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A chaise lounge is a multifunctional chair/couch with an upright back. Most people are familiar with indoor models because they have been popularized in movies in scenes set in psychologists' offices. For example, in the 1990s hit movie There's Something about Mary starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller's character, Ted, is seen sharing his most intimate memories with a psychiatrist. Mr. Stiller's character is reflecting on his childhood while sitting on a chaise lounge with his back to the doctor. In classic comic fashion, the doctor is eating a sandwich and at one point actually leaves the room. When he reenters the room he tells Mr. Stiller that the session is over.

In fact, very few chaise lounge chairs are used in an indoor setting in psychiatry anymore. Early psychiatric patients sat in these chairs to relax and reduce the amount of projection that placed on the doctor. In addition, because the patient's back faced away from the doctor, the doctor had more freedom to be levelheaded and take notes. Today's psychiatrists and counselors typically encourage projection and interaction and try to use these elements as part of treatment.

The indoor chaise lounge chair was once also common in the bedroom. However, it is now more common to find them indoors as decorations in homes that have had them handed down from generation to generation as part of estates.

Chaise lounges are still sold in furniture stores. However, they sell more as specialty items. The chaise lounge has gradually been replaced by the sofa, the reclining chair, and the futon.

Still, indoor chaise lounges are sold in major furniture stores as part of sets. A loveseat may be paired with a chaise lounge at a 90° angle for both sitting and reclining. Since this is usually sold as a set and make him what other accessories such as a lamp and table. One major New England discount furniture dealer sells such a set for approximately $800. A classic chaise lounge can sell for an even higher price. While some can be found for a few hundred dollars most are made to recall their more expensive forebears and can cost well more than $1,000.

While the indoor chaise lounge chair has become close to a thing of the past, the outdoor chaise lounge chair is a familiar item in the present. Outdoor chaise lounge chairs can be made of treated wood or plastic. They bend at the back and the legs and allow a person to lay down, sit up, or find a comfortable position in between.

An outdoor chaise lounge chair can be found at almost any pool. Hotel chains such as Holiday Inn and the Marriott feature chaise lounge chairs by their pools but do not have them indoors.

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