thanks everyone! i am really leaning towards the reading corner. the more i think about it the more it makes more sense to have a reading corner. i have a big wicker chair from pier one that i will probably bring home from the studio to use. we are trying to watch money and i don't use the chair that much anymore. so i will probably get a new cushion for it to match the room and go with it. it has arms on it too. i will see if i can find a pic. i have thought about a papsan chair too, but if i have something i can use now i might as well use it