I’m back as promised with an update on two egg-chair-related things:
- An update on the full-size egg chair in our living room (I originally just threw some pillows on it and said I’d share the finished details once we settled on a proper seat).
- Three miniature egg chairs we recently added to Clara’s dollhouse collection.
Let’s jump ahead to the tiny chairs first, since they’re the cutest. Don’t worry—our living room hasn’t become an egg-chair family reunion. These are dollhouse-sized and were added to Clara’s DIY dollhouse collection. A kind reader tipped me off that CB2 had them clearance-priced, so I picked up three. They’re actually small Christmas ornaments, which is why they were so heavily discounted. I simply clipped off the hanging string and they became perfectly serviceable chairs for a certain small pig family.
Clara loves them because their shape holds her dolls more securely than some of the smaller, smoother brass chairs she has in other rooms. They don’t slip out as easily, so they’ve become her go-to seating for Olivia and friends. The tiny chairs made a fun and inexpensive upgrade for the dollhouse and have already earned their place in playtime rotation.
Now, back to the real-person-sized egg chair tucked in the corner of our living room. You might remember when we rescued it from a local thrift store and it looked completely different before we painted it and gave it a “for now” pillow treatment. We originally tossed a few pillows on it while we figured out a more permanent plan. I promised an update once the seat situation was solved, and now we’re officially in the “finished” phase.
At first I planned to buy foam and make a custom cushion to match the chair’s unusual rounded shape. But then we stumbled on a ready-made seat cushion on sale for $14 at Pier 1 in a soft blue that coordinates with many of the other blue accents around the house—art, pillows, curtains, etc. We weren’t sure it would fit the egg chair’s unique contour, but for the price it felt worth a try.
Spoiler: it didn’t fit the way we expected. The cushion’s intended back made it sit awkwardly at first, but flipping it around completely changed the result. Turning the cushion so the rounded portion faced forward made it sit much better and gave the impression of a custom piece tailored for the chair’s shape. I removed the manufacturer’s ties and tag so there were no obvious clues about which side was “supposed” to be the back, and the cushion simply worked.
From there it was just a matter of layering in back pillows until we found a combination that felt right. I experimented with a blue-and-white pillow from HomeGoods, a faux fur pillow from Target, and a whimsical bunny pillow also from HomeGoods. In the end I settled on a playful rhino-meets-pig arrangement—there’s a pig pillow I found locally that pushed the whole look into charming, cozy territory.
The whole process was inexpensive and far less complicated than building a custom cushion from scratch. A low-cost purchase, a minor tweak, and a few well-chosen pillows took the chair from thrift-store rescue to a polished, livable piece that fits our room’s style. The transformation felt satisfying because it solved the comfort issue and finally made the chair feel intentional instead of temporary.
So that’s the full update: three miniature egg chairs for the dollhouse and a simple, happy solution for the full-size egg chair’s seat. If you’ve experimented with cushions that weren’t intended for a particular piece—maybe flipping them around or trimming tags—what worked for you? Any fellow dollhouse decorators out there with miniaturist tips or favorite finds?