About two years ago we bought our sofa and chairs in Ikea , the same style (I think they were called Karlstad) the sofa with a cloth cover, the armchairs in black leather.
About two months ago one of the armchairs got distinctly wobbley and gave every indication that it was suffering from internal injuries.
Now this armchair had not come cheap , around €300 at the time, so we decided yesterday to take the bull by the horns and cart it off to the furniture returns in Ikea in Montpellier (we still fortunately had the receipt and discovered from the cataogue that it came with a 5 year guarantee.)

Well there was no bother , we were offered either the same chair delivered to Thezan (it was out of stock in Montpellier) or a credit note for the current value.
We went looking inside to see what we could get in black leather.

Now Ikea’s most successful line is the Poäng Chair , cheap as pommes frites (you can buy the basic model for about €50 ) they are everywhere in France.
Nearly every rented house we took over the years had several.
They are very sturdy (there is a permanent display of one being hammered by a power pummeler instore) and very very comfortable. They have a slight bounce , like rocking chair and are just about the only armchair I know which I can sleep in.

We found that they made one in genuine black leather for just within our credit note and, aware that they were certainly not exactly antiques , decided (having sat in it) to risk it.
So there you are, the Poäng sits , slightly incongrously, in the middle of the picture above , I kinda hope we get away with it , I’m looking forward to snoozing in it by the stove during our short winter.