Working from home moved the ergonomics problem into rooms that were never designed for it. A dining chair is fine for a meal and unsuitable for six hours of screen work, and most of the discomfort people attribute to working from home is really just an unsupported chair.
What to prioritise at home
Two things matter more at home than in an office. First, adjustability, because a home chair is often shared between household members of different heights. Second, appearance, because the chair lives in your house rather than a fit out. The Humanscale World One and HAG Tion range handle both well without looking like corporate furniture.
If your desk is a kitchen bench or a sit stand desk, look at the HAG Capisco with a high gas lift, which lets you perch at bench height instead of dangling your feet.
If your back is the reason you are here
Most people shopping for a home chair are doing it because something aches. Our guide to office chairs and back pain sets out the four measurements that decide whether a chair actually fits you — starting with minimum seat height, which ranges from 366 mm to 470 mm across the chairs we stock — along with what a chair will not fix no matter what you spend. It is the page to read before you spend anything.
Buy once
The chairs here run from around six hundred dollars to premium, and all carry warranties of 10 years or more. A cheap chair replaced every two years costs more over a decade and supports you less on every one of those days. Our guide on why quality matters over cost sets out the arithmetic, and office chairs under $1,000 compares the four we stock in that band on published specifications.
Our Pyrmont showroom is open Monday to Friday if you would rather sit in a few before deciding.