If you honor us with the order of a rocker, we guarantee that it is the best and the most comfortable rocking chair that you have ever experienced--or you may return it, and we will refund all your money and pay for shipping both ways.

We schedule and build these rocking chairs in batches of 5-10, some are sold, some are for inventory.  We usually ship on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.  Because of these controls, we can almost always post when our rockers will ship.

There is a 5% discount for chairs picked up here at the shop.

A fine wood rocking chair carefully built by craftsmen and women.  Its ergonomic and sculptural design manifests a human form in negative--so well supporting that we can guarantee its comfort for all.  Comfortable for you, or we will refund the selling price and pay for return shipping.

We build rocking chairs of these, and sometimes other, fine woods or combinations of woods. All are strong and hard enough for long service. The chairs are identical in contour and comfort, but they are custom in the sense of "made to order and extra fine." Our rockers may be customized.

What makes a rocking chair comfortable?  The contours of a truly comfortable rocking chair are designed and sculpted to form a negative of the human body. The back rest follows the lumbar curve and the gentle horizontal arc of the upper back and shoulders. The seat is scooped so its deepest point relieves pressure on the sitz bones and holds the torso back and into the lumbar support.The arms are shaped to fit the forearm and hand in various positions, with sensuous contours and soft edges. The pitch of the arms matters greatly. Arms higher at the front than the back settle the sitter into the chair, ease exit, support books and handwork, rest child to chest, and place the best point of leverage for rocking at the fingertips. In action, the rocker should reach its limits within the sitter's natural range of balance, with no sensation of tipping forward or backward. At rest, the angle of repose promotes an observation, a conversation, or a nap. 

How does one choose a rocking chair?  Weigh five criteria: comfort, beauty, longevity, utility, and price.  

Comfort:  Does the chair support your lumbar and follow the natural curve of the spine all the way up? Does the scoop of the seat pair with your derriere? Do the arms softly support your arms in all positions?  

Beauty: Are the materials artistically displayed so that pattern and color and texture are matched and mastered?  Do the lines, curves, and forms of the rocking chair create a coherent, balanced, and sculptural composition, animating light and shadow in delightful display?

Longevity: Is the wood of the chair a hardwood known for long-lived furniture? Is the chair joined and finished so that it can rock future generations?  Is it sturdy when loaded?  Mortise and tenon joints are are the gold standard.  

Utility:  The chair should support the body in comfort for many different activities, including rocking babies long in the night, reading, watching the tube, talking to friends gathered in fellowship, meditating...  

Price:  Only you know what your rocking is worth.