Saving the Old Rocking Chair

For many years, the old rocking chair, minus upholstery, scratched and scarred has resided in our storage area.  Occasionally we’d pull it out for a yard sale, but no one wanted it, or at least at the price I placed on it.

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It contained too many memories for me to give it away, but I didn’t have time to refinish and uphoster it.  Actually I didn’t know how. 

Today at a yard sale, a lady remarked on its nice lines and sturdiness.  It would be great if finished, she informed me.  But she didn’t know how either.  As my daughter and I hauled it back to storage, I started relating the memories associated with it.

This was my paternal grandmother’s rocker.  I recall her using it when I was a child.  When my maternal grandmother visited, she used the chair, too.  My mom enjoyed it as well.  When Mother developed Alzheimer’s and I had to sell her home and move her to another state with me, I discovered the old rocker, used and worn and filled with memories.  So I simply  moved  it, too.

My daughter decided she’d research the old rocking chair and how to refinish and upholster it.  I’m trying to recall the type of cloth used…a dark red upholstery (not exactly like the picture above), I think.  I’ll search through some family photos and see if there are any of  it.

Do you have some old furniture associated with family memories?