I was wanting an indoor rocking chair that would be comfortable and stylish. I really thought this one fit the bill and was really excited to get it.
To begin with, you must be very, very careful in opening the box to this rocking chair. Because, one of the cushions is right below to top of the box where it's taped and will need a box cutter to open it. Luckily, I used the cutter very lightly. Upon opening the box, there is no insert between the cushion and the top of the box to protect it while opening. If you cut too hard, you will slice right into the cushion. Thankfully, I did no damage.
Then came assembly. Which was very, very confusing at first. The instruction's diagrams show the chair upside down, with the text right side up, and some of the connection detail drawings are not accurate to this type of chair. After trying to understand the matching of parts to the drawing, I finally started to get it together. The good part is that after I started, assembly went easy, but the instructions should be more clear.
All of the screws fit, and there was no problem in final assembly.
This chair is heavy. It seems to be made of solid wood and not laminated fiberboard, or whatever the cheap material that is used for furniture requiring assembly is called. I'll consider that a positive.
When looking at it when it was finished. there were some blemishes and imperfections in the wood grain finish. On the left side arm, there's white marks. I'm not sure if it's from paint that scraped off my doorway while moving it, or if it was originally on the chair. I didn't see any scraped paint from my doorway or walls, so I'm not sure what it's from. So now I have to try to take it off.
The cushions are firm and comfortable. There's a dent or dimple in the back cushion. Not sure how that happened.
The chair seems to be comfortable, and rocks back and forth with ease. It seems to sit a bit low, though. So if you are very tall, this may be an issue.
Overall, I like the general look and feel of the chair, but confusing assembly and poor attention to detail leave something to be desired about this chair. Buy only when on sale.