The Egg Chair for My Birthday!

YAY! Today is my birthday and do you know what I got? My egg chair! It was a big group gift from Brandon and his family.

My New Egg Chair

It’s big enough to curl up inside with my legs tucked under myself (my favorite way to sit). I’ll have to make sure I don’t plant any bee-attracting plants directly around the chair! I came up with this little plan awhile back and I think I might stick with it.

Here’s the view from inside the chair:

The View From My New Egg Chair

I’m so thrilled! What an amazing gift.

The Yard With My New Egg Chair

Comments

82 responses to “The Egg Chair for My Birthday!”

  1. gumbo Avatar
    gumbo

    May you enjoy many birthdays in your beautiful yard!

  2. Desiree Avatar

    Happy Birthday! Congrats on your new egg chair. It’s lovely!

  3. Stacy Avatar

    Aw, that must have been an AWESOME present! :) Happy Birthday! Love how it looks in your yard – kind of completes your look, doesn’t it!?

  4. Roxy @ There's No Place Like Home Avatar

    oh, I love it!! That is an amazing gift! Thanks for sharing:)

  5. R.A. Avatar

    Happy Birthday, congrats on the chair, and I’m wearing those same purple shoes today as well!

  6. Jen Avatar

    Happy Birthday. Don’t you love when you get something that you really want. Curl up and read a book!

    Cheers,
    Jen

  7. Jessica Avatar

    How lovely! What a perfect gift.

    Happy Birthday!

  8. Danyelle Avatar

    Happy Birthday! What a great gift!

  9. sarajessica Avatar

    It’s adorable!
    I want one for my…um…balcony. Heh. And it’s fall and raining…no fun.

    Anyway, congratulations to you! ^_^

  10. marzi Avatar

    happy (almost same) birthday! mine’s tomorrow!
    the egg chair is awesome! very, very cool!

  11. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    Happy Birthday! Your backyard looks like quite the little oasis! I love it.

  12. amy purple Avatar

    can we please see a photo of you sitting in it? You know, besides just your cute shoes?

  13. katelynjane Avatar

    Wow, it looks amazing in your garden! Congrats on the great gift…and the hubby that get’s hints (:

  14. Brie Avatar

    I’m jealous!! It’s adorable!

  15. megan Avatar

    what a perfect gift — yay, nicole! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

  16. tracie Avatar

    YAY!!!! how perfectly exciting! happy, happy birthday!

  17. danielle Avatar

    Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day!

  18. Melissa Avatar

    Wow! What a generous, thoughtful gift. I LOVE the view! Happy birthday to you. :)

  19. elizabeth Avatar

    LOVING IT – it looks so great!!

  20. Joanna Avatar

    WooHoo! You got the chair!!! And it really looks lovely in your garden. It is so much bigger than I imagined. Makes me want one, except here in NH it snows half the year lol! I hope you make great memories in that chair :)

  21. hayley Avatar

    that chair is amazing. how magical to sit on such a throne in your garden!

  22. joslyn Avatar

    you lucky girl! that is one awesome chair!

  23. Joy Avatar

    Happy Birthday! It’s like the egg that Mork arrives in! Looks fabulous.

  24. M&Co Avatar

    Happy Birthday! Your garden is looking sooo good now!!!

  25. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    Happy Birthday!

    The chair looks fabulous!

  26. Kwana Avatar

    Wonderful gift!! Happy birthday.

  27. Tracey Avatar

    What a beautiful setting! You can enjoy your chair while your husband watches his new tv. We just purchased a new tv this weekend- so I wonder what my present will be? LOL!!

  28. KT Avatar

    Happy Birthday! Love the chair. Your yard looks SO nice!

  29. Sam Avatar

    Yay! It looks so good, and your yard is looking fantastic.

  30. Miss B. Avatar

    Happy Birthday!!!! Congrats on the egg!

  31. Joi Avatar

    How fun! Yay for you and a very happy birthday!

  32. Leaca Avatar

    Happy Birthday. The chair is lovely.

  33. Melissa M Avatar

    Okay, I never really wanted an egg chair, but now that I see yours, I totally NEED one! Ya know what else? I saw someone wearing those same purple flats this morning and I thought how cute they were.

  34. Susan Avatar

    Yay for the Egg Chair and Happy Birthday!!

  35. Katie Avatar
    Katie

    Happy Birthday!!! The chair looks great in your backyard and I love your purple flats – so cute :)

  36. elizabeth Avatar

    How awesome! And it looks so great in your yard. Happy Birthday!

  37. All Things Lovely Avatar

    Happy birthday!! That has to be one of the very best birthday presents ever!!

  38. Caitlin Avatar

    Yay!! what a great present – the egg chair is so cool and your yard already looks magazine-shoot worthy!

  39. Erin Avatar
    Erin

    Hello from a relatively new reader! Happy Birthday, and congratulations on your lovely chair! We share similar birthdays (mine is tomorrow) and taste (I noticed the Andros Bistro chairs on your wish list. Bought them awhile ago for my dining table indoors, and I am loving them!) Your blog is fabulous.

  40. Paula Roegge Avatar
    Paula Roegge

    It looks perfect! And I love your shoes too! I wish my husband took hints so well…but, no, not even with a list. sigh…

  41. Sue Avatar
    Sue

    Happy Birthday!!! What a lovely, lovely gift. Someone was paying attention to your wish list… Enjoy!

  42. Terrah Avatar

    awwwe, exactly what you wanted! What a sweet family!

  43. Silvia Avatar

    Happy bday dear! fantastic chair indeed!
    Love
    Silvia

  44. zeniamai Avatar

    Happy Birthday! That’s really a great looking chair… We are also busy with our bathroom renovation this week and the entire weekend I was busy gardening. It sure would be nice lounging around with using your egg chair…

  45. pozzynette Avatar

    Happy birthday ! Your chair is lovely !!!!! It’s a fantastic gift

  46. ariane Avatar

    WOOT! Happy b-day to us! We share the same day! Loving the look of the backyard!

  47. Heather* Avatar

    that chair is so cool! And a happy birthday to you. I hope your day was magical!

  48. Mandy Avatar

    Happy, happy belated Birthday! What a wonderful gift! I wanna have an egg chair too, if i ever gonna have a backyard or garden or terrasse :-)

  49. evy Avatar

    happy birthday!!!!!

  50. Emilie Avatar
    Emilie

    That post made me smile. I’m so happy you got your chair. :)

  51. Shashi Avatar

    Nice chair! I have backyard envy, yours is huge!

  52. casafroggy Avatar

    The scale of the egg to the house is perfect. It gives your yard a very neat, cozy feel.

  53. Anne (in Reno) Avatar

    Happy birthday! I wouldn’t worry about attracting bees to your nice neutral-colored egg unless you wear a ton of red while you’re in it. Bees aren’t really interested in us, it’s stuff like yellowjackets and wasps that are, and you’re still probably ok as long as you don’t eat in your egg…

  54. liz Avatar
    liz

    Day late but happy birthday! I too am wearing those fabulous purple Old Navy flats. Love them! Been enjoying your blog for a while now…thanks!

  55. Erica Avatar

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
    That chair looks amazing! I know you are stoked. The only bad part is that it is not the beginning of warm weather but the end. At least you can take a blanket & curl up out there in your egg chair. Is that cushion weather proof?

  56. Corie Avatar
    Corie

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Nicole! Yay! I’m so happy you got your “dream chair”! What a great gift!

    Enjoy!

  57. Little Paper Dog Avatar

    Hooray! What a great place to relax from your busy schedule.

  58. kristen Avatar

    happy birthday! and congrats on the chair. I love it!
    and i love the shoes..i have them myself..in 3 colors!!!

  59. Birdie Avatar
    Birdie

    Egg chair is the best gift ever! Besides life I guess :)
    I would chain that thing down though — there are some crazy thieves in the Chicago area. I have gotten the weirdest things stolen from my yard.

  60. Janet Avatar
    Janet

    Hi Nicole,

    I love the egg chair. Yesterday was my birthday as well. I hope you had a wonderful celebration.

  61. Jennifer Avatar

    Happy Birthday Nicole!

    The egg chair looks fabulous!

  62. Goody Avatar

    happy belated and it is a wonderful chair!

  63. Amanda Avatar

    Reason 523 why having a blog is awesome: your family knows what you want for your birthday. Hope you had a good one! (Mine is next week – hooray!)

  64. Gràcia Avatar

    Happy belated birthday!!
    Funny, last Sunday I was at Copenhage airport and I saw an egg chair that reminded me of how you wanted one… now, I come back and I find you got it!

  65. patricia Avatar

    You know what they say….”Roosters crow, but Hens deliver!”
    Looks like a good spot for any ole Hen -making it all lovely!
    A perfect spot for sitting on ideas and hatching them!

  66. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    Happy Birthday Nicole :) Love the egg chair!

  67. Erin Avatar

    happy belated birthday! the egg chair looks beautiful in your backyard, and i love love LOVE those purple shoes you have on.

  68. Kiona Avatar

    happy belated birthday Nicole! Love the way your backyard is coming along! It’s making me jealous. That egg chair really is a great addition. Way to go Brandon & fam!

  69. john Avatar

    You rule! I love that chair.

  70. Jessisca Avatar

    once again, you prove to be the luckiest woman on the earth! congrats!

  71. Ashlie Avatar
    Ashlie

    Happy Birthday, a few days late of course. Your new chair is beautiful. The whole yard is really nice but that chair makes it look 10x more cute and comfortable.

  72. jaime Avatar

    happy belated birthday! what a lovely present – how fun! every time I’m at a fancy hotel i think about getting one of those!

  73. Erin Avatar

    Cool chair, but one question- what do you do when it rains?

  74. Making it Lovely Avatar

    OH MY! I meant to reply to everyone sooner. Thank you for all the birthday well-wishes and nice comments about the lovely egg chair!

    Erin, it’s plastic and the cushions are weather-resistant. No worries in the rain!

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  81. Gabriella Webb Avatar
    Gabriella Webb

    Hello Nicole I was just wonder where can I find a chair like that. Please let me know I am looking for one just like that.

    1. Making it Lovely Avatar

      Mine was from Pottery Barn, but they no longer sell it.