Update: This post has been cross-posted on my new family-focused blog, Little Capucine. All the baby stuff is over there now!Finding a rocking chair that isn't hideous (gliders) or grandmotherly (everything else) seems like a fool's errand, for some reason. Enough so that suddenly these few options, found after a lot of web sieving, don't seem so bad:
This one was on
Surfing Cowboys, a no-name Danish mid-century rocker that sold for around $600. They reupholstered it, and I found out why when I looked around for a similiar one and turned up this identical version, in truly hideous yellow fabric that is probably the reason it took so long for mid-century to become trendy again,
on Ebay :
But the bids are already around $600 and since I personally would have to reupholster this puppy to want to sit in it at all, that would put it near $1000 when all was said and done and...uh...for a rocking chair?
Then there is this Hans Wegner (or so the description hopefully suggests) which is currently at a more-reasonable $199, but looks less comfortable and sort of short:
And in the department of new options,
the Brigger rocker, also for something like $600 and vaguely 80s somehow and reminds me of the ugly ones a little:
And the only other contender, in the classic and ultra-deep department, the Thonet knockoff, which at least is only $150:
So? What would you pick?
There is something about this technique that consistently catches my eye; I think because it seems like a textured way to light up the gloom of hall corners. This one, for instance, if it was an 1/8 of the size, would go a long way to adding a little glow.
Typography on an ironing board cover. I think it might have been designed just for me, to convert me into the sort of domesticated being who irons her bedsheets (I now know one other person beside my mother-in-law who really does that. Really!). It might even look kind of good, open forever in the middle of the living room, if it came to that.
Inspiration for a neutral child's room
Wing hooks in pink, silver and white
So if you want some ideas for cozy homes with children in them, head on over!
The Ikea Vika hyttan/fintorp combo, for $139 and available online now.
This one was on Surfing Cowboys, a no-name Danish mid-century rocker that sold for around $600. They reupholstered it, and I found out why when I looked around for a similiar one and turned up this identical version, in truly hideous yellow fabric that is probably the reason it took so long for mid-century to become trendy again, on Ebay :
But the bids are already around $600 and since I personally would have to reupholster this puppy to want to sit in it at all, that would put it near $1000 when all was said and done and...uh...for a rocking chair?
So? What would you pick?
Enjoy the rain!
I like the philosophy of raku, and I thought the artist who created these owls had some sweet things to say about always creating 'families' of his little birds. (Family being more at the front of my mind than usual these days!)
I'm going to hang two flower pots from the rings of the yoke, outside on the patio. It must be really old - I can't even fathom how long ago it has been since livestock would have been walking around with yokes where I live - but it is in very sturdy shape all the same. 
At first I thought geraniums, but now I think something trailing would be more interesting. It isn't a huge yoke, so I'll have to find smallish plants.
