Rocking chairs are chairs for lazy people by excellence, descendant of the rocking bassinet of the 17th century and of the rocking horse, they are no longer restricted to your grandfather. Like anything that has been around for longer than three centuries, The rocking chair has had its ups and its downs, but today it is an accepted fact we like rocking chairs and we want them to stay. Why you ask? Because they are extremely comfortable, appreciated by young and old, they sell well, but also because they represent a huge challenge for designers who love the freedom of creation it has given them, and because designers cannot pass a challenge.
One and only one attribute is imperative in a rocking chair, it must rock! Designers are totally free to do anything they want as long as it rocks.
If you are interested in reading more about the history of the rocking chair you can read this previous post.
I don't know about you but I love rocking chairs, mostly because of sweet childhood memories (even if some of them are vague and embellished), most of the memories going back to my grandfather. I loved his chair, I would climb in it and it rocked all by itself. What could be more pleasant to read a book or to listen to music, all wrapped up in a warm blanket, just a little motion of the body and there it went forward, backward....
Rocking chairs are also the kind of chairs that have no seasons, we are as happy to rock by the fire in winter than we are on the porch or patio in the summer.
On the design side today all is possible and all is available like the rocking chair in wrought iron (properly aged) by Amadeus shown above, or like any of the contemporary looking rocking chairs presented below.
You can also find some unpainted wood rocking chairs that you can finish yourself and make them look the way you want. I hope that reading this will get you on the way to a jolly good rocking way of life and give you or your child many hours of calm and happiness. Online distributors have many models to choose from and your local store can sometimes order what you saw online.
