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Turning a chair into a rocking chair.
Secondly they are almost always huge.
Yep very sentimental and so is my 41 yo son since i am looking for a new chair for my living room i thought ah ha why not have this old chair reupholstered and made into a regular non rocking chair.
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Converting an ordinary chair into a rocking chair can be done in a few different ways depending on what type of rocker you want to create.
Let me break it down for you.
What makes the process difficult is measuring the wood correctly so that both rockers are identical.
While conversion kits are available designing your own conversion kit is the most personally rewarding way to go.
I have an upholstered rocking chair from the 70s and i am having a hard time letting it go since i rocked my babies in it.
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There a just a few things to know about the process.
First of all they are expensive.
Turn a chair into a rocking chair.
There is a lot of measuring involved that is time consuming.
This style of rockers is designed to attach to a chair that has four bottom legs like many dining chairs.
Converting a regular chair into a rocker is a surprisingly tricky process.