Swivel Chairs For Living Room
Caroline is a young, New York-based interior designer and home decor writer, obsessed with textiles and designer furniture. Backed with rigorous training from a prestigious design school, as well as a profound understanding of material quality and fabric care, she offers spot-on advice on how to furnish your place with reliable, functional, and aesthetically pleasing pieces.
Swivel chairs are a fabulous furniture choice for living rooms to create a functional and stylish conversational area. The ability to turn in any direction makes swivel chairs great for positioning in an open space. You can get swivel chairs for living rooms in various shapes, materials, and upholsteries, with a similar trait - a seat base that allows the chair to turn in all directions.
Our Picks
Contemporary Classic Wingback Swivel Chair
This lounge chair in three abstract chenille fabrics has a subtle wingback shape with low arms, a high back, and a 300-pound weight capacity. The seat height is 19” tall with a 21” to 28” seat depth.
Designer Advice:
Chenille fabrics can be an excellent upholstery choice for living room swivel chairs, both for their soft texture and durable quality. Another way that swivel chairs vary is by the seat shape. Wingback designs can make a great choice for casual swivel seating due to the high back and wide sides that provide privacy and comfort.
High Back Rounded Swivel Barrel Chair
Swivel chairs for living room can come in a barrel design with high arms and a rounded arched back resting on a spinnable base. This 300-pound capacity chair has a 21” seat depth and 19” height in 31 stain-resistant anti-microbial fabrics.
Designer Advice:
A barrel-shaped swivel chair gives body-hugging support with the high back and sides, while the sloping frame creates a comfortable place for your arms to rest. When picking a swivel chair for your living room, paying attention to the chair’s weight limit, seat depth, and height will get you an appropriately sized living room swivel seat.
Chic Modern Tufted Upholstery Swivel Seat
This updated upholstered swivel armchair rests on a 300-pound capacity solid wood frame with a 21” to 28” seat depth and 19” height. Nailhead trim and a tufted button upholstery in three colors wrap the curved barrel frame.
Designer Advice:
Because there are so many swivel chair styles, finding designs that show your style tastes can take time and effort. An easy way to upgrade a traditional curved barrel frame is with a nailhead trim, which accents any upholstery type. Button tufting can also be a fun way to accent upholsteries and swivel chair frames.
Modern Flared High Back Swivel Chair
This compact 19” tall, 21” deep high back swivel chair has a 250-weight capacity in 27 shades of stain-resistant polyester. The modern swivel back barrel chair has a high curved back with rolled flared arms on a wood frame.
Designer Advice:
Swivel chairs living room can have wood or metal bases - sometimes a combined material mix frame. Naturally, the base material will affect the chair’s weight limit. And the swivel frame shape can vary enough to give unique twists to traditional styles, like the rolled flared arms of this modern swivel back seat with the standard high-backed curved barrel back and sides.
Understated Luxurious Faux Leather Swivel Seat
This slim, compact 18.1” tall by 21” to 28” deep swivel chair living room has a sleek base and distressed faux leather in four finishes. The distressed upholstery, wood frame, and matte black circular metal base finish the look.
Designer Advice:
Faux leather upholstery can easily add a luxurious upscale feel to your living room. Distressed marks over the soft material give a worn, lived-in look that accents the wood and black metal frame. While the compact size and slim shape make this piece the perfect choice for rooms with limited space for multiple pieces of furniture.
