The Adirondack chair is not only a place to sit, it's a statement about life. This is a sturdy wooden chair most often seen on front porches and in backyards. When you visit a bed and breakfast, one of the charms is the opportunity to sit in an Adirondack chair and gaze into the verdant surroundings, perhaps you'll see a fawn. It's an outdoor chair and has a rugged but refined appearance. It has wide armrests and looks like it weighs hundreds of pounds. A refreshing beverage is implied, as is relaxation and good conversation. Adirondack chairs always come in pairs. Pairs of Adirondack chairs suggest the good life, which naturally can only be enjoyed in the company of another person, one Adirondack chair for each. The happiness of single people is automatically suspect and therefore they are not ideal matches for Adirondack chairs. A single Adirondack chair would look somehow wrong, as would an Adirondack chair on the balcony of a highrise. It demands a leafy setting and another Adirondack chair in order to make its seductive claims. So you can see why it's easy to feel simultaneously oppressed by the Adirondack chair and attracted by the promise of happiness it radiates. Its construction of finest Honduran mahogany or premium teak, its solid, unmovable presence, its refutation of any hint of instability and restful dismissal of any suggestion of mental agitation, these are the hallmarks of the Adirondack chair. You could never have a fit or an emotional breakdown while sitting in an Adirondack chair. Emotional breakdowns happen in other sorts of chairs, or while standing, or pacing.