Has the rocking chair got you?

[dilettante]

Before my first son was born we acquired a rocking chair. I'm now pretty sure I remember where we bought it.

It was fine, but somehow it was never quite as good as the older ones our own parents had. Something about the fit: from the butt to the lower back to the elbow and arm support to the balance and rocking action. Sadly those really comfortable older chairs never passed to me because I'd have loved to give one to my son and DIL who had a baby almost 2 years ago now.

They didn't even need pads, they fit so well. Padding probably would have thrown off the balance by propping one just a little too high. They'd been made locally in furniture factories before so much manufacturing went South for cheaper labor and new more-automated shops and then overseas for even lower costs.

Quantity over quality, it stinks.

 

[Murrmurr]

You had me confused with this one Frank...I could tell straight away that that's a British house and garden...

Yeah, I don't even own a rocking chair. I picked that one cuz it looks comfortable.

I bought a used rocker when Paxton was a baby, but when we moved here I gave it to someone who needed it.

 

[debodun]

This IS one I've been trying to sell for 10 years. It's a platform rocker. It doesn't have arched rockers like the typical rocker, but pivots on a flat platform.

 

[debodun]

This was "Dad's Rocker". A pressback traditional rocking chair. Sadly I had to sell it when I moved.

 

[debodun]

A caned seat rocker that was once in my possession.

 

[Sliverfox]

Sad to say I have half dozen or so cane seated dinning room chairs in the basement.
Know if/when I try to yard sale them,, they will probably end up being. flower pot holders.

I think they are part of the Eastlake furniture that great grandparents had.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

This was "Dad's Rocker". A pressback traditional rocking chair. Sadly I had to sell it when I moved.

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A caned seat rocker that was once in my possession.

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They are both nicely made rocking chairs. A bit of stain and a proper finish would makes these gorgeous. I’ve got a thing for wooden rockers.

 

[Sliverfox]

I might dig out a hand made rocking chair that I was going to finish by weaving a macrame seat on it.
Will see if I can show the marks that show how/ where parts went.

 

[Jules]

Honestly, there’s nothing like sitting in a well-balanced rocking chair. It’s extra special, if it has a few creaks and groans.

 

[Paladin1950]

I have a little one in the house, but never use it. I prefer the recliner any day.