Boudoir Stools and Closet Kitsch

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I consider myself lucky to have purchased a house whose previous owner was likely a shoe-lover like me.Â* At somewhere over 120 pairs of shoes, even I have not yet managed to completely fill up this legacyÂ* walk-through closet.

But, one glaring omission in my closet set-up is the lack of any proper stool or chair on which to sit when actually putting on the day's shoes. Admittedly, it's not exactly a crisis - but the daily hopping around on one foot while stuffing my other foot into a shoe would be a bit less comical and more dignified were I to correct this small wardrobe issue.Â* And, while it need not be fancy - we are after all talking about a piece of furniture that is only briefly needed on any given day - something pretty or fun would be a nice way of starting out the day.

Luckily, today's postal offerings included some intriguing shopping options in just this area (in the form of a new catalog '<a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/home.do" target="_blank">Design Toscano</a>' - on whose mailing list I have apparently been recently added).

Included are a fair selection of salon chairs, tabourets (of which I have always been fond), and boudoir stools to fit a wide number different styles, tastes, and decors.

Among them:
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chair1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10515" title="chair1" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chair1.jpg" alt="" width="322" height="404" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/product/code/KS6074.do#" target="_blank"><em>French Salon corner chair $198 </em><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><em>$225</em></span></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/product/code/SK6044.do#" target="_blank"><em>Mademoiselle Cezanne's French slipper chair $249<span style="text-decoration: line-through;"> $298</span></em></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/product/code/KS1076.do#" target="_blank"><em>King Leopold's cross-frame tabouret $175</em></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chair41.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10524" title="chair41" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chair41.jpg" alt="" width="377" height="335" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/product/code/AF1590.do#" target="_blank">Acanthus leaf mahogany tabouret $495</a></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chair41.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chair5.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10519" title="chair5" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chair5.jpg" alt="" width="338" height="420" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/product/code/AE3014.do#" target="_blank">Lady Annette Boudoir stool $89.95</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/product/code/KS1101.do#" target="_blank"><em>Madame Bouvier boudoir stool $85.00</em></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">And, finally, the piece-de-kitschy-resistance:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/product/code/EU34905.do#" target="_blank"><em>Folis Bergere boudoir stool $75.00</em></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">How much fun is this last piece - definitely not for those who take themselves too seriously.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Which one would you choose - assuming you have a place to even put it?</p>
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