Back to Glory

Here's a solid oak rocking chair with some traditional old world styling. It's simple and at the same time complex; unpretentious, but elegant. How do we NOT fall in love?...I don't know a way.

My customer reports that it's an heirloom kept in the family cabin, a private hideaway up in the mountains above Bailey, CO. Of course it is also an antique. Nothing is broken, it's completely intact, albeit there are loose joints here and there. (But we all get "loose joints" as the years go bye!) Alas, a leather seat deteriorated some time ago--the initial reason it came to the shop.

It appears to have been varnished, at least once, over what was probably a fine oiled and waxed surface...perhaps Linseed? The varnish unevenly cured and darkened, probably applied with an efficient brush that was over-sized for the chair's delicate spindles and lines.

The goal with this beauty: respect it's maturity and show off it off! Return it to that private mountain hideaway? We'll see if that happens. "She" deserves a place "on stage" where passers bye can ogle and say, "Now there's a beautiful rocking chair!"

There will be more to say as we follow this wonderful old rocker through its brief transition back to glory. So stay tuned for some fun updates and of course that conversation we know affectionately as, Wood Talkin!