‘Beautiful’ and ‘comfy’ Dunelm accent chair is a lookalike of Soho Home version – but £646 cheaper

ShoppingHome and Garden *All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we will earn affiliate revenue. DUNELM’s Monty dogstooth bobble chenille accent chair and footstool will set you back £249, but looks surprisingly similar to a far more expensive version from Soho Home. In fact, Dunelm’s lookalike is a whopping £646 less than the Soho Home armchair it looks just like. The Monty chair would make a fabulous statement piece Credit: Dunelm Dunelm Monty Dogstooth Bobble Chenille Accent Chair and Footstool: £249 at Dunelm If you’ve spent any time browsing Soho Home, the shape of the Dunelm chair will look very similar to the low, round, armless Lovett accent chair (£895). Sign up for the Shopping newsletter Thank you! Yet buy the Dunelm version, and you’re around £646 better off, and it comes with a matching footstool. The Monty arrives ready assembled, so there’s nothing to build. It features khaki and cream dogstooth woven bobble chenille upholstery, with a plywood and birchwood frame and rubberwood frame (all responsibly sourced). With the dogstooth design, the chair is busier than a plain chenille, but it’d make a fabulous statement piece. The accent chair has a back height of 40cm, so it’s more suitable for a reading session rather than a nap, and the matching footstool neatly tucks under the main chair frame when you’re not using it. Khaki Green is the only colour listed right now, and there are only eight reviews so far, but all of them are five stars out of five. Most read in Shopping One reviewer calls it “comfy and soft” and says it looks “even better in real life”, while another describes it as ‘beautiful’ and a “brilliant handy size chair”. The Soho Home Lovett chair is made to order and costs over £800 Credit: Soho Home Where the Lovett and the Monty (Dunelm’s version) differ is material – the premium version from Soho Home is made of 85% cotton velvet fabric. The original is also made to order with a 14 to 16 week lead time. Delivery is also considerably more expensive, starting at £119.95, compared to Dunelm’s £12.95. Comment now