Rocking Chairs – My two favorites and how I updated them!

Many years back one of my very first blog posts I ever wrote I called “a story of two rocking chairs” – it was all about a big oak rocker and a little cedar rocker I found here on the farm. I immediately thought of them as the farmer and his little wife. That blog post is long gone but I do still have the picture of it! They were one of the very first pieces of furniture I ever refinished and they’re still with us but have been retired to deck duty holding flower pots. Besides those two my absolute favorite rockers have to be my first ever upholstery project and a large rocker that became absolutely stunning with just a coat of black paint!

(Teaming up in our DIY Blog Hop this month with seating projects, check out all of the projects following my post. If you’re interested in joining us click here for more info!)

When my grandmother on my father’s side passed they brought all of us grand kids into her home and told us to take whatever we wanted to remember her by. (I wouldn’t call my Grandma a hoarder but…) I chose a beautiful old rocking chair that was totally buried in her basement, a gorgeous old buffet that we’re still using as our media center and my absolute favorite white leather tufted hassock that sits at the end of our bed.

All of us Grand kids got amazing pieces for us to remember her by, I’ll always be so thankful to my aunts and uncles for letting us bring home some things.

As far as rocking chairs go I’ve seen both of these many times over the years on Pinterest, often transformed very similar to how I chose to update ours.

I tackled my Grandma’s rocker back in 2014. It was the first time I ever did anything like that to a piece of furniture and wow was it a pain in the butt!

They really didn’t mess around with attaching the fabric to that chair!

When I first moved into Grandma’s house she took up a corner of my old office and then, when I first remodeled our guest bedroom she was the perfect addition!

Since then though it was time to update our guest bedroom again. We wanted it to grow up and be far more unisex. In fact it was one of the first projects Lodi and I did together!

Grandma’s little rocker wasn’t right anymore for our new guest bedroom though – it needed something more masculine and far less fragile. Down, from our master bedroom, came a beautiful old rocker I picked up at an estate sale.

It was straight out of the 70s when I brought it home but, as they say, it had really great bones. I painted it out in gloss black rustoleum and it was the perfect addition to our new guest bedroom!

Obviously I have kind of an addiction to rocking chairs lol yes, all together, we have seven! To be fair I’ve only ever purchased one I just can’t say NO when someone wants to give us one!

Grandma’s little chair needed a home then and it made absolute sense for it to come upstairs to our master bedroom. At the time I had had that big old black rocker in our bedroom and my Grandma’s tufted hassock in a corner of my closet.

We moved the hassock to the end of our bed where it has become our dog’s bedtime throne. (She’s not spoiled at all.)

And I moved that pretty little rocker into my closet where I use it literally every day and every day I think of my Grandma because of it. I love how it turned out with that big bold fabric I chose – I’m still really proud of it!

This Month’s DIY Blop Hop: SEATING! (Click here for our upcoming themes and more info on how to join us every month!)

Chas from Chas’ Crazy Creations – How To Clean A Sofa Naturally

Allison from Darling and Dapper Life – Wooden Farmhouse Bench DIY

Andrea from Design Morsels – DIY Office Chair Cover

Mary from Life at Bella Terra – Refinishing Outdoor Furniture