!!