It’s snowing in New York City, where I’m currently writing, and I’m already dreaming of a Nancy Meyers summer. Because if there’s anything getting me through winter, it’s mental replays of Diane Keaton’s shingled Hamptons house in Something’s Gotta Give (2003) – and the small miracle that the Nancy Meyers–style pinstriped chair I pined over last summer, once an eye-watering $1,350, is now only $239.99.
Maybe this sudden off-season urge for salty New England air happened organically. Or maybe it was planted by TikTok. (A classic 2020-something chicken-or-the-egg; we may never know.) Either way, those swivel chairs that went viral during the warmer months – thanks in part to tastemakers like Kenzie Elizabeth, affectionately dubbed Gen Z’s Martha Stewart – are back, sitting pretty all over my very après feed. Perfect timing. I needed the rescue.
If we’ve learned anything from Nancy Meyers’s iconic sets, it’s don’t be sterile, don’t be stuffy, and don’t be uncomfortable. This chair checks every box. It’s generously padded with foam and cotton, swivels (for your inner child), and boasts a convincing 4.6 stars across 400-plus reviews. One seat in, and you’re already halfway to a Nancy Meyers–approved living room.
The shape appears to be that of a traditional armchair, but actually swivels a full 360 degrees – a detail I imagine makes wine nights significantly more spirited. In my mind’s eye, it’s already paired with woven accents like a jute rug or rattan lamp, warm woods, and a slow accumulation of vintage finds. Essentially, it’s cooking up the exact 'Eastcoastal' flavor our favorite film director would have wanted.
And despite the seaside associations, decorating with stripes is not just a summer decor trend. The barrel silhouette is timeless, slipping into more traditional decorating ambitions, too. Frankly, this chair could live quite comfortably in Ralph Lauren’s universe – styled with horsebit details, cognac leather, a hit of velvet – as if it’s been wintering upstate in Bedford this whole time.
I’d give anything to be out East right now. But until the season resumes, I’ll settle for the next best thing: some long-overdue transitional styling, stretched out in my living room in what reviewers insist is an impossibly comfortable chair – comfortable enough, they say, to justify buying a second.
It won’t make summer come faster. But it’s close enough.
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The viral Nancy Meyers–style seat we mentioned above is marketed as a barrel chair, though you and I both know that’s a bit generous. It’s really a classic armchair that just happens to spin. If you’re after a true barrel, this one delivers with a proper tub-shaped silhouette, finished with a loose skirt and tonal piping.
What this seat lacks in rotating capabilities, it more than makes up for in presence. The stately, ornate wooden legs give it a slightly more formal footing, while the overall effect remains blissfully beachy. It feels especially appealing right now, in the depths of late January – and judging by its very convincing 4.7 stars across 900-plus reviews, we’re hardly alone in that sentiment.
This Hedwige design could easily pass as the Ivy Bronx seat’s cooler, less chronically online sister. She may not be famous, but she’s still pulling impressive reviews, comes in a generous spread of upholstery options, and boasts pinstripes that muse the perfectly weathered linen of a button-down stolen from an old beau and never returned.
If you’re looking for a designated accent chair for guilt-watching trash TV while maintaining the illusion that Nancy Meyers is playing in perpetuity, consider this your most convincing accomplice. No one needs to know that beneath those elegantly sloped wooden lines are cushions plush enough to rival a recliner.
Nancy and Martha are kindred spirits, no doubt, so including this armchair feels about right. It’s slipcovered, which not only aligns with where interior design trends are headed in 2026, but also captures that coastal ease we’re chasing. And yes – it spins just as elegantly in a living room as it does in a bedroom or office, moving with you anytime, anywhere.
Who said Nancy never dabbled in a little edge? This studded accent chair sharpens an otherwise warm, easygoing look and opens the door to leather and brass styling down the line – very Ralph Lauren, should you ever feel like switching reference points.
We all have a favorite Nancy Meyers home. Interior designers confess which one they’d move into tomorrow.
