Boneless Chairs

Boneless chairs, sized for small rooms

Our boneless chairs use the same modular foam construction as the rest of the lineup, just scaled down to a single seat. There's no internal frame in most of these chairs — the shape holds because the foam is cut and stacked to hold it, then wrapped in a cover you can remove for cleaning. That's the same principle behind every boneless couch we make, just applied to one chair instead of a full sofa. It's the same reason people search for both terms together — a boneless chair is really just a scaled-down piece of the same construction used across the site.

Because a boneless chair is smaller than a sofa, it compresses down small enough to ship in a single box most people can carry up a flight of stairs alone. Unbox it, unzip the cover if you want to air it out, and let it expand for about 72 hours before you sit on it regularly. For the longer explanation of the compression and unboxing process, see what a boneless couch is.

Prices on our boneless chairs run roughly $138 to $400, which puts an accent chair or a small loveseat within reach even if you're furnishing a whole room. Fabrics include corduroy, chenille, faux fur, boucle, sherpa fleece, and velvet, so you can pick a chair that matches or contrasts with a sofa you already own. A single boneless chair also makes an easy way to add a seat to a room without buying a whole new set, since it doesn't have to match anything structurally the way a framed chair does.

Will a boneless chair fit in a small room?

Most boneless chairs sit lower and take up less floor depth than a framed armchair, since there's no wood rail or wooden legs adding width. That makes them a common pick for reading nooks, dorm rooms, and apartment corners where a full sofa doesn't fit. Browse our small spaces collection if you're furnishing a room under about 120 square feet — it groups chairs and compact sofas sized for exactly that kind of layout, and most pieces there use the same foam build as the chairs on this page.

For teen rooms and dorms

A boneless chair is one of the few seats that fits a teen room without a delivery appointment: it arrives as a box a parcel carrier leaves at the door, comes up the stairs in one trip, and has no wood frame or hard legs to scuff a rental floor. In a dorm room the low, deep shape doubles as floor seating when friends are over, which a framed chair cannot do. If you're furnishing a first bedroom or a first dorm, start with the 41–44 inch floor lounge chairs — they take one corner and nothing else.