Rocking chairs are one of those interesting furniture items that have emotional meaning for almost everyone in the world. When you see a one you may think of things like simplicity, country living, babies and children, women and crafts, older people, or folk history. Whatever images a rocking chair stirs in you, they always seem to have a distant meaning or a meaning that is surrounded by misty memories.
Because of this, some designers and homeowners wonder if rockers belong in a contemporary home. Is it possible for an item of furniture that seems to evoke memories in most people look current and modern in a new interior decorative design? The answer is yes and no.
The only way for a rocking chair to look modern is if it's a modern design. You cannot use the classic folk design and expect it to look modern. However this does not mean that the classic rocking chair doesn't belong in the modern home. The contemporary home needs classic accents here and there to look complete. A rocking chair in a classic design and color scheme to match the décor can do this for a room.
If you want a rocker to look modern though, the chair must be specifically designed to look modern or at the very least painted in a modern fashion so as to look like it's from modern times. You can have a furniture maker design a chair for you with angled edges and with rockers that don't show because they're covered with wood or something. It can have metallic accents or be painted in a modern way. But, the only way for a rocking chair to be modern is for it to be designed or updated to be modern by someone intentionally.
If you have a traditional rocking chair, it can be a pleasant classic accent that will pull a room together. If you have a room that just needs a little touch to bring it down to earth, a classic rocker can do that for you. Rocking chairs also look nice on the porch and always go well in small children's room's before they are walking age. After walking and climbing age, rocking chairs can be somewhat unsafe for small children.
