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A recliner is one awesome piece of furniture that looks and feels comfortable. This one furniture can give you a sense of relaxation just by thinking of it. Just imagine this – you’re in a huge living room with dimmed lighting, you have a side table and the recliner sits beautifully beside your family’s sectional – it’s sublime.
You must have imagined yourself resting in this rest-inducing chair (okay, that’s a lot of words denoting respite) after a stressful day at work. Add to this the thought that you’re sipping a mug of hot chocolate while reading your favorite novel on a wintry day, again, the picture is simply perfect.
The recliner chair is super comfortable and it comes in a variety of designs and shapes. They are also equipped with different features as well as functions that are beneficial for users. You can easily shop for a piece that matches your current home décor.
Benefits of the Recliner Chair
Let’s go straightaway to the benefits. First, you help improve blood circulation. When you sit or stand for a long time, blood tends to pool around your feet. This is because of gravity. This blood flow to your extremities could cause swelling on your feet and also has the potential to clog veins on your legs.
To prevent this, a lot of offices – commercial or residential – use recliners so that people get a chance to improve circulation by putting their feet up.
The recliner is extra useful for older folks who definitely need to rest many times during the day.
Another benefit to the recliner chair is the relief on pregnancy pain. Women carry a heavy load for a good nine months. She can have respite from lower back pain if she’s given time to sit in a recliner. Reclining will also align her body weight to the center of gravity – yet an added benefit.
Did we mention that recliners help relieve stress? And yet one couldn’t stress that enough. Say goodbye to body stress as you sit even for just an hour each day in your recliner. Read a book, watch TV or just play some games on your mobile as you spend that precious hour seated in your fave recliner.
Buying a Recliner
Did you know that, these days, you can even have a massage as you sit in a recliner? You can also have a cold beverage at hand with one that has a built-in cooler.
But which one would you choose?
Would you like the power recliner that gives you effortless relaxation? Or the rocking recliner which mimics the movement of rocking chairs?
Or would you want the wall-saving recliner that requires merely six inches between the frame and the wall. The lift chair, on the other hand, helps you stand up when you find it difficult to rise from your seated position.
The large recliner – or the so-called man recliner – is the ultimate recliner when it comes to comfort.
Now that you know the different kinds, here are some shopping tips –
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
Hooker Furniture Living Room Isadora Vineyard and Isadora Hickory Recliner
The recliner is what’s known in the furniture world as an upholstered chair complete with a mechanism that can be activated by the user. This metal mechanism controls the back of the chair to be pushed out while the foot rest rises. Many recliners have arms which make them a lot more comfortable.
Motion Furniture History
One of the first designs of the reclining chair was featured in Ackennann’s Repository of Arts, a British periodical. This prototype in 1813 became the pattern for hundreds of others that were manufactured throughout that century.
Ash and Browne, both upholsterers and cabinetmakers from New York introduced the improved recliner in 1855. Soon enough, cabinetmaker George J. Henkels also featured a recliner that could be manipulated by the sitter himself.
By the late nineteenth century, the recliner was called the Morris Chair named after William Morris who owned the Morris and Company manufacturing firm.
The rest is history as others contributed to the chair’s improvement. Other mechanisms were simple involving basic rods and pegs. The frames are often made of wood and the cushions are upholstered to make the chair one comfortable seating unit.
Recliner Prototyping
Product development teams take the recliner from mere sketches to the working prototypes. These prototypes, once tested, will then be handed over to the manufacturing department. More often than not, the team consists of the upholstery designer, pattern layout technician, sewing technician, wood technician, and the CAD engineer.
Recliner Raw Materials
The essential components of the recliner are its frame, the activating mechanism, the upholstered foam and the upholstered fabric. The materials used greatly vary depending on the manufacturer’s style and preferences. Generally, though, the materials used are as they are described. Where the frame is made of wood (often hardwoods) complete with metal nut reinforcement, steel corners and bolts; there may also be some fiberboard used to support the back.
The activating mechanism is often made of metal more specifically stamped steel. The springs used in the upholstered seat are also made of metal.
The padding for the upholstered backs may or may not be sculpted. All the hard corners are padded for safety. Back in the day, foams contained CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons but, these days, for ecological reasons, manufacturers have already abandoned such materials.
For manufacturers who create recliners with exposed wood arms and feet use more expensive types of wood such as oak or maple. This is either varnished or stained for added beauty.
The style of the upholstery fabric varies dramatically. Are all fairly durable since the recliner has to be pushed and pulled many times during the furniture’s life span. Recliners are also upholstered with cotton, leather, natural or natural-synthetic fiber combinations. The synthetic fiber types are the easiest to clean and are known to be fire resistant.
Each of these parts is assembled in phases where the components are installed in sections.
Flexsteel Living Room Fabric Power High-Leg Recliner 501R-503M
Recliner Quality Control
Unlike furniture used in public buildings, businesses or schools, pieces that are used in residential areas are not required to undergo consumer tests. The manufacturers do inspect each piece, though, visually through careful inspection. While the inspectors are all trained to look for puckers, protruding nails and such, they are still human and could miss some manufacturing defects.
This is where you come in. You should be able to check the quality of recliner based on the features mentioned here. Check how far the fabric would stretch, if it is colorfast, if the materials used are readily flammable, and other such specs. Take the time to check out the recliner if you want your seating piece to withstand the rigors of daily use.
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