How do I convert a rocking chair into a regular chair?

Hello Joyce! You can remove the rocking mechanism from the chair. Add some wood supports in the corners where you would want the legs. Go to a store like Home Depot and purchase chair legs that you like, at the height you want, and buy the metal leg adapters as well. You then attach the metal adapters to your wood supports and the legs will simply screw in. It is important to buy the metal parts so don't think you don't have to buy those parts! It is not advisable to just screw the legs into wood supports. Like you, I also have a chair that I rocked all my babies in! I can't give it up either! Now I rock my grandbabies in that chair!

Hi: Ikea used to sell conversion kits. Check online and see if they still do. Amazon does sell conversion kits. And as GK said if you go to Home Depot, or Lowes you can buy feet and legs of your choice.

This idea is GREAT. I am thrilled to see it. It jogged my memory to change my grandmother's wooden rocker to a straight backed chair. Only reason we want to change is is because of lack of floor space in a small apartment. Any ideas?

If you are planning to have someone reupholster it... a professional could probably solve this problem easily.

It shouldn’t be too hard! You can likely remove the rocking mechanism with a screwdriver and then add new legs from the home improvement store.

Are you planning to reupholster it yourself? That is a HUGE job! Much more complicated than changing the feet. A pro could take care of it.

The rocker legs fit into sockets under the chair, underneath look for screws and or nails, they need to come out. Try wiggling the legs to see if they will come out of the sockets. If they appear stuck, cover the legs with a protective scrap of piece of plastic, something that won't dent the wood and tap with a hammer. Do this all around each chair leg. If they still won't budge, you can buy a prduct you inject into the glue to dissolve it.

Turn the chair over take the bottom off and add legs or screw the bottom in so it doesn’t move

Could you jam up the rocking mechanism somehow, so it doesn't shift around? Maybe wrap something around it so it doesn't work?

it is not going to be easy I can tell you that ... check that pin

I actually did the reverse making a straight chair into a swivel rocker. The swivel rocker mechanism should unscrew somewhat easily. You should then be able to add legs. Problem with many upholsters many can only recover exactly what they start with. You need to find one with some repair capabilities and maybe even updating the chair's style.

Years ago I had an attached 4 cushion sofa reupholstered by a man who had worked in the NC furniture factories. He asked me to bring a photo of what I wanted. I wanted a tufted back, no problem. My sofa was unrecognizable in the most perfect way and 30 years later I still have it after another two recovers.

Here's a post that might help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrvUVPnrP0w

I love that you still have this chair!

Actually, supply and demand rule the world. I remember my dad told me about it for the first time. Tbh, I didn’t understand it, maybe because I was 7. But now I can really see how it all works. But, you know what, the thing that made me happy despite the covid fact that these guys https://sparklewash.com/woodlands/ didn’t charge extra money. I always call them to make a pressure washing of my house and the truck, and they actually charged the same amount they used to before the covid. That’s what I call respect.